Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Suspect still at large after high speed chase in Portage and Kalamazoo
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Police are still looking for a stolen car and the suspect who stole it after a high speed chase Thursday afternoon in Portage and Kalamazoo. Shortly after 3:10 p.m. Portage ...
Feb 29, 2024 Portage Police cruiser (photo by John McNeil)
NWS says EF 1 tornado hit near Marshall early Wednesday morning, one person injured
MARSHALL, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The National Weather Service office in Grand Rapids has confirmed a tornado took place near Marshall during the early Wednesday morning hours which injured one person. They ...
Feb 29, 2024 Courtesy National Weather Service office in Grand Rapids
Battle Creek man charged with embezzlement from vulnerable adult
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Battle Creek man is being chaged by the Michigan Attorney General's offie with stealimg money from his elderly father. 44-year-old Clayton Yorks was arraigned Wednesd...
Feb 28, 2024 Best Law
Kalamazoo man receives 20 years in prison on federal meth charges
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo man has been sentenced in federal court to 20 years in prison for methamphetamine trafficking. U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totte...
Feb 28, 2024 U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan seal
Kalamazoo woman injured in crash
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Township Police Department says a 32-year-old Kalamazoo woman is hospitalized in critical condition after a crash Tuesday night. Officers say she wa...
Feb 28, 2024 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
Midnight tornado northeast of Marshall causes significant damage, power outages
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Department says a tornado that touched down just after midnight northeast of Marshall caused significant damage to trees, powerlines, home...
Feb 28, 2024 Courtesy Calhoun County Sheriff's Department Facebook page
Comstock Township to launch farmers market
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A new farmers market will be run in Comstock Township every Monday from June 3 through September 30. Comstock Township Parks and Recreation program coordinator Kat...
Feb 28, 2024 Gemma Billings / CC
Broncos Kitchen to celebrate 12th anniversary of feeding hungry area college students
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Broncos Kitchen, a non-profit organization that has been providing free dinners to food insecure Western Michigan University, is celebrating its 12th anniversary by holdin...
Feb 28, 2024 (courtesy Broncos Kitchen)
Cassopolis, Battle Creek, and Albion receive state money for energy-efficient home upgrades
CASSOPOLIS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Cassopolis, Battle Creek, and Albion will all be sharing in the Michigan State Housing Department Authority's third wave of MI-HOPE funding, awarding $7.4M in grants for ...
Feb 27, 2024 (courtesy Michigan State Housing Department Authority)
Carshare program using electric vehicles being launched in Kalamazoo's Edison neighborhood
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A new Kalamazoo rideshare service hopes to decrease carbon emissions, but also increase transportation accessibility. The Creamery, a mixed-income apartment complex in Kal...
Feb 27, 2024 (courtesy MDO Carshare)
