Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: KPS superintendent to hold meetings on strategic plan
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools will hold dozens of meetings with parents and community members over the next month as they begin to develop a new strategic plan for the district...
Apr 12, 2024
Walk this Saturday in Kalamazoo will raise awareness and money for homelessness efforts
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Walkers will take to the streets of Kalamazoo this Saturday to raise awareness and resources for programs addressing homelessness. The annual five-kilometer walk, sponsore...
Apr 12, 2024 (courtesy Housing Resources Inc.)
Two persons of interest in Kalamazoo murder arrested on unrelated charges
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two persons of interest in the shooting death of a man in Kalamazoo Tuesday night have been arrested on unrelated charges. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says d...
Apr 11, 2024 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
SWET West team members make arrests in Hartford, Watervliet
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A search warrant executed in Hartford by Southwest Enforcement Team (SWET) West detectives led to an arrest, and pointed to another situation in Watervliet that resulted in ...
Apr 11, 2024 SWET members execute search warrants in two locations, with two arrests.
DNR weighing charges in gray wolf shooting in Calhoun County
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is considering charges in the shooting death of a gray wolf in Calhoun County. A hunter and a guide thought it was a large coyot...
Apr 11, 2024 (Logo courtesy of Michigan DNR)
Some in law enforcement say red flag law rollout smoother than expected
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Some law enforcement officials in west Michigan say the rollout of the state's new red flag law two months ago has been smoother than people expected. There have been at l...
Apr 11, 2024 Ken Hawkins / CC
State tourism conference wrapping up today in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The annual Pure Michigan Governor's Conference on Tourism wraps up today in Kalamazoo. It is held in different locations every year and over 500 tourism leaders in the sta...
Apr 11, 2024 (courtesy Michigan Economic Development Corporation)
Local United Way to administer FEMA grants for nonprofits tackling hunger, homelessness
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Local food and shelter programs in Kalamazoo County and the surrounding region covered by the United Way of South Central Michigan are eligible for a share of $466,232 in ...
Apr 10, 2024 United Ways of South Central Michigan logo. (Image courtesy United Ways of South Central Michigan).
Tourism professionals and volunteers help construct new wiffle ball field in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - With assistance from over 60 volunteers involved in the tourism business statewide, work on a new wiffle ball field began at Mayor's Riverfront Park in Kalamazoo Tuesday. ...
Apr 10, 2024 (courtesy Kalamazoo Growlers)
Victim of Tuesday homicide in Kalamazoo identified
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Safety says they are investigating a homicide that happened Tuesday night on Interfaith Boulevard near the city's north side. The victim has been identifi...
Apr 10, 2024 (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek)
