Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
GOP sweeps Calhoun County Commissioner races
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - Republicans swept the five contest Calhoun County Commissioner races in Tuesday's election. The winners were Dominic Oo in the first district, Al Morehart in the third dist...
Nov 07, 2024
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County commission, Portage officials thank election workers
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County board got a chance to meet yesterday, one day after they were all reelected to new four-year terms. The Democrat's 6 to 3 majority remains intact, ref...
Nov 07, 2024 (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek)
AUDIO: Air Zoo CEO lobbies Portage to develop property for sports complex
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As we reported earlier this year, the new sports arena in downtown Kalamazoo isn't the only sports complex that may be in our future. Discover Kalamazoo has been scouting ar...
Nov 07, 2024 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County board, Kalamazoo Public School incumbents all win reelection
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Things will be changing a lot at the federal level after Tuesday's election, but they will hardly change at all in Kalamazoo County. The county board and the Kalamazoo Pub...
Nov 07, 2024
House fire kills 92-year-old man in Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Portage Public Safety officers say a 92-year-old man was found dead inside a home after firefighters put out the flames yesterday afternoon. The fire started around 3:30 p.m...
Nov 07, 2024 Portage fire truck. (Photo courtesy City of Portage).
Two killed in overnight crash north of Allegan
ALLEGAN TWP., MI (WKZO-AM/FM) - No names or other identification were immediately disclosed as two persons lost their lives in an overnight, single-vehicle crash north of Allegan on Thursday. Deputies...
Nov 07, 2024 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Police release name of Kalamazoo man killed in Monday night shooting
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety has identified the 34-year-old Kalamazoo man killed a shooting Monday night as Paris Anton Powe. KDPS was called to a shooting in...
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One arrested after SWAT standoff in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A suspect is in custody following a SWAT team standoff in Kalamazoo. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says the incident unfolded Tuesday, when a call came in abou...
Nov 06, 2024 KDPS Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety cruiser (Photo by Jeana Gondek)
Kalamazoo County Sheriff Richard Fuller reelected
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County Sheriff Richard Fuller has been reelected. Fuller defeated Republican challenger James Charon in yesterday's election with over 56% of the vote compared t...
Nov 06, 2024 Kalamazoo County Sheriff Richard Fuller. (Photo by Jeana Gondek).
State Representative Matt Hall of Richland projected to win reelection
RICHLAND, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan House Minority Leader Matt Hall of Richland is projected to win reelection in the 42nd District. Hall was challenged by Democrat Austin Marsman after surviving a p...
Nov 06, 2024 State Representative Matt Hall (left)
