Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: Kalamazoo commissioners approve Israel-Hamas ceasefire resolution
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo city officials have approved a resolution calling for a cease fire in the Israeli Hamas war, after weeks of demands that they take a stand. They join several ot...
Dec 19, 2023
22-year-old Charlotte man killed in Verona Road crash, MSP investigating
MARSHALL TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A Charlotte man lost his life on Monday in a crash on Verona Road east of 12 Mile Road in Calhoun County. Michigan State Police from the Marshall post say the vehic...
Dec 19, 2023 Michigan State Police - Photo by Jeana Gondek
Calhoun Sheriff's Detectives investigating string of fraudulent local government checks
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office Detective Bureau says they are investigating a string of fraudulent checks that appear to be issued by Calhoun County Government, b...
Dec 19, 2023 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
AUDIO: Kalamazoo raising water, sewer rates
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo city commissioners have unanimously approved water and sewer rate hikes again, and are urging residents who may not be able to afford overdue bills to seek help...
Dec 19, 2023
Battle Creek police identify shooting victims, suspect
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The two people shot and killed in Battle Creek on Saturday have been identified as 44-year-old Steven Cica and his 22-year-old daughter Veronica Cica. The suspect, 22-...
Dec 19, 2023
Funding requests being taken for 2024 Kalamazoo County Housing Millage allocations
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An online portal has been opened for developers and nonprofits to apply for funding from the Kalamazoo County Housing Millage, to help fund affordable housing projects. Th...
Dec 19, 2023 (courtesy Kalamazoo County)
Supplemental spending signing allows Kalamazoo U.S. 131 Interchange project to be fully funded
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer Monday signed a supplemental spending bill that included the remaining $3.9 million needed to construct the U.S. 131 Interchange Business Loop in K...
Dec 18, 2023 The planned rebuild of the U.S. 131 Interchange Business Loop in Kalamazoo County (courtesy State Senator Sean McCann)
Multiple accidents close down snowy eastbound I-94 near Mattawan Monday
MATTAWAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A stretch of eastbound I-94 between the Mattawan and Oshtemo Township exits was closed Monday morning into the afternoon due to multiple crashes, including a semi-tractor t...
Dec 18, 2023 Michigan Department of Transportation snowplow (Photo by MDOT)
KDPS looking into three shootings in one night, with two victims hospitalized
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says officers responded to three separate reports of shots fired within a four-hour window of time over the weekend, but say whet...
Dec 18, 2023 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
AUDIO: Kalamazoo City Commission to vote on water, sewer rate hikes
KAAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo city commissioners will take a vote tonight on new water and sewer rate hikes and it appears the votes are there to approve it. Utilities director Jim Baker is p...
Dec 18, 2023
