Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: Bartenders, servers calling on lawmakers to protect their lower tipped wage
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Restaurant servers and bartenders are urging lawmakers to make changes to the upcoming minimum wage hike that will take their pay up to $12 an hour next February. The group ...
Sep 19, 2024 Exterior of Michigan Capitol building (courtesy State of Michigan)
AUDIO: Two from Battle Creek killed in wrong-way crash on M-14
ANN ARBOR, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two people from Battle Creek are among three people killed in a crash on M-14 near Ann Arbor yesterday morning. Michigan State Police say a wrong-way driver from Battle Cr...
Sep 19, 2024 Michigan State Police - Photo by Jeana Gondek
Sex offender captured after cutting off tether, skipping hearing
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An Allegan County sex offender is back behind bars after he allegedly cut his electronic tether and skipped a hearing. The sheriff's office says they found Daniel Loew aroun...
Sep 19, 2024
Portage selects winner of "First Time Voter" Sticker Design Contest
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Portage has selected a winner in its "First Time Voter" Sticker Design Contest. The Portage City Clerk's office announced the first-ever contest in August and it...
Sep 18, 2024
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County board approves brownfield grant for Comstock company
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One Kalamazoo County commissioner is calling it the biggest thing to happen around here since the downtown Kalamazoo arena announcement. Last night, the Kalamazoo County b...
Sep 18, 2024 Kalamazoo County sign (Photo by John McNeil)
AUDIO: State help possible for Portage tornado relief
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There could be some hope for funding for the victims of the May tornado in Portage. Kalamazoo County Administrator Kevin Catlin says the money would be coming from the nex...
Sep 18, 2024 Lori Higgins took this picture of a tornado touching down on Prairie Corners Road, just south of Mendon. Courtesy Clayton Lyczynski II - Community Connector Facebook page
AUDIO: Battle Creek proposing modernizing, upgrading fire departments
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - City officials in Battle Creek are proposing modernizing and upgrading their fire stations. City Manager Rebecca Fleury says the firefighters deserve better facilities ...
Sep 18, 2024 Battle Creek Fire Department (BCFD) truck. (Photo courtesy of the Battle Creek Fire Department Facebook Page).
Two men arrested with knives, BB guns in Battle Creek elementary parking lot
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two men were found by Battle Creek police in the parking lot of an elementary school yesterday afternoon with knives and BB guns. Police say the two told them they pull...
Sep 18, 2024
Pit bull mix dog stolen from mini van parked at I-94 rest area
MARENGO TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Michigan State Police from the Marshall Post are investigating last week's theft of a six-month-old pit bull mix dog from a white mini van at the rest area on I-94 i...
Sep 18, 2024 Courtesy Michigan State Police Marshall Post
13-month-old Portage boy dies
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 13-month-old Portage boy has died after being found unresponsive Tuesday morning. Portage Public Safety was called to the home in the 600 block of Della Street just before...
Sep 18, 2024 Accident in Portage Tuesday seriously injures Kalamazoo man (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
