Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Former Fabius Township supervisor sentenced
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Former Fabius Township supervisor Kenneth Linn will spend up to 50 years in prison for raping a golf course employee in 2010. Linn was sentenced in Kalamazoo Tuesday to at...
Apr 17, 2024 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Special tree to be planted at Bronson Park as part of USA 250th anniversary celebrations
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As a kickoff to celebrations marking the 250th anniversary of the United States in Kalamazoo County, the Lucinda Hinsdale Stone Chapter of the National Society Daughters o...
Apr 17, 2024 (courtesy America250MI)
Kalamazoo Metro launches new on-demand rideshare service called Metro Link
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A new rideshare service from Kalamazoo Metro rolled out this week, offering up to 10 free rides for those why try it through mid-May. Kalamazoo Metro says Metro Link is an...
Apr 17, 2024 (courtesy Kalamazoo Metro)
No injuries as garage on Alcott Street goes up in flames
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There were no injuries in a Tuesday afternoon fire that damaged a garage at a home in Kalamazoo. At approximately 5:45 p.m. Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officers ...
Apr 16, 2024 jonel hanopol / CC
"Save A Life - Donate A Life Jacket" program continuing along Lake Michigan shoreline
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - With 38 drownings recorded for Lake Michigan in 2023, the West Michigan Lakeshore Association of Realtors and Allegan County Community Foundation have formed a new partnersh...
Apr 16, 2024 (courtesy Allegan County Community Foundation)
Suspect in custody after a Battle Creek man is killed and a woman critically injured in early morning shooting
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man is dead and a woman is injured, following a shooting on Spencer Street in Battle Creek early Tuesday morning. Battle Creek Police say they responded to a report o...
Apr 16, 2024 Crime scene tape
Whitmer: Anyone in Michigan illegally should not get state benefits
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Whitmer says anyone in the state illegally should not have any access to state benefits. She said that in response to a question in Grand Rapids yesterday abou...
Apr 16, 2024 Gov. Whitmer signs legislations No. 20, 2023 at the YWCA in Kalamazoo, MI (courtesy Office of the Governor)
AUDIO: Senator Nesbitt discusses visit to Mexican border
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt is back in Michigan after he took a trip to the Mexican border in Texas. The Van Buren County Republican was joined on the trip to ...
Apr 16, 2024 State Senator Aric Nesbitt filing for paperwork for the 20th Senate District (submitted photo)
Battle Creek man charged with stabbing his girlfriend to death
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A Battle Creek man was formally charged on Monday in Calhoun County District Court with killing his girlfriend. 33-year-old Tommie Heard was arraigned on two charges inc...
Apr 16, 2024 Blogtrepreneur / CC
AUDIO: Kalamazoo residents upset about POD community plan
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A group of determined and angry residents told Kalamazoo city commissioners in no uncertain terms that they oppose plans for a POD community on an empty lot near Lake St. ...
Apr 16, 2024 The interior of one of the pods for homeless housing in Kalamazoo County (courtesy Housing Resources Incorporated
