Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Kalamazoo hotel fire under investigation for being suspicious
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The fire at the Days Inn and Suites in Kalamazoo near the Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport is being investigated as being suspicious. Kalamazoo fire marshal Sc...
Mar 26, 2024
College student project hopes to come up with ideas on how to keep professionals in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A group of students from Western Michigan University and Kalamazoo College is working on ideas to keep top talent from leaving town. The nine students are working with the...
Mar 26, 2024 AllaSerebrina / Depositphotos.com
Kalamazoo Black History Museum looks for financial support from area churches
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Black History Museum is looking for support from the church community, launching its Church Challenge fundraiser, aimed at raising $300,000 from 1000 churche...
Mar 26, 2024 (courtesy Kalamazoo Black History Museum)
Salvation Army volunteers to distribute Easter baskets Tuesday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) About 200 Easter baskets filled with stuffed animals, food coloring kits, and other items for children will be passed out by Salvation Army volunteers in Kalamazoo Tuesday m...
Mar 25, 2024 AntonMatyukha / Depositphotos.com
Kalamazoo man receives life in prison without parole sentence in December 2022 murder
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo man who was convicted of fatally shooting another man he was meeting to sell shoes to in December 2022 has been sentence to life without parole. Jalani Darshaw...
Mar 25, 2024 A mugshot of Jalani Nowling (courtesy Kalamazoo County Jail)
WMU to host Michigan Technology Showcase this Thursday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Robots of every shape and size will be invading Kalamazoo this Thursday. The Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center along with Automation Alley and Western Michigan Univ...
Mar 25, 2024 (courtesy Western Michigan University)
Unattended cooking listed as cause of $550,000 fire in BC apartment building
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A resident had to be treated for smoke inhalation on Saturday night when a fire broke out at the River Villa Apartments on Wagner Drive. The cause of the fire was determ...
Mar 25, 2024 Battle Creek Fire Department (BCFD) truck. (Photo courtesy of the Battle Creek Fire Department Facebook Page).
Suspect identified by Calhoun investigators after man dies in Springfield shooting
SPRINGFIELD, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - An initial suspect has been identified after a 29-year-old Springfield man was shot at the Thunderbird Village trailer park. Calhoun County Sheriff's Deputies were dispat...
Mar 25, 2024 Calhoun County Sheriff's Office cruisers. (Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office).
AUDIO: Bell's Brewery celebrating 2024's Oberon Day
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Bell's Brewery is celebrating the release of Oberon for 2024. Bell's Carrie Younger says the turnout early Monday morning for the launch at midnight at Bell's Eccentric Ca...
Mar 25, 2024 Oberon
AUDIO: Kalamazoo officials say red light timing is off
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Drivers in Kalamazoo have been seeing a lot more red lately than green and there is a reason for that. The streets have seen a lot of changes, and now the timing is off. A...
Mar 25, 2024 City of Kalamazoo Utility Director James Baker at the City Commission meeting Sept 6, 2022
