Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
BC resident among three suspects arrested in Branch County stabbing investigation
COLDWATER TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A 19-year-old male from Battle Creek is among three persons who have been arrested in connection with a stabbing in Branch County's Coldwater Township. The Michiga...
Apr 01, 2024
Single vehicle accident in Barry County kills one
HASTINGS MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Barry County authorities are continuing their investigation into a one vehicle accident Monday that killed one person. Deputies were summoned to Devine Rd near Thornapple La...
Apr 01, 2024 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Southwest Michigan First Chamber to host business townhall Tuesday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Community leaders will be providing updates on projects in Kalamazoo at the Southwest Michigan First Chamber's Quarterly Downtown Business Townhall Tuesday afternoon. The ...
Apr 01, 2024 (courtesy Southwest Michigan First Chamber)
Kalamazoo teen killed Sunday, two other people wounded, in as shots rang out during online marketplace transaction
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 16-year-old from Kalamazoo was shot and killed Easter Sunday in what police say was an incident involving an online marketplace transaction. The Kalamazoo Department of ...
Apr 01, 2024 Alan Cleaver / CC
AUDIO: State House Minority Leader wants hearing on bill outlawing sanctuary zones
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan House Republican Leader Matt Hall of Kalamazoo County wants a hearing on his bill that would outlaw sanctuary zones for undocumented people in the state. Hall is co...
Apr 01, 2024 Michigan State Representative Matt Hall (courtesy of Michigan House of Representatives)
AUDIO: Some want Metro Transit ride share program expanded before it starts
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Metro Transit's new Uber-like pilot service begins in a couple of weeks, at least in part of the metro area, and some would already like to see it expanded. The planned syst...
Apr 01, 2024 A Kalamazoo Metro Transit bus (courtesy of Metro Transit)
Former Portage mayoral candidate pleads guilty
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Former mayoral candidate and Portage city councilwoman Lisa Brayton had pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge of "fraudulent change of address on license." She had faced a fel...
Apr 01, 2024 Former Portage City Council member Lisa Brayton (courtesy Lisa Brayton for Portage Mayor)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo commission to vote on declaring National Work Zone Awareness Week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo city commissioners are expected to pass a resolution this evening declaring this National Work Zone Awareness Week, something that drivers around town are probab...
Apr 01, 2024 Photo provided by the Michigan Department of Transportation.
Electrical issue causes Loy Norrix High School to close Monday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Spring Break will last one day longer for students at one Kalamazoo high school. Kalamazoo Public Schools officials Sunday night announced Kalamazoo Loy Norrix High School...
Apr 01, 2024
One arrested after police chase in Kalamazoo County
GALESBURG, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office says a suspect is hospitalized for injuries suffered in a crash on I-94 during a chase. The driver had fled from Portage Public Safet...
Apr 01, 2024 KCSD investigating fatal one car accident in Comstock
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