Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Michigan voting rights advocates push for lifting language, other barriers
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan lawmakers are set to consider a new Voting Rights Act for the state by next week. Introduced in June, Senate Bills 401, 402, 403 and 404 aim to counter voter suppre...
Oct 19, 2023 Voting Rights news headline on a copy of the US Constitution with gavel
Coldwater woman wins $150,000 Powerball prize from October 7 drawing
COLDWATER, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Michigan Lottery announced on Thursday that a Coldwater woman won a $150,000 Powerball prize thanks to a weekly ritual. 39-year-old Brandy Bowditch matched four white b...
Oct 19, 2023
Cause of Tuesday night BP gas line leak in Branch County still under investigation
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The cause of Tuesday night's large break in a gasoline pipeline in Branch County's Girard Township remains under investigation. Branch County Administrator Bud Norman said durin...
Oct 19, 2023 Local and state officials along with a BP representative brief the media on Branch County gas line break. Photo by MWC's Jim Measel
MDOT says closures Saturday for Portage, Kilgore roads
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Transportation says there will be closures and detours on northbound Portage Road, the east leg of Kilgore Road, and the northbound Portage Road...
Oct 19, 2023
AUDIO: Ascension Michigan, Henry Ford Health to combine services
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two of Michigan's biggest health systems are coming together. Henry Ford Health and Ascension Michigan have agreed to enter a joint venture. They're not calling it a merger,...
Oct 19, 2023 Photo courtesy Ascension Borgess Hospital.
AUDIO: Portage council appoints temporary member
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Portage City Council is up to full strength now that the board has appointed Mike Quinn to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Lisa Brayton. Council Member Chris...
Oct 18, 2023 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County 2024 budget passes
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners has unanimously adopted their budget for next year, and Tuesday night patted themselves on the back for a job well done. The b...
Oct 18, 2023 Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners at their meeting April 4, 2023 (courtesy John McNeill)
Bronson Health Foundation announces $4.5 million campaign to support Children's Hospital
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo based Bronson Health Foundation has launched the public phase of a $4.5 million Bronson Children's Hospital Campaign to support programs, services and missio...
Oct 17, 2023 (courtesy Bronson Children's Hospital)
AUDIO: Doctors want people to get flu vaccination
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Family doctors around Michigan working to get millions of residents vaccinated, as last year's flu season started severely. They expect the same this year. Kent County Hea...
Oct 17, 2023 NIAID / CC
AUDIO: Kalamazoo city commission modifies how it approves commercial business zonings
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After years of planning and months of public hearings and discussions, and some controversy, Kalamazoo city commissioners have approved how they will handle zoning for com...
Oct 17, 2023
