Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Flood Watch issued for Calhoun and Kalamazoo Counties, heavy rain expected
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WTVB) - In anticipation of heavy overnight rain, the National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a Flood Watch from 9:00 p.m. Monday night through 4:00 a.m. on Tuesday mornin...
Jul 15, 2024 Flooding in Kalamazoo. (Photo by John McNeil).
City of Kalamazoo announces designated liaisons to LGBTQ+ community
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Kalamazoo is announcing it has selected designated liaisons to the LGBTQ+ community. The City Manager's Office Liaison is Tanya Hewitt-Smith, who is the city's...
Jul 15, 2024 lisamikulski / CC
Kalamazoo County commissioners to get lawsuit update Tuesday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County commissioners will get a closed-door update Tuesday on a lawsuit brought by a local developer who claims the county board broke its promise when it yanked...
Jul 15, 2024 Kalamazoo County Government logo
AUDIO: Events this week to battle "summer slide" for students
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - If the kids are getting antsy, or bored and appearing to succumb to the "summer slide" in their academics, there are a couple of positive activities in Kalamazoo this week...
Jul 15, 2024
16 kayakers rescued on Kalamazoo River
BEDFORD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Police and firefighters have rescued 16 kayakers who were stranded in the Kalamazoo River last evening near Battle Creek. Several of them had tipped over in their k...
Jul 15, 2024 Ken Hawkins / CC
AUDIO: Kalamazoo city commission to vote on downtown mall parking changes
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Plans for changes in downtown parking, including higher rates and the end of free parking on the downtown mall, will be up for approval tonight. It's part of a larger effo...
Jul 15, 2024 Parking meter (photo by John McNeil)
VP Harris to make stops in Kalamazoo and Battle Creek this week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - While the Republican National Convention will be going on in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Vice President Kamala Harris is scheduled to make stops in Kalamazoo and Battle Creek th...
Jul 14, 2024 Sheilaf2002 / Depositphotos.com
Boy on mini-dirt bike seriously injured after riding into path of pick-up truck
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An 11-year-old Battle Creek boy is in stable, but critical, after his mini-dirt bike was struck by a pick-up truck Thursday evening. The Battle Creek Police Department ...
Jul 14, 2024
Area fire departments rescue two from the water in St. Joseph County
COLON, MI ( WKZO AM/FM) - A water rescue team had to pull two people from a rain swollen creek in St. Joseph County Friday. At 11:36 a.m. Colon Community Fire and Rescue was dispatched as mutual aid w...
Jul 14, 2024 (courtesy Colon Community Fire and Rescue)
State officials to host roundtable with Kalamazoo leaders to discuss opportunities to support clean energy transitions
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After the Michigan Legislature passed the 2025 Fiscal Year budget agreement that provides funding for the newly created Community and Worker Economic Transition Office, th...
Jul 13, 2024
