Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Former Battle Creek landlord sent to prison for life in 2020 murder of two tenants
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Former Battle Creek landlord Chad Allen Reed was ordered to serve the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole on Friday after he killed two tenants ...
Dec 09, 2023 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Section of Battle Creek Linear Park temporarily closed during repair work
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - - Crews for the City of Battle Creek are repairing the blue bridge along Battle Creek's Linear Park for the next week. That means there is a temporary closure of the Lin...
Dec 09, 2023
Police recover gun, fentanyl, and cocaine in Kalamazoo drug bust Friday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 41-year-old Kalamazoo man faces multiple drug charges, after police investigating drug distribution recovered multiple ounces of fentanyl and cocaine Friday The Southwes...
Dec 08, 2023 (courtesy Michigan State Police)
Rollover crash and car fire on I-94 east of Kalamazoo Friday morning
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A driver received only minor injuries in a rollover crash and car fire on I-94 east of Kalamazoo Friday morning. The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office says the single vehi...
Dec 08, 2023
Calhoun deputies investigate numerous Village of Homer and Pennfield Township stolen vehicle reports
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Numerous stolen vehicle reports in the Village of Homer and in Pennfield Township within two days are being investigated by the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office. Deputi...
Dec 08, 2023 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
Portage marking one-year anniversary of Heather Kelley's disappearance
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Sunday marks one year since Heather Kelley of Portage disappeared. The following is a statement from the city about the anniversary: December 10, 2023, marks the solemn fir...
Dec 08, 2023
AUDIO: New Kalamazoo County courthouse to open Monday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The media got a chance to tour the new Judge Charles A. Pratt Justice Center in downtown Kalamazoo, and while it may lack the look of your traditional courthouse, it make...
Dec 08, 2023
Rollover UTV crash near Hartford kills one
KEELER TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Van Buren County Sheriff's Office is investigating a deadly UTV crash in Keeler Township near Hartford Thursday night. Deputies say it happened around 11 p.m. a...
Dec 08, 2023 (Photo by John McNeil)
Suspect in hate speech graffiti spray painted in Kalamazoo now in custody in Arizona
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A suspected of at least three separate acts of vandalism/graffiti involving hate speech in downtown Kalamazoo last month has been arrested in Arizona. According to the Kal...
Dec 07, 2023 (courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
Inmate suicide at Calhoun County Jail Thursday
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office says a 40-year-old inmate from Southgate, Michigan hanged himself while in custody at the jail Thursday morning. Around 9:30 a.m. de...
Dec 07, 2023 (courtesy Calhoun County Sheriff's Office)
