Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: Kalamazoo city commission to hold public hearing on remodeling Friendship Village
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - This evening, Kalamazoo city commissioners will hold a public hearing on final plans to remodel and expand Friendship Village, a large west side senior living facility off...
Sep 03, 2024
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County commission to be asked to appoint task force for seniors
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Residents over 50 make up nearly a third of Michigan's population and residents over 85 are the single fastest growing age group in Kalamazoo and in the state. Kalamazoo C...
Sep 03, 2024 Kalamazoo County Government logo
Woman arrested for Battle Creek stabbing
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek police have arrested a 21-year-old woman for allegedly stabbing her 30-year-old boyfriend early yesterday morning. He is hospitalized in stable condition. ...
Sep 03, 2024
Some road projects wrap up, others continue around Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM ) - As some road construction projects are wrapping up in Kalamazoo, the ndxt phase of other projects is just getting underway. City officials late last week reported that We...
Sep 02, 2024 (courtesy City of Kalamazoo)
Public open house set for Michigan Avenue redesign project
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - While road and infrastructure work continues to dominate the downtown Kalamazoo landscape this summer, city officials are looking for public input on another upcoming majo...
Sep 02, 2024
Portage firefighters battle fire caused by dryer lint at Holiday Motel
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A lint buildup in the laundry area of the Holiday Motel on South Westnedge Avenue in Portage caught fire Friday evening and quickly spread. The Portage Fire Division was cal...
Sep 01, 2024 Portage fire truck. (Photo courtesy City of Portage).
WMU professors union threatening to strike as contract talks hit stalemate
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Western Michigan University chapter of the American Association of University Professors are threatening to strike for the first time since 1977. The union and the uni...
Aug 30, 2024 Western Michigan University (photo by John McNeil)
Yet even more road construction starts in Calhoun County on Tuesday
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Road construction continues to make driving in Calhoun County a real challenge these days. The Michigan Department of Transportation says 6 1/2 Mile Road will be close...
Aug 30, 2024
Kalamazoo Township man arrested in KVET drug bust
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 29-year-old Kalamazoo Township man is jailed on several felony charges after a Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team drug bust. Officers seized distribution amounts...
Aug 30, 2024
Bridge repairs set for next week on Portage's Millennium Trail
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Bridge repairs are set to start on the Millennium Trail in Portage on Tuesday. The trail runs between South Westnedge Avenue at Garden Lane and Romence Road, just west of So...
Aug 30, 2024 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
