Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County will make changes to emergency response
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The May tornado in Portage is apparently resulting in changes in how Kalamazoo County will respond to emergencies in the future. The retirement of Mike Corfman as emergenc...
Aug 08, 2024 Kalamazoo County Government logo
National Weather Service confirms EF-2 tornado in St. Joseph County
THREE RIVERS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The National Weather Service is confirming St. Joseph County was hit by an EF-2 tornado Tuesday morning. It touched down north of Lewis Lake and was on the ground for a...
Aug 08, 2024 Courtesy National Weather Service Facebook page
Michigan's first case of Eastern equine encephalitis for 2024 reported in Van Buren County
VAN BUREN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is reporting Michigan's first case of Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) in a domestic animal for 2024. ...
Aug 07, 2024 Enrique Dans / CC
Battle Creek City Manager Rebecca Fleury announces retirement by end of '24
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Battle Creek City Manager Rebecca Fleury has announced she will retire from her position by the end of the year. Fleury formally notified Battle Creek Mayor Mark Behnke ...
Aug 07, 2024 Rebecca Fleury
Beckley Road roll over crash victim freed after being pinned in vehicle
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Rescue crews had to free an injured driver from a vehicle that rolled over Tuesday night in the 3500 block of Beckley Road in Battle Creek. The Battle Creek Fire Departm...
Aug 07, 2024 Battle Creek Fire Department (BCFD) truck. (Photo courtesy of the Battle Creek Fire Department Facebook Page).
City of Portage receiving state grant for PFAS-free firefighter turnout gear
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Portage has been given a grant of $112,200 from the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity to buy 38 sets of PFAS-free firefighter turnout gear. T...
Aug 07, 2024 Portage fire truck. (Photo courtesy City of Portage).
AUDIO: U.S. Senator Peters launches Kalamazoo to the Soo motorcycle tour
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - U.S. Senator Gary Peters is off on an 800-mile motorcycle tour from Kalamazoo to Sault Ste. Marie with other bikers. Peters launched the tour in Kalamazoo for the first ti...
Aug 07, 2024 U.S. Senator Gary Peters in Kalamazoo to start the Kalamazoo to the Soo motorcycle tour
Man injured when crashing into deer on motorcycle
CASS COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 40-year-old man from South Bend, Indiana is hospitalized for injuries he suffered in a motorcycle crash in Cass County. The sheriff's office says Joshua Stillwagon hit...
Aug 07, 2024
Fired assistant prosecutor becomes St. Joseph County prosecutor-elect
CENTREVILLE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Fired St. Joseph County assistant prosecutor Deborah Davis will become the county's new prosecutor after yesterday's primary. Davis defeated incumbent Prosecutor David M...
Aug 07, 2024
Michigan Task Force 1 deployed to South Carolina for storm response
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Task Force 1 is headed to South Carolina for the threat of flooding from Tropical Storm Debby. The 18 member team is expected to be deployed until August 15. Six ot...
Aug 07, 2024
