Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Bell's Eccentric Café to host tornado relief concert August 22
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Bell's Brewery and Sounds of the Zoo are hosting a tornado benefit concert on Thursday, August 22. All proceeds will go to the Kalamazoo Community Foundation for its effor...
Jun 24, 2024 Bernt Rostad / CC
AUDIO: Corporate expansion news expected soon in Kalamazoo County
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A big announcement of a corporate expansion could come this month, creating new jobs in Kalamazoo County. Vice chair John Taylor gave a teaser at the latest Kalamazoo Coun...
Jun 24, 2024 Alachua County / CC
St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office investigating stolen equipment scam
CENTREVILLE, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - St. Joseph County Undersheriff Jason Bingaman reports that the Sheriff's Office responded last Friday to the 60000 block of M-66 in Colon Township to investigate a possib...
Jun 24, 2024
E.coli concerns close Comstock Township beach
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A beach in Kalamazoo County's Comstock Township is temporarily closed after testing last week revealed higher than acceptable levels of E. coli in the water. Accor...
Jun 23, 2024 Kalamazoo County Health and Community Services Department logo
BlueOval project opponents says COA decision was "stunning blow" to voters
MARSHALL, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A Marshall-based citizens group that has voiced strong opposition to Ford's BlueOval Battery Park says a Michigan Court of Appeals ruling that went against them this week wa...
Jun 22, 2024 Courtesy Stop the Marshall Megasite Facebook page
Kalamazoo man arrested for interfering with firefighters
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It took Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety firefighters about 10 minutes to put out an overnight house fire, but one person was arrested for interfering with their effo...
Jun 22, 2024
Bronson Children's Hospital campaign raises more than $4.7 million to provide additional services
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Bronson Health Foundation says it's celebrating the successful completion of their Bronson Children's Hospital campaign, raising more than $4.7 million to support serv...
Jun 22, 2024 Bronson Children’s Hospital physicians and staff members stand in front of one of the new donor displays, which recognizes all who donated to the campaign (courtesy Bronson Healthcare Group)
More charges filed against Branch County man, bond increased to $10 million
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Additional charges have been filed against a Coldwater Lake man who is now being held on a $10 million bond in Branch County. 22-year-old McCain Matthew Snyder was originally ch...
Jun 22, 2024 Best Law
Bell's Eccentric Café to host tornado relief benefit concert
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Bell's Brewery, in partnership with Sounds of the Zoo, will host a night of live music Thursday, August 22, with all proceeds going towards the Kalamazoo Community Foundat...
Jun 21, 2024 Bell's Brewery logo. (Image courtesy of Bell's Brewery).
UPDATE: Triple stabbing suspect taken into custody late Friday
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Cass County Sheriff Richard Behnke says just before 11:00 p.m. Friday the department received notification from a resident on Spring Lake Road in St. Joseph County...
Jun 21, 2024 Triple stabbing suspect John Henry Coons (courtesy Cass County Sheriff's Office)
