Category Archives: Kalamazoo News

Kalamazoo to honor K-9, handler
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - City of Kalamazoo officials will honor a public safety K-9 officer and his handler this evening after the service dog suffered life threatening injuries in the line of dut...
John McNeill Mar 18, 2024 K-9 Sledge leaves the hospital in Bryon Center after being attacked by a suspect in Kalamazoo Feb 6, 2024 (courtesy KDPS)

AUDIO: Kalamazoo's Metro Transit to launch its version of ride sharing service
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo's Metro Transit bus system will be firing up its own version of an Uber or Lyft service in about a month for a trial run, but there will be major differences fro...
John McNeill Mar 18, 2024

Inkster Bridge reconstruction to begin today
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Construction is scheduled to begin today on the reconstruction of the Inkster Bridge in Kalamazoo, with completion expected around Labor Day. The new bridge will be made o...
Ken Delaney Mar 18, 2024 A rendering of the new Inkster Bridge (courtesy City of Kalamazoo)

Investigation underway into death of six-week-old boy in Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Authorities are investigating the death of a six-week-old in Portage Sunday. At 10:20 a.m. personnel from the Portage Department of Public Safety, Kalamazoo Department of Pu...
Ken Delaney Mar 17, 2024 Portage Police cruiser (photo by John McNeil)

Portage home damaged by Sunday morning blaze
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Four fire departments battled a blaze Sunday morning that damaged a home in Portage. The Portage Department of Public Safety was dispatched to 605 West Van Hoesen at 6:05 a....
Ken Delaney Mar 17, 2024 jonel hanopol / CC

Changes coming to busy Angling Road and Oakland Drive intersection
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Changes are coming to a busy intersection in the City of Kalamazoo. Thursday night the city's zoning board of appeals approved plans for the project, which will see the in...
John Hudson/TTWN Media Networks Mar 15, 2024 (courtesy Google Maps)

Calhoun County Road Department says R Drive South work getting ready to start
ATHENS TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Calhoun County Road Department says construction will begin in about two weeks on R Drive South in Athens Township from the West County Line to 1 1/2 Mile Road. T...
Jim Measel Mar 15, 2024 Courtesy Calhoun County Road Department

AUDIO: 22nd annual St. Patrick's Day Parade is Saturday in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo's 22nd annual St. Patrick's Day Parade will be held Saturday morning. It begins at 11 a.m. and has a short route according to the Irish-American Club's Margaret ...
Michael Arney Mar 15, 2024 Marchers in the 2019 Kalamazoo St. Patrick's Day Parade (courtesy of the Irish American Club of Kalamazoo)

Parole absconder arrested in Three Rivers
THREE RIVERS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Three Rivers police and the Michigan State Police Fifth District Fugitive Team have arrested a 44-year-old Three Rivers man and made a drug bust. MSP troopers saw him e...
Michael Arney Mar 15, 2024

City of Battle Creek to use drone to check out possible construction sites
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The City of Battle Creek says it's Public Works team will start using a small drone over roads on Friday where they are proposing construction this year. The drones will...
Jim Measel Mar 15, 2024 Courtesy City of Battle Creek




