Category Archives: Kalamazoo News

Capital Avenue rehab project begins this week in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Crews for the City of Battle Creek began the first phase of the 2024 Capital Avenue rehabilitation project this week. The project will cover a nearly four-mile stretch o...
Jim Measel Apr 03, 2024 City of Battle Creek logo

Kalamazoo man who posed on woman online sentenced in child pornography case
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo man who police say posed as a woman online to entice boys to send nude photos of themselves to him was sentenced to almost 20 years in prison Tuesday. Tariq...
Ken Delaney Apr 02, 2024 Karen Neoh / CC

Governor takes part in ribbon cutting for Kalamazoo housing development
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer was in Kalamazoo Tuesday to recognize Zone 32, a new development now leasing in the Northside neighborhood, providing 12 new homes and a...
Ken Delaney Apr 02, 2024 (courtesy Office of the Governor)

Structure fire under control in Kalamazoo within 10 minutes
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Safety says officers responded to a structure fire a little before 4 a.m. Tuesday in the 4700 block of West KL Avenue. Flames were seen shooting from the ...
Michael Arney Apr 02, 2024

AUDIO: Senator Nesbitt putting blame for Grand Rapids murder on President Biden
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt of Van Buren County is among the Republicans that are putting the blame for a Grand Rapids murder in March on President Biden. 25-y...
Michael Arney Apr 02, 2024 State Senator Aric Nesbitt, R-Lawton. (Photo courtesy Michigan Senate Republicans).

AUDIO: No arrests yet in 16-year-old's murder
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - No arrests yet in the Easter shooting that left a 16-year-old teenager dead in Kalamazoo, and two others wounded. Detectives are still sorting out what happened during wha...
John McNeill Apr 02, 2024 (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek)

AUDIO: Kalamazoo continuing work on smells from wastewater plant
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The director of Kalamazoo's wastewater plant says they have done a good job of addressing the big stink at his facility, and last night, the commission took another big st...
John McNeill Apr 02, 2024 City of Kalamazoo Water Reclamation Plant (courtesy City of Kalamazoo)

Memorial for 17-year-old vandalized in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The memorial in Battle Creek for 17-year-old Jack Snyder has been vandalized for the third time in a few weeks. Police say it was vandalized twice over Easter weekend a...
Michael Arney Apr 02, 2024

AUDIO: Kalamazoo commission approves contract for Michigan Avenue planning
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo city commissioners took another big step forward in their plan to reconfigure downtown streets last night, knowing that there is a lot of apprehension and opposi...
John McNeill Apr 02, 2024

Bicyclist critically injured after being struck by vehicle in Allegan County
OTSEGO TOWNSHIP, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - No names or other identification were disclosed by Allegan County Sheriff's deputies after a bicyclist was struck by a motorist near Otsego Monday afternoon. Accordi...
Gary Stevens Apr 01, 2024




