Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Union nurses at Ascension Hospital in Allegan to get an average raise of 26% over the next three years
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Like their counterparts at Ascension Borgess in Kalamazoo, unionized nurses at Ascension Borgess Allegan Hospital are set to receive an average raise of 26% over the next th...
Mar 06, 2024 (courtesy Ascension Borgess Allegan Hospital)
Allegan County farm sued by state over discharge
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An Allegan County farm is being sued by the state of Michigan for allegedly discharging hazardous waste into Rabbit River. Attorney General Dana Nessel says that river flows...
Mar 06, 2024 Nessel held a closed door briefing with the Kalamazoo SAKI team , which includes a Victim Advocate from the YWCA, before holding a press conference at the Kalamazoo YWCA at 353 East Michigan
Avenue in downtown Kalamazoo. (Photo provided by John McNeill)
Body found in Kalamazoo River is man who ran from police
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The body found in the Kalamazoo River two weeks ago has been identified as 43-year-old David Williams of Kalamazoo. He was the motorcyclist who jumped in the river New Yea...
Mar 06, 2024 (courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County commissioners say housing millage falling short of goals
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Some Kalamazoo County commissioners say that the housing millage is not accomplishing what the voters approved it to do. That's providing truly affordable housing. After g...
Mar 06, 2024 Kalamazoo County sign (Photo by John McNeil)
Three area adult education programs receive financial boost from the state
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Three west Michigan school districts are receiving state funding to help adults over the age of 23 obtain a high school diploma and get started in career training programs. ...
Mar 06, 2024 (courtesy Michigan Office of Labor and Economic Opportunity)
400 students from across Michigan to compete in food and hospitality event this weekend
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - 400 high school students representing 28 schools from across the state will compete in the statewide ProStart Competition this weekend this coming Sunday and Monday in Kal...
Mar 06, 2024 Students at the 2023 ProStart Competition in Kalamazoo (courtesy Michigan Hospitality Foundation)
Lt. Governor in Kalamazoo Tuesday to applaud efforts to reduce gun violence across Michigan
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist II was in Kalamazoo Tuesday morning to tout the success of Operation Safe Neighborhoods and its efforts to reduce gun violence in th...
Mar 05, 2024 Michigan Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist in Kalamazoo March 5, 2024 (courtesy John McNeill)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo commission discusses affordable housing
Kalamazoo's Housing Coordinator says that the city has helped create over 741 affordable housing units over the last 5 years, but it's not enough, it doesn't happen quickly, and help from Washington i...
Mar 05, 2024 (courtesy City of Kalamazoo)
Kalamazoo Public Safety says report of armed man at library a hoax
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Safety officials say they will pursue charges against someone who called them Thursday afternoon to report someone at the downtown library pointed two gun...
Mar 05, 2024 Fatal accident in Kalamazoo remains under investigation
Van Buren County Sheriff K-9 officer finds missing toddler
GENEVA TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Van Buren Sheriff's Office has recovered a three-year-old boy who was reported missing Monday. K-9 officer Kuno found a footprint leading northwest from the boy'...
Mar 05, 2024 Van Buren Sheriff's K-9 Deputy Kuno (photo courtesy Lake Michigan Police K-9 Association)
