Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: KPS superintendent holding meeting with parents April 18
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools superintendent Dr. Darrin Slade says he is starting a strategic planning process for the district and he wants, and needs parents to participate. ...
Mar 22, 2024 (Photo provided by John McNeill)
Local groups gather to discuss poverty solutions in the City of Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - While the latest census data shows the poverty gaps is improving in the City of Kalamazoo, local leaders met this week to talk about to improve the situation even further....
Mar 22, 2024 kentoh / Depositphotos.com
Rollover crash on I-94 under investigation
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office is investigating a rollover crash on I-94 in Comstock Township. It happened at 10 p.m. Wednesday near the 84 mile marker head...
Mar 21, 2024 Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office SUV cruiser (Photo by John McNeil)
AUDIO: Bell's Brewery holding Oberon Day Monday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Monday is an unofficial state holiday for a lot of craft beer lovers in Kalamazoo and around the state. March 25 is the day Bell's Brewery releases Oberon for the year. Be...
Mar 21, 2024 Bernt Rostad / CC
State House Minority Leader Hall discusses representative's social media post
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State House Minority Leader Matt Hall says a social media post that touted the "replacement theory" by Representative Josh Schriver should not have been put up. The Richland...
Mar 21, 2024 Michigan State Representative Matt Hall (courtesy of Michigan House of Representatives)
Work to begin on PCB cleanup near Trowbridge Dam
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is working with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, and the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy to re...
Mar 21, 2024 A bulldozer at end of access road on the north bank of the Kalamazoo Riverin Trowbridge Township (courtesy U.S. EPA)
WMU to host Food Marketing Conference in downtown Kalamazoo next week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Around 1,000 food industry professionals will be in downtown Kalamaz00 next week for the Western Michigan University Food Marketing Conference. Organizers say the event Tu...
Mar 21, 2024 Food Marketing Conference logo (courtesy Western Michigan University)
Battle Creek home struck by gunfire Wednesday afternoon
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek Police responded to a report of gunshots fired at a Parkway Avenue home Wednesday afternoon, but they say there were no injuries. Officers arrived on scene...
Mar 20, 2024 Alan Cleaver / CC
Spring Valley Elementary goes into brief lockdown after nearby domestic shooting incident
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Shots fired at a residence on Kalamazoo's northeast side Tuesday morning resulted in lockdown at a local elementary school. Around 11:45 a.m. officers with the Kalamazoo D...
Mar 20, 2024 (courtesy Kalamazoo Public Schools)
MDOT's $160 million I-94 repaving project in Calhoun County resumes Monday
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Michigan Department of Transportation says crews will resume work this Monday, March 25 on its three-year, $160 million project to repave I-94 between Helmer Road ...
Mar 20, 2024
