Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: Kalamazoo commission discusses affordable housing
Kalamazoo's Housing Coordinator says that the city has helped create over 741 affordable housing units over the last 5 years, but it's not enough, it doesn't happen quickly, and help from Washington i...
Mar 05, 2024 (courtesy City of Kalamazoo)
Kalamazoo Public Safety says report of armed man at library a hoax
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Safety officials say they will pursue charges against someone who called them Thursday afternoon to report someone at the downtown library pointed two gun...
Mar 05, 2024 Fatal accident in Kalamazoo remains under investigation
Van Buren County Sheriff K-9 officer finds missing toddler
GENEVA TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Van Buren Sheriff's Office has recovered a three-year-old boy who was reported missing Monday. K-9 officer Kuno found a footprint leading northwest from the boy'...
Mar 05, 2024 Van Buren Sheriff's K-9 Deputy Kuno (photo courtesy Lake Michigan Police K-9 Association)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo officials discuss Black student struggles
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's not just a Kalamazoo problem, it's a national problem. Too many young Black males are not doing well in school. We have been reporting on it for some time. Last fall,...
Mar 05, 2024
Kalamazoo criminal justice forum set for next week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An organization called The Campaign for Criminal Justice Transparency is putting together a panel discussion next week between the Kalamazoo County Prosecutor's Office and...
Mar 05, 2024
Annual Home and Garden Expo at the Kalamazoo County Expo Center this weekend
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Over 100 exhibitors are expected for this weekend's Home Builders Association of Western Michigan annual Home and Garden Expo at the Kalamazoo County Expo Center. Organize...
Mar 04, 2024
Hartford selects new city manager
HARTFORD, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Nicol Brown is the new city manager for Hartford. Mayor Richard Hall says the city council is looking forward to working with her and says they believe her knowledge and ex...
Mar 04, 2024
AUDIO: Kalamazoo city commission to look at affordable housing solutions
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After criticism that not enough is being done to help the homeless, Kalamazoo city commissioners will take a closer look at finding solutions to the affordable housing cri...
Mar 04, 2024 The Kalamazoo City Commission receives a presentation on the current affordable housing shortage during their meeting Feb. 7, 2022 (courtesy of John McNeill)
Michigan gas prices hit 2024 high this week
DEARBORN, MMI (WKZO AM/FM) - Gas prices in Michigan are sharply higher to start the week. AAA Michigan reports prices are up 20 cents a gallon to $3.45, which is a new high for the year and 45 cents h...
Mar 04, 2024
BC Fire Marshal investigating blaze in unoccupied duplex on East Bidwell
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Battle Creek Fire Marshal Division is investigating a Saturday night fire which caused about $53,000 worth of damage to an unoccupied multi-family duplex at 25 East ...
Mar 04, 2024 Battle Creek Fire Department (BCFD) truck. (Photo courtesy of the Battle Creek Fire Department Facebook Page).
