Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Calhoun County judge dismisses lawsuit over Ford's BlueOval Battery Park
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Backers of Ford's BlueOval Battery Park in Marshall are calling a ruling by Calhoun County Circuit Court Judge William Marietti a major victory for local jobs and oppo...
Jan 11, 2024
AUDIO: Comstock High School hosts first athletic event since shots fired in parking lot
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Comstock High School has held its first basketball games at home since 30 shots were fired in the parking lot during boys' junior varsity and varsity basketball g...
Jan 10, 2024 (courtesy Comstock Public Schools)
Federal court documents show man escaped from halfway house after killing girlfriend
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Federal court documents say Carlos Watts Jr. cut his tether and escaped a halfway house in December 2022 because he had killed his girlfriend. Thirty-five-year-old Heathe...
Jan 10, 2024
AUDIO: Portage pausing consolidation of industrial development districts
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The city of Portage is hitting the pause button on the consolidation of 94 different industrial development districts into six adjacent and regional districts after citizen...
Jan 10, 2024 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
Heavy snow and bone chilling temperatures expected from weekend winter storm
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The National Weather Service is predicting a large winter storm will impact the region this weekend with one or more periods of snow, strong winds and cold temperatures....
Jan 10, 2024 Courtesy National Weather Service
Public Hearing scheduled on Battle Creek Transit services for next Tuesday night
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - As required by federal law, a public hearing on Battle Creek Transit services will be held next Tuesday night, January 16 during the Battle Creek City Commission meeting...
Jan 09, 2024 Courtesy Battle Creek Transit
State awarding $852,000 in rural grants
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity's Office of Rural Prosperity is giving a total of $852,000 in grants to 19 rural community projects. The grants wi...
Jan 09, 2024 Pictures of Money / CC
Four-year-old boy hospitalized after being attacked by family's dogs
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Portage public safety says a four-year-old boy is hospitalized with serious injuries after he was attacked by his family's dogs Sunday afternoon. Officers say the boy was s...
Jan 09, 2024 Portage Police cruiser (photo by John McNeil)
Barry County officials say suspect made terrorist threats against individuals and Barry Township itself
BARRY TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man who police say made death threats made on multiple Barry Township residents and planned a hostile take-over of a township in Barry County has been arrested. Bar...
Jan 08, 2024 (courtesy Barry Township Police Department)
Shooting suspect from Thanksgiving Day arrested, arraigned in Kalamazoo County District Court
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The suspect in a Thanksgiving Day shooting last November in Kalamazoo has been arrested and arraigned in Kalamazoo County District Court. November 23, 2023 at about 2:14 a...
Jan 08, 2024 Best Law
