Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Girls on the Run Greater Kalamazoo needs volunteers for 5K in May
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Girls on the Run of Greater Kalamazoo is asking for around 500 volunteers 14 and older for its 22nd annual 5K event at Kalamazoo Valley Community College next month. The 5...
Apr 04, 2024
AUDIO: Kalamazoo couple charged in six-month-old's death
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo couple are facing involuntary manslaughter charges in the death of their six-month-old daughter in December 2023. Kalamazoo County Prosecutor Jeff Getting says...
Apr 04, 2024 Brian Turner / CC
DNR confirms gray wolf was in Calhoun County
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is confirming a hunter killed a gray wolf in a legal coyote hunt with a guide in January in Calhoun County. The hunter had ...
Apr 04, 2024 Tony Hisgett / CC
Branch County stabbing suspect from Battle Creek arraigned in District Court
COLDWATER, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A Battle Creek resident was arraigned on an charge of assault with intent to murder in Branch County District Court on Tuesday following a Michigan State Police investigati...
Apr 03, 2024 Best Law
Jeter Family Fields opening today at Kalamazoo Central High School
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It is opening day for Kalamazoo Central High School at the new Jeter Family Fields. The Maroon Giants are taking on Loy Norrix High School this afternoon at 4 p.m. The new...
Apr 03, 2024
AUDIO: Groundbreaking Thursday on Kalamazoo Tiny Houses of Hope
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A groundbreaking ceremony on Kalamazoo's Tiny Houses of Hope project will be held Thursday. It is designed to help the local residents who may have the toughest time of al...
Apr 03, 2024 (courtesy Discover Kalamazoo)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County board approves housing millage grants
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County commission has approved grants for millions from the voter approved housing millage to local developers for new projects despite concerns that they ma...
Apr 03, 2024 Screenshot of Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners meeting Jan. 17, 2023
Capital Avenue rehab project begins this week in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Crews for the City of Battle Creek began the first phase of the 2024 Capital Avenue rehabilitation project this week. The project will cover a nearly four-mile stretch o...
Apr 03, 2024 City of Battle Creek logo
Kalamazoo man who posed on woman online sentenced in child pornography case
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo man who police say posed as a woman online to entice boys to send nude photos of themselves to him was sentenced to almost 20 years in prison Tuesday. Tariq...
Apr 02, 2024 Karen Neoh / CC
Governor takes part in ribbon cutting for Kalamazoo housing development
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer was in Kalamazoo Tuesday to recognize Zone 32, a new development now leasing in the Northside neighborhood, providing 12 new homes and a...
Apr 02, 2024 (courtesy Office of the Governor)
