Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: New truancy policy in place at Kalamazoo Public Schools
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Students in Kalamazoo Public Schools will begin their second trimesters under the leadership of Superintendent Dr. Darrin Slade today. He says they will be stepping up the...
Nov 27, 2023 Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education meeting Aug. 31, 2023
Women in jail after fight, chase, and stabbings in Battle Creek Saturday
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two women, a 22-year-old and a 28-year-old, are in Calhoun County Jail and will be charged with several violent felonies, after a series of incidents Saturday afternoon...
Nov 26, 2023
Sunday morning accident kills one, injures one in Portage
PORTAGE MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Portage Public Safety is continuing to investigate an accident Sunday morning that killed a Scotts teenager and injured a Kalamazoo man. Officers responded just before 7:00 a...
Nov 26, 2023 (photo by John McNeil)
One dead in crash on Stadium Drive Friday afternoon
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Portage woman was killed and several other people injured in a multi-vehicle accident on Stadium Drive Friday afternoon. At 12:17 p.m., Kalamazoo Department of Public Sa...
Nov 24, 2023
Mel Trotter Ministries serves 2,000 Thanksgiving meals
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two-thousand Thanksgiving meals have been served to the needy in Grand Rapids yesterday by over 500 volunteers. The annual tradition was held at DeVos Place with help f...
Nov 24, 2023 Paulo O / CC
Oshtemo church makes sizeable donation to Broncos Kitchen Foundation
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Broncos Kitchen Foundation has been given a $20,000 donation from LifeSpring Church of Oshtemo. The nonprofit hunger relief operation says the money will make a "signi...
Nov 24, 2023
Multiple nonfatal drug overdoses reported in Battle Creek early Thursday
BBATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Health officials are on alert after multiple nonfatal drug overdoses at a single scene in the City of Battle Creek occurred early Thursday. The Calhoun County Public He...
Nov 23, 2023 Courtesy Calhoun County Health Department Facebook page
New memorial honoring U.S. military unveiled at Calhoun County building
MARSHALL, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A new memorial which depicts seals from every branch of United States military was unveiled during a ceremony on Tuesday night in the courtyard on the south side of the Calh...
Nov 22, 2023 Courtesy Calhoun County Government
AUDIO: Thanksgiving dinner costs less this year
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Cooking your Thanksgiving dinner will cost less this year. According to the Michigan Farm Bureau, cooking a holiday feast for 10 people will cost about $61 this Thanksgivi...
Nov 22, 2023 Paulo O / CC
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County Commission cancels grant for Pavilion Township development
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - We reported earlier this week just how difficult it is to fund and build affordable housing right now. The Kalamazoo County Commission voted last night to cancel a huge gr...
Nov 22, 2023 Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners
