Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Battle Creek man arrested for assaulting woman inside Pennfield bank
PENNFIELD, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 33-year-old Battle Creek man had been arrested after assaulting a female inside the Huntington Bank branch in Pennfield in what police say was a domestic violence incide...
Mar 27, 2024 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
170 gun safes for households in Kalamazoo and Van Buren counties provided in just two days
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - In an effort that Michigan State Police say has resulted in making hundreds of households in Kalamazoo and Van Buren counties safer, a total of 170 pistol gun safes and 49 r...
Mar 27, 2024 (courtesy Michigan State Police)
KDPS releases name of Kalamazoo man shot to death in his vehicle Saturday night
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety has now released the name of a 25-year-old Kalamazoo man who was found shot to death in his vehicle late Saturday night. Just aft...
Mar 27, 2024 Crime scene tape
Residents at WMU's Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine vote to unionize
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - By an overwhelming margin, residents at the Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine have voted to form union. Last week, more than 90% of residen...
Mar 27, 2024
NFL Legend Mike Singletary to be keynote speaker during BC Prayer Breakfast
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Organizers for the 42nd annual Community Prayer Breakfast in Battle Creek have announced that NFL legend Mike Singletary will be delivering the keynote address during th...
Mar 27, 2024 Courtesy Battle Creek Prayer Breakfast
MSP investigating break-in and ransacking on Leroy Township home
LEROY TWP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Michigan State Police at Marshall are investigating the break-in and ransacking of a Calhoun County home. They say a residence in the 1300 block of Hoffman Road in Lero...
Mar 27, 2024
AUDIO: Gun forum held in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Has Kalamazoo turned the corner on gun violence? It may be too early to tell, but it's about to employ a number of new strategies to try. At a public forum sponsored by st...
Mar 27, 2024 L to R Beth Berglin, Estevez Juarez, Rep. Julie Rogers, Asst. Chief David Juday and Tia Whitley
Rotary Club of Kalamazoo plans massive clean-up project for Earth Day
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - In celebration of Earth Day next month, the Rotary Club of Kalamazoo will be undertaking the area's largest volunteer initiative of its type. Rotary is seeking the help of...
Mar 27, 2024 Kalamazoo River in Parchment - Courtesy Kalamazoo River Alliance
Study: 70 plus sporting events brought over $28.5 million to the Kalamazoo area in 2023
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A local destination marketing organization says sports tourism is big business in Kalamazoo. Discover Kalamazoo says the Kalamazoo area hosted 70 plus sports events in 202...
Mar 27, 2024 (courtesy Discover Kalamazoo)
Ski businesses suffer very short season
OTSEGO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The warm winter caused west Michigan ski businesses to have a very short season this year. Cannonsburg Ski Area in Cannon Township was only open for 43 days, and Danielle Mus...
Mar 26, 2024 liz west / CC
