Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Two injured in collision of two vehicles on I-94 near I-69 in Calhoun County
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Two persons were injured early Friday morning in a two vehicle crash on eastbound I-94 near the I-69 overpass in Calhoun County. The Calhoun County Sheriff's Departmen...
Mar 08, 2024 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
Van Buren County family "forever grateful" missing toddler found
GENEVA TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The family of a three-year-old boy that was rescued near South Haven several days ago says they are "forever grateful" to the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office. Depu...
Mar 08, 2024 Van Buren Sheriff's K-9 Deputy Kuno (photo courtesy Lake Michigan Police K-9 Association)
Indiana man killed by deer crashing through windshield
CASS COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 67-year-old man from Elkhart, Indiana has been killed by a deer in a car crash in Cass County. Just before 7:00 p.m. Thursday, a 20-year-old woman from Osceola, Indian...
Mar 08, 2024 (photo by John McNeil)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo Public Schools Saturday classes continue this weekend
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Tomorrow will be the second time Kalamazoo Public Schools will hold special Saturday classes for students who need the extra help. School board president Ti'Anna Harrison ...
Mar 08, 2024 Washington Writer's Academy in Kalamazoo (photo by John McNeil)
AUDIO: Ascension Borgess puts mental health annex back in use
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Ascension Borgess Hospital has resumed the use of its emergency behavioral health annex for mental health patients who are in crisis. Cindy Evans is an emergency departmen...
Mar 08, 2024 Photo courtesy Ascension Borgess Hospital.
Kalamazoo state representative co-sponsoring bills to increase access to birth control supplies
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Michigan House committee chaired by State Representative Julie Rogers of Kalamazoo Thursday heard testimony from members of the Democratic Caucus in support of a package o...
Mar 08, 2024 State Reps. Stephanie A. Young (D-Detroit) and Kara Hope (D-Holt) testify before the House Health Policy Committee regarding House Bills 5435-36 March 5, 2024 (courtesy MI House Democrats)
VIDEO: KDPS seeks suspect in pharmacy armed robbery Wednesday evening
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Even though there was one shot fired, police say no one was injured in an armed robbery Wednesday night at a pharmacy in Kalamazoo. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safe...
Mar 07, 2024 The suspect in a Kalamazoo pharmacy armed robbery March 6, 2024 (courtesy KDPS)
Michigan Nurses Association files grievance against Ascension Borgess
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Nurses Association has filed a class action grievance as they try to stop Ascension Borgess ending the use of a specialty facility to treat people in a mental...
Mar 07, 2024 Photo courtesy Ascension Borgess Hospital.
Portage Public Schools will no longer hold events on religious holidays
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Portage Public Schools will no longer hold any major school events on religious holidays. The school board approved the change Wednesday night after reaching a settlement in...
Mar 07, 2024 Portage Northern High School (courtesy Byce and Associates)
State Court of Appeals agrees to fast track appeal filed by BlueOval opponents
MARSHALL, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Michigan Court of Appeals agreed to a request from opponents of the Ford Motor Company BlueOval Battery Park this week to fast track their appeal of a judges decision to...
Mar 07, 2024 Photo courtesy Laborers Local 355 Facebook page
