Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Kalamazoo County announces opening of applications for Opioid Settlement Fund Task Force
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County officiaks are now accepting applications for the newly formed Opioid Settlement Fund Task Force through January 27. Established as an ad-hoc committee of ...
Dec 29, 2023 Find Rehab Centers / CC
Bloomingdale couple killed in Thursday morning house fire
BLOOMINGDALE TWP., MI (WKZO-AM/FM) - A Bloomingdale couple in their mid-60's lost their lives following a pre-dawn fire at their home Thursday. According to the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office, depu...
Dec 28, 2023 Dec. 28, 2023; Bloomingdale Twp., MI, USA; The remains of a home off of 24th Avenue and 44th Street in which two persons were killed. (photo courtesy Van Buren Co. Sheriff's Office)
Police release name of victim in fatal Gull Road crash
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety has identified the person killed in a fiery rollover crash Christmas Day in Kalamazoo. KDPS says 36-year-old Edward C. Hinga III ...
Dec 28, 2023 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety logo
Kalamazoo County's unemployment rate at 3.0% for November
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Allegan County had the sixth lowest not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Michigan for November, and Kalamazoo County had the 11th lowest, as the rate fell in 65 coun...
Dec 28, 2023 Kevin Smith / CC
AUDIO: Thousands of Kalamazoo County residents might get medical debt wiped out
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Thousands of low or no income Kalamazoo County residents could see their medical debts wiped out this coming year, thanks to a national nonprofit. Kalamazoo County has al...
Dec 28, 2023 CafeCredit.com / CC
Missing Bangor man found safe
BANGOR TWP., MI (WKZO-AM/FM) - There were some anxious moments Wednesday for the family of an 80-year-old Bangor area man who went missing. Robert Gale had not been seen since 9:00 a.m., and since he ...
Dec 28, 2023 Robert Gale (photo courtesy Van Buren Co. Sheriff's Office)
AUDIO: 2024 to be big election year
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- 2024 is going to be a big election year and local clerks offices are gearing up for a lot of changes. They not only have a presidential election to contend with, but a De...
Dec 27, 2023 hjl / CC
UPDATE: Allegan man killed in Monday night crash
TROWBRIDGE TWP., MI (WKZO-AM/FM) - A 35-year-old Allegan man lost his life south of his hometown on Monday night after a single-vehicle crash. According to Allegan County Sheriff's Sergeant Brandon Be...
Dec 26, 2023 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
AUDIO: Not all of the Imagine Kalamazoo 2025 plan will be done by the end of 2025
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- It is like the guidebook for the operation of the city of Kalamazoo. Eight years ago, after getting a lot of public input, commissioners adopted the Imagine Kalamazoo 202...
Dec 26, 2023
One arrested for Comstock Township church break-in
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office has arrested a 31-year-old man for a break-in at a Comstock Township church. He allegedly broke into the church in the 5000 ...
Dec 26, 2023 (Photo by John McNeil).
