Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: Summer school underway in Kalamazoo Public Schools
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Most public school students are just getting used to being on summer vacation, but some are already back in class in Kalamazoo. Summer school began yesterday for hundreds ...
Jun 26, 2024
AUDIO: Officials unsure if Kalamazoo County will get FEMA help from tornado
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Local officials are still waiting to find out if there will be any assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency following last month's tornado, but Kalamazoo Coun...
Jun 26, 2024 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
Thousands still without power after Tuesday morning severe thunderstorms
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As West Michigan recovers from another round of storms that hit the state Tuesday morning, Consumers Energy says it has hundreds of line workers working to restore power a...
Jun 25, 2024 Consumers Energy Outage Map screenshot June 25, 2024
Two arrested in 2022 murder of Kalamazoo man
VAN BUREN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An investigation by the Van Buren County Sheriff's Department and Michigan State Police has led to two arrests in the death of a Kalamazoo man over 20 months. The b...
Jun 25, 2024 fergregory / Depositphotos.com
Park Street to close Thursday at Kalamazoo Avenue, Ransom Street
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Park Street will close at Kalamazoo Avenue and Ransom Street starting Thursday. The city of Kalamazoo says it is for ongoing utility work being done as part of the Ransom ...
Jun 25, 2024
Off-road vehicles banned from county roads in Van Buren County
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Off-road vehicles are no longer allowed on county roads in Van Buren County. That is any road that starts with the name CR but Van Buren County Road Commission managing dire...
Jun 25, 2024 Van Buren County Sheriff's Office cruiser (Photo by John McNeil)
Cockrell to take over as Interim Director of Kalamazoo Public Library system
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A longtime Kalamazoo Public Library employee has been named the new Interim Director for the organization. The library Board of Trustees appointed Michel R. Cockrell to th...
Jun 24, 2024 KPL Mobile Library. (Image Courtesy Kalamazoo Public Library)
Former Hartford police chief receives sentence of 40 months to 20 years
HARTFORD, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -Former Hartford Police Chief Tressa Beltran was sentenced Monday in Van Buren County Circuit Court to 40 months to 20 years in jail for one count of Using a Computer to Comm...
Jun 24, 2024 (courtesy City of Hartford, MI)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo receives $483,000 for mental health crisis emergency response team
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Kalamazoo has just gotten $483,000 to beef up its innovative mental health crisis emergency response team. Currently the city only has a part time employee who...
Jun 24, 2024 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety logo
BC man sent to prison in shooting death of Christopher Mark Williams
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A Battle Creek man was ordered to serve between 15 and 50 years in prison on Friday in Calhoun County Circuit Court following the shooting death in July of 2022 of 17-ye...
Jun 24, 2024 Christopher Mark Williams (courtesy of Battle Creek Police Department)
