Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Juvenile lodged at Calhoun Youth Center after allegedly shooting a gun at street signs
SPRINGFIELD, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A juvenile is lodged in the Calhoun County Youth Center after the youngster was accused of shooting a gun at street signs late Wednesday night. The Calhoun County Sheriff...
Nov 03, 2023 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
Crews start milling asphalt on portion of Beckley Road as part of water main project
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The City of Battle Creek has announced that contractor crews have begun milling the asphalt along a section of Beckley Road, as part of the ongoing Beckley Road water ma...
Nov 02, 2023 Courtesy City of Battle Creek
AUDIO: Portage City Council requiring trash haulers to post rates
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Portage City Council has approved a new ordinance to require trash haulers post their rates on the city's website. It comes after people complained about how much they w...
Nov 02, 2023
Portage man sentenced for killing parents
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Portage man will spend at least 29 years in a prison for killing his parents. Nick Johnson was sentenced yesterday to between 29 and 69 years behind bars, and his mother's...
Nov 02, 2023 Brian Turner / CC
Road departments working to replace road salt
LAWRENCE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Road agencies in west Michigan are working to replace the use of rock salt on the roads in winter. Van Buren County Road Commission director of operations Greg Brucks says ...
Nov 02, 2023 Photo by: Jerry Malec, WKZO News.
AUDIO: New wrinkle for Portage farmer's market site
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Another twist has been thrown into Portage's year long search for a home for an expanded Farmer's Market. The city council was set to move forward with a facility next to t...
Nov 02, 2023
Cassopolis woman injured in Cass County crash
NEWBERG TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A 25-year-old Cassopolis woman is hospitalized at Three Rivers Health Hospital after being injured in a crash on M-60 near Wood Lake Road in Cass County's Newberg ...
Nov 01, 2023
Calhoun Road Department announces start of tree removal projects for mid November
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Calhoun County Road Department has announced that crews will be removing trees at several locations starting in mid-November. The tree removal work is scheduled to...
Nov 01, 2023
Portage City Council being asked to approve new Farmer's Market
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Portage City Council will be asked tonight to approve the location of a new Farmer's Market next to the new Senior Center. City Manager Patrick McGinnis is recommending...
Nov 01, 2023 Portage City Council meeting June 28, 2022 (photo credit-John McNeill)
Jayme LaPoint's child sex conviction and sentence affirmed in Michigan Supreme Court ruling
LANSING, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Michigan Supreme Court has denied Jayme Lynn LaPoint's Application for Leave to Appeal which affirms her conviction for first degree criminal sexual conduct and subsequen...
Oct 31, 2023 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
