Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Portage Zhang Senior Center receives another construction award
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The recently opened Zhang Senior Center in Portage is picking up more kudos from those in the construction business. The Associated Builders and Contractors Western Michigan...
Sep 29, 2023 (courtesy City of Portage)
MDOT announces Saturday reopening of Capital Avenue bridge and ramps at I-94
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Michigan Department of Transportation says they are expecting to reopen the Capital Avenue bridge and ramps at I-94 in Battle Creek on Saturday. The work is part of ...
Sep 29, 2023
AUDIO: WMU president to get pay hike
KALAMAZOO, MICH (WKZO AM/FM) - The president of Western Michigan University is getting a raise and a big bonus, but part-time professors at WMU say their latest offer is the equivalent of taking a pay...
Sep 29, 2023 Alan Turfe
Roundabout construction forces change in driving patterns at BC intersection
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Contractor crews for the City of Battle Creek will redirect traffic at the intersection of Skyline Drive and Hill Brady Road for the next month as the next phase of roun...
Sep 29, 2023 Courtesy City of Battle Creek
Name of teenage girl struck and killed by vehicle in St. Joseph County on Monday night released by Sheriff's Department
THREE RIVERS, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The St. Joseph County Sheriff's Department has released the name of the teenage girl from Three Rivers who was killed earlier this week in a car-pedestrian accident on U...
Sep 29, 2023
AUDIO: Two shot, one killed, at Kalamazoo convenience store Thursday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two men were shot in the parking lot of a Circle K store at the intersection of West Lovell Street and Oakland Drive in Kalamazoo just before 11:00 a.m. Thursday, with 35-...
Sep 29, 2023 Crime scene tape
Pedestrian killed in Comstock Township
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office is investigating a deadly crash between a car and a pedestrian last evening on 26th Street south of H Avenue in Comstock Town...
Sep 29, 2023 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Man charged with assault in Battle Creek shooting
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 36-year-old man is charged with assault with intent to murder for a shooting in Battle Creek that injured another man last weekend. Dequan Evans was identified by pol...
Sep 28, 2023 Police lights
Allegan County woman posing as a registered nurse faces prison time after being indicted on federal charges
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An Allegan County woman who falsely claimed she was a registered nurse to defraud employers has been indicted on several federal charges. 48-year-old Leticia Gallarzo h...
Sep 27, 2023 Leticia Gallarzo (courtesy Texas Board of Nursing)
Board of Education approves new one year contract for Portage teachers
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A new one year contract for Portage Public Schools teachers was approved Monday by the Board of Education. The teachers union ratified a tentative agreement last week, with ...
Sep 27, 2023 Portage Central High School (courtesy of Portage Public Schools)
