Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Bomb threat evacuates Michigan Capitol
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A bomb threat resulted in the state Capitol being evacuated in Michigan yesterday. The FBI says the threat was a hoax and says the same threats lead to evacuations in sever...
Jan 04, 2024 David Shane / CC
House fire on North 23rd in BC causes over $90,000 worth of damage, one treated for smoke inhalation
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - An occupant of a residence in the 100 block of North 23rd Street in Battle Creek had to be treated for smoke inhalation on Wednesday morning following a fire that caused...
Jan 04, 2024 Battle Creek Fire Department (BCFD) truck. (Photo courtesy of the Battle Creek Fire Department Facebook Page).
St. Joseph County Sheriff's Department reports runaway teenage girl found safe in Three Rivers
CENTREVILLE, MI (WTVB) - St. Joseph County Undersheriff Jason Bingaman said on Wednesday afternoon that a teenage girl who was reported hours earlier as a runaway has been located in the City of Three...
Jan 03, 2024
Multiple propane tanks stolen from Calhoun County gas station, MSP investigating
LEROY TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Michigan State Police troopers are investigating the Wednesday morning theft of multiple propane tanks from the Marathon Gas Station at M-66 and H Drive South in Calho...
Jan 03, 2024 Photos courtesy of the Michigan State Police
AUDIO: Kalamazoo city commissioners getting pay raise
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo city commissioners will be getting a raise in pay. The Local Officers Compensation Committee recommended the hikes to the commissioners last night. By state law...
Jan 03, 2024 Kalamazoo City Commission meeting Dec. 19, 2022
AUDIO: Kalamazoo city commission holds public hearing on 2024 budget
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo city commissioners held their first meeting of 2024 last night and held a public hearing on their budget for the coming year. No citizens spoke about the budget...
Jan 03, 2024 Pictures of Money / CC
Kalamazoo shooting under investigation
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Authorities in Kalamazoo are investigating a shooting near downtown. It happened Tuesday afternoon near the intersection of Park and Dutton streets, but very limited info...
Jan 03, 2024 Police lights
AUDIO: Kalamazoo Public Safety locates vehicle in New Year's Day murder
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Investigators have new clues and a big piece of evidence in Kalamazoo's first homicide of 2024. They say they have found the car involved in the shooting. 26-year-old Rom...
Jan 03, 2024
Police in Kalamazoo release description of suspect vehicle believed to be involved in New Year's Day murder
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety has released the description of a suspect vehicle in the city's first murder of 2024. Monday at about 1:28 a.m. police responded ...
Jan 02, 2024 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety logo
Motorcyclist who evaded police disappears into the Kalamazoo River; search continues
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The search continues for a motorcyclist who evaded police, ditched his bike, then vanished into the Kalamazoo River Monday afternoon. Around 4:30 p.m. Monday an officer wi...
Jan 02, 2024 (courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
