Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Labor leader and lobbyist from Battle Creek pleads guilty to assaulting woman at Kalamazoo County gathering
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A longtime labor leader and lobbyist has pled to one count of Aggravated Assault after allegedly forcing a woman to fondle him at a gathering in Kalamazoo County in April ...
Dec 01, 2023 Michigan Attorney General logo (courtesy of Michigan Attorney General)
Battle Creek woman charged with murder in double fatal accident in Kalamazoo County
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Battle Creek woman has been arraigned on murder charges after a crash that caused the death of two people in August in Kalamazoo County's Ross Township. 29-year-old Rach...
Dec 01, 2023 Best Law
K9 track leads to arrest of juvenile after shots fired in Kalamazoo Friday morning
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 15-year-old who fired a handgun in the air has been arrested, thanks to a Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety K9. At approximately 6:55 a.m. Friday KDPS was called to ...
Dec 01, 2023 (courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
Kalamazoo's Erin Knott named to state's new LGBTQ+ Commission
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - 13 people, including one from Kalamazoo, have been appointed by Governor Whitmer to the state's new LGBTQ+ Commission. The governor created the commission with an executive ...
Dec 01, 2023 (courtesy State of Michigan)
Two arrested in South Haven meth bust
SOUTH HAVEN, MI (WHTC/WKZO) - Two persons are behind bars after a Thursday bust at a mobile home that was purportedly dealing with large amounts of methamphetamine in South Haven. According to the Van...
Dec 01, 2023 Nov. 30, 2023; South Haven, MI, USA; A mobile home door at a unit off of Blue Star Highway where police found a "large" amount of meth. (photo courtesy Van Buren Co. Sheriff's Dept.)
AUDIO: At least 560 students in Kalamazoo Public Schools are homeless
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Are you ready for some startling numbers? There are 560 students in Kalamazoo Public Schools that are identified as homeless, about one in 22, but the actual number may b...
Dec 01, 2023
Marshall Township Fire Department getting new fire station on 15 Mile Road
MARSHALL TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Marshall Township Board has taken a step toward building a new fire station that has more training space for firefighters and additional bays for fire trucks as...
Dec 01, 2023 Marshall Township Fire Department (Photo by John McNeil)
Western Michigan University officials acknowledge pioneering status of Kalamazoo contractor
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Western Michigan University honored a pioneering African American contractor this week who helped in the construction of WMU's first building, the old East Hall, which has...
Dec 01, 2023 Western Michigan University's remodeled Heritage Hall (photo courtesy WMU)
Three-year-old critically injured in assault at Portage home, 20-year-old man in custody
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A three-year-old Portage boy is in critical condition at Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo and a 20-year-old man is in custody after an assault at a home Thursday afternoon. Aro...
Nov 30, 2023 Crime scene tape
Kalamazoo County's October unemployment rate even with last year, down slightly from September
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget reported on Thursday that Kalamazoo County's unemployment rate dropped slightly in October, compared to Septem...
Nov 30, 2023 EpicTop10.com / CC
