Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Five-year-old critically injured after driver runs red light in Comstock Township
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A child was critically injured in a two-vehicle crash in Kalamazoo County's Comstock Township Saturday afternoon. Just after 2:00 p.m. members of the Kalamazoo Cou...
Jul 27, 2024
Wayland Woman Wanted for Skipping Federal Sentencing Hearing
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC-AM/WKZO-FM) - A 49-year-old Wayland woman is a wanted fugitive from the law. On Saturday, July 27, WOOD-TV reported that federal warrants have been issued for the arrest of Leti...
Jul 27, 2024 Leticia Gallarzo (courtesy Texas Board of Nursing)
Pedestrian hit while crossing Portage Street Friday night
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man is in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle in Kalamazoo Friday night. Around 10:20 p.m., officers with the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety were s...
Jul 27, 2024 KDPS Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety cruiser (Photo by Jeana Gondek)
Professional misconduct case still not decided as Portage attorney seeks Michigan Supreme Court nomination
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Despite calling the case a political persecution by the state and saying he is certain he'll be vindicated, professional misconduct charges filed against Portage attorney Ma...
Jul 26, 2024 Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Kalamazoo area attorney Matthew DePerno in his bid for Michigan Attorney General in 2022 (courtesy of Deperno for Michigan)
McGinnis receives high grades and pay hike from Portage City Council
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's been a bumpy few years in Portage, but their City Manager has received good grades for the way he handled things. Last year there was a citizen uprising over proposed n...
Jul 26, 2024 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo Blues Festival returning to Arcadia Creek Festival Site
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The 2024 Kalamazoo Blues Festival is Saturday. The event is returning to where it began for its 30th anniversary at the Arcadia Creek Festival Site. Randy James from the K...
Jul 26, 2024
Family Health Center gears up for its annual Back To School Bash next month
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Over 1,000 kids are expected to attend the Family Health Center's annual Back To School Bash, which is now scheduled for Friday, August 9 in Kalamazoo. Organizers say this...
Jul 26, 2024 (logo courtesy of the Family Health Center)
Early voting begins at four Kalamazoo County sites Saturday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - In the run up to the August 6 primary election in Michigan, eight days of Early Voting begins Saturday. Four early voting centers have been established in Kalamazoo County...
Jul 26, 2024 City of Portage Clerk's staff outside Portage City Hall (courtesy of City of Portage)
New senior living and assisted living facility to break ground in Portage in August
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Officials with Trilogy Health Services say they will break ground on a new campus in Portage next month. Trilogy says the investment aims to expand senior living and assiste...
Jul 25, 2024 An architect's rendering of the new Trilogy Health Services senior living and assisted living facility to be built in Portage (courtesy Trilogy Health Services)
Drug bust at Kalamazoo home leads to arrest
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team (KVET) says the search of a home in the 400 block of South Rose Street in Kalamazoo Wednesday yielded over 20 pounds of crystal metha...
Jul 25, 2024 Drugs confiscated from a drug bust in the 400 block of South Rose Street in Kalamazoo (courtesy of the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
