Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County housing director says Portage affordable housing development closer to moving forward
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One of two affordable housing projects that sparked citizen opposition in Portage last year will be moving forward soon. The development between Woodbine and Stanley will ...
Jul 03, 2024
Constantine village council moving ahead with plan to build new fire station
CONSTANTINE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Thanks to a $1.545,000 federal appropriation announced last month, the Constantine village council has approved a resolution to build a new fire station. The resolution ...
Jul 03, 2024 (courtesy Constantine Fire Department)
Kalamazoo man sentenced for abusing his young child
KALAMAZOO MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo man is headed to prison for abusing his young child. The case stems from May 2023, when Paul Preston admitted that he punched his two-month-old child several ti...
Jul 02, 2024 Best Law
MSP warn area businesses to be aware of counterfeit money
MARSHALL, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Michigan State Police at Marshall are urging area businesses to be alert if they get a large amount of cash and take extra steps to determine if the money is real due to...
Jul 02, 2024 Courtesy Michigan State Police
AUDIO: Kalamazoo commission pushed for update on public restrooms downtown
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Public bathrooms in downtown Kalamazoo became a big issue after complaints that houseless residents were using all sorts of inappropriate places to do their business. Last...
Jul 02, 2024 Portland Loo public bathroom installed in Downtown Kalamazoo. (Photo courtesy of the Kalamazoo Downtown Partnership).
AUDIO: Former Kalamazoo Public Safety lieutenant accepts settlement
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo Public Safety lieutenant who sued, claiming the department was a hostile and racist work environment, has apparently accepted a settlement. Lakisha McMillon cl...
Jul 02, 2024 Current Royal Oak, MI City Attorney Aaron Leal has been selected as Kalamazoo's next City Attorney (courtesy John McNeill)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo moving away from free parking on downtown mall
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Kalamazoo is one step closer to ending free parking on the downtown mall. It's one of several changes to downtown parking that could be implemented after ordin...
Jul 02, 2024 Downtown Kalamazoo Mall. (Photo by John McNeill).
Kalamazoo Public Safety chief believes they have solution to "X-Train" issue
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Safety Chief David Boysen says they believe they may have the solution to the nearly three-decades old problem called the "X-Train." Those are mobile nuis...
Jul 02, 2024
AUDIO: Kalamazoo officials urge people to support downtown businesses
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo city officials are pleading with residents to support downtown businesses. It can be a challenge just to get downtown with all the construction going on. City ch...
Jul 02, 2024
Child seriously injured in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A four-year-old child is hospitalized with serious injuries after being hit by a vehicle Sunday. Kalamazoo Public Safety says they were called to an area near the intersec...
Jul 01, 2024 (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek)
