Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
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
South Haven mulling adding life guards
SOUTH HAVEN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The South Haven City Council has voted 4-to-1 this week to have a plan drafted that could possibly be used to reintroduce lifeguards to Lake Michigan in the city. They h...
Mar 20, 2024 First responders conduct a search and rescue at North Beach in South Haven July 13, 2022 (courtesy of South Haven Emergency Services)
AUDIO: Portage city manage excited for Metro Link pilot program
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Portage City Manager Pat McGinnis is excited about the launch of Metro Transit's new Metro Link rideshare service next month. He says it is a pilot program that will cost a ...
Mar 20, 2024
AUDIO: Dedication ceremony for Kalamazoo County justice center pushed to September
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The dedication ceremony for Kalamazoo County's brand new Judge Charles H. Pratt Justice Center was tentatively scheduled for this spring, but its been pushed back to this ...
Mar 20, 2024
Battle Creek City Attorney Jill Humphreys Steele retiring this summer
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Battle Creek City Attorney Jill Humphreys Steele has announced her retirement, effective August 1. Steele has spent the last 11 years as the City Attorney. She worked in...
Mar 20, 2024 Courtesy City of Battle Creek
AUDIO: Statewide tornado drill today for Severe Weather Awareness Week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It may not feel like it, but spring has officially arrived and today is the state's annual tornado drill. At about 1 p.m. this afternoon, local emergency agencies will be ...
Mar 20, 2024 Severe weather siren (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
WMU gets $2.25 million grant for carbon capture research
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Western Michigan University has gotten a significant funding boost, with a grant of more than $2 million from the U.S. Department of Energy. The grant is earmarked for res...
Mar 20, 2024 Carbon capture system as CO2 gas reduction with filtration outline diagram. Explanation scheme with dioxide absorption in underground to limit emissions vector illustration. Eco solution for pollution
AUDIO: Portage to spend $140,000 on lead pipe study
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Kalamazoo is spending tens of millions of dollars, tearing up whole neighborhoods to replace lead water lines, the kind that caused so many problems in Flint. Th...
Mar 20, 2024 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
