Category Archives: Kalamazoo News

UPDATE: New York semi driver killed in Wednesday morning crash on I-94 in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A 26-year-old New York man died at the scene of a semi-truck crash this morning on I-94 near Exit 92 and West Columbia Avenue. Calhoun County Dispatch received a call at...
Jim Measel Jan 31, 2024

Van Buren County deputy lucky to avoid being hit by semi
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Van Buren County Sheriff Dan Abbott says a deputy is very lucky to be alive after a semi truck disregarded road flares and flashing lights to signal Interstate 94 was close...
Michael Arney Jan 31, 2024 Van Buren County Sheriff's Office cruiser (Photo by John McNeil)

AUDIO: Three teens arrested trying to steal Kia in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo Public Safety has arrested three teenagers between 14 and 16 years old for trying to steal a Kia on Monday. Captain Scott VanderEnde says the teens are a danger...
Michael Arney Jan 31, 2024 (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek)

Report: Palisades getting federal loan to reopen
COVERT TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Bloomberg is reporting Holtec International Corporation will receive a $1.5 billion loan from the U.S. Energy Department to restart the Palisades nuclear power plan...
Michael Arney Jan 31, 2024

Unemployment fraud lawsuit against state settled
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A class-action lawsuit against the Michigan unemployment agency has concluded with a $20 million settlement approved by a judge. People had been accused by the state o...
Michael Arney Jan 30, 2024 Pictures of Money / CC

Organized crime crew hits Walgreens stores around Michigan
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State Police say three women from a national organized crime crew have hit Walgreens stores in the state 25 times. The three started in Detroit and went west along ...
Michael Arney Jan 30, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A Walgreens store is seen in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. February 11, 2021. REUTERS/Eileen T. Meslar/File Photo/File Photo

Crossing guard hospitalized after being hit by car
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Kalamazoo Public Schools crossing guard is hospitalized after he was hit by a car yesterday afternoon outside Milwood Elementary. The incident happened at the intersect...
Michael Arney Jan 30, 2024 KPS employees to get raise (Photo by John McNeill).

Kalamazoo Go Red for Women Gala set for February 8, Wear Red Day is this Friday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The American Heart Association is commemorating its 100th anniversary and the 20th anniversary of its signature Go Red for Women movement in 2024 with the Kalamazoo Go Red...
Ken Delaney Jan 30, 2024

Bell's Brewery Inc. investing millions to increase packaging automation capacity its Comstock Township facility
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Bell's Brewery Inc. is investing $2.6 million to boost packaging automation capacity its Comstock Township brewery east of Kalamazoo as a way to produce more varie...
Ken Delaney Jan 29, 2024 Bell’s Brewery’s production facility in Comstock Township, east of Kalamazoo. (Courtesy photo)

Calhoun County seasonal weight restrictions start Wednesday morning
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Usually, county road departments put seasonal weight restrictions in effect during the month of March as the weather starts to warm up. But that's not the case in Calh...
Jim Measel Jan 29, 2024




