Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: Kalamazoo city commissioners hold retreat
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo city commissioners met all day Saturday at their annual retreat to begin setting priorities for 2025's aspirational projects. They picked five specific programs ...
Feb 19, 2024 Commissioners used red sticky dots to vote from among the 24 possible programs that were ranked by impact and difficulty on the wall at the Foundry, where the retreat was held.
Community invited to offer input on future of Beckley Road corridor
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The City of Battle Creek is working with a consultant on a new vision for the future of the Beckley Road corridor. City officials are working with consultant Progressive...
Feb 19, 2024 City of Battle Creek logo
AUDIO: Kalamazoo city commission to vote on Arcadia Creek Festival Place redesign
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Opponents of a proposal to spend $1.65-million of the city of Kalamazoo's remaining COVID-19 dollars to remodel Arcadia Creek Festival Place plan to protest at City Hall t...
Feb 19, 2024
Kalamazoo County parks department to hold open house Wednesday as it develops future plans
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As it creates a road map for existing parks and recreation programs, as well as future projects, Kalamazoo County officials are looking for public input. The county parks ...
Feb 18, 2024
One injured as falling tree hits vehicle in Cass County Saturday night
PORTER TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An Elkhart, Indiana man was injured Saturday night after his vehicle was struck by a falling tree in Cass County's Porter Township. The Cass County Sheriff's Office ...
Feb 18, 2024 (photo by John McNeil)
Galilee Baptist Church plans another mixed-use housing development for the Kalamazoo Northside neighborhood
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo's Galilee Baptist Church plans to break ground later this year on a $ 7 million housing project they hope will deal with the city's housing shortage. The plan is...
Feb 18, 2024 An artist's rendering of Galilee Baptist Church’s two proposed apartment buildings (with ground-floor commercial space) looking north from the intersection of Westnedge Avenue and Elizabeth Street
Several major Kalamazoo streets projects will start in March
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) - Major investments for the City of Kalamazoo will happen along Westnedge Avenue and Whites Road this year, in addition to reconstruction of the Inkster Street Bridge and work o...
Feb 17, 2024
AUDIO: Battle Creek police identify Texas man shot, killed by officers
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek police have identified the man shot and killed by officers Thursday afternoon as 29-year-old Dario Arguello of San Antonio, Texas. Police Chief Shannon Bag...
Feb 16, 2024
EPA proposing removing 6 acres of Allied Paper site from Superfund list in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing deleting a 6-acre portion of the Allied Paper, Incorporated/Portage Creek/Kalamazoo River site in Kalamazoo from the Super...
Feb 16, 2024 DonkeyHotey / CC
Sherwood Township man killed in crash
SHERWOOD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 55-year-old Sherwood Township man has died in a crash early Friday morning in Branch County. Michigan State Police say he was driving a Chevrolet Cruze northboun...
Feb 16, 2024 Michigan State Police - File photo
