Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
St. Joseph deputies say Burr Oak resident is safe after being reported as missing
BURR OAK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - St. Joseph County Undersheriff Jason Bingaman says 19-year-old Madyson Vanwormer of Burr Oak has been located and is safe. Vanwormer had been reported as missing by the St. ...
Dec 05, 2023
Comstock Township farm suing township
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Soil Friends LLC is suing Comstock Township and township officials in federal court over alleged constitutional and civil rights violations. Farm co-owner Benjami...
Dec 05, 2023 Kevin Smith / CC
Van Buren County man pleads guilty in attack on neighbor
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Van Buren County man has pled guilty to assault with intent to commit great bodily harm less than murder in an attack on his neighbor. Fifty-eight-year-old Gregory Miller...
Dec 05, 2023 Blogtrepreneur / CC
AUDIO: Kalamazoo city commissioner wants ceasefire resolution
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo City Commissioner Don Cooney says the city should join other Michigan communities that have called for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas now that the fightin...
Dec 05, 2023 City of Kalamazoo commissioner Don Cooney (courtesy City of Kalamazoo)
BCPD asking for public's help during investigation into West Rittenhouse shots fired complaint
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Battle Creek Police are asking for the public's help as they are investigating a shots fired complaint early Sunday morning in the 100 block of West Rittenhouse Avenue. ...
Dec 05, 2023
AUDIO: Kalamazoo sets public hearing on water, sewer rate increases
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The latest proposal to raise water rates in Kalamazoo has also raised hackles with some members of the public, but the city says it will do what it can to help poor resid...
Dec 05, 2023
AUDIO: Update on Kalamazoo County court operations
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo County's circuit and trial courts are shut down because they are making their move to the new county courthouse, but there will be some limited activity still a...
Dec 04, 2023
Portage Public Safety holds Stuff a Fire Truck food drive
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Portage Public Safety officers and volunteers from Twelve Baskets Food Pantry joined together yesterday to accept food donations at Sam's Club on South Westnedge from 10 a....
Dec 04, 2023 Portage fire truck. (Photo courtesy City of Portage).
AUDIO: Kalamazoo City Commission to set public hearing on water, sewer rate hikes
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo city commissioners will set a public hearing on proposed rate hikes for water and sewer bills for two weeks from today at their meeting tonight. Utilities direc...
Dec 04, 2023
Despite the Kalamazoo Promise, college enrollment for KPS graduates down 15% in the past five years
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A report from the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research shows college enrollment for Kalamazoo Promise scholarship recipients went down at an even higher rate duri...
Dec 03, 2023
