Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Charges against Hartford casino worker dismissed
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Van Buren County Prosecutor's Office is dropping embezzlement charges against an employee of the Four Winds Casino in Hartford. She was a cash cage supervisor and took ...
Dec 07, 2023 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Portage Public Schools starts tutoring program for homeless students
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A tutoring program to help homeless students has been launched by Portage Public Schools as the number of them has risen from 92 in 2017 to 146 now. The district's coordinat...
Dec 07, 2023 Portage Public Schools logo courtesy of Portage Public Schools)
BC house fire that killed four cats under investigation by Fire Marshal
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A house fire in the 100 block of Pleasant Avenue early Thursday morning that took the lives of four cats remains under investigation by the Battle Creek Fire Marshal's o...
Dec 07, 2023 Battle Creek Fire department (Photo by John McNeil)
Nazareth, MI Post Office continues holiday pictorial postmark after more than 100 years
NAZARETH, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A small post office in Kalamazoo County will keep a tradition of over 100 years alive, offering a Special Holiday Pictorial Postmark to customers from around the world. In ...
Dec 07, 2023 (courtesy United States Postal Service)
LEO awards over $1.3 million to Kalamazoo Defender, Inc. to help expand services
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo-based non-profit that handles public defender services for the county court system has been awarded $1.3 million from the state to expand mental health service...
Dec 06, 2023 (courtesy Kalamazoo Defender, Inc.)
Allegan County Sheriff's Office gets body armor donation for K9 Knox
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Allegan County Sheriff's Office has received a bullet and stab protective vest for K9 Knox from the nonprofit Vested Interest in K9s Incorporated. The organization has ...
Dec 06, 2023
AUDIO: Portage eliminates other possible locations for new Farmers Market
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The city of Portage will be focusing on vacant lots near their new Senior Center for a new Farmers Market, after eliminating all the other possible options. City Manager Pa...
Dec 06, 2023 Gemma Billings / CC
KCC meets fundraising goal for pickleball court project on BC campus
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Kellogg Community College has announced it has met its $50,000 community fundraising goal to improve and expand the outdoor pickleball courts on the North Avenue campus ...
Dec 06, 2023 Supporters of the Kellogg Community College Pickleball Project gathered at the KCC campus in Battle Creek recently to cut the ribbon and celebrate the project. Holding the ribbon are, from left, Eric Greene, KCC Vice President for Communications and Advancement; Dan Dodge, with the Battle Creek Pickleball Club; Clark Maddox (holding scissors), with the Battle Creek Pickleball Club; Donnie Speck, with the Cereal City Pickleball Club; Linda Freybler, Chief Executive Officer of the Calhoun County Visitors Bureau; and Dr. Paul Watson, KCC President. Photo by Krissy Stolz.
AUDIO: Portage City Council approves tax break for housing development
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Portage City Council has approved granting a sizable tax break to River Caddis, a moderate income housing project proposed to be built right near City Hall. There is a ...
Dec 06, 2023 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
Man shoots himself in the foot after a domestic fight in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 22-year-old woman is in the Calhoun County Jail for domestic assault and charges are pending against a 24-year-old man after a physical fight that led to a gunshot to...
Dec 05, 2023
