Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Battle Creek Police investigating two weekend shootings, asking for public's help
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Battle Creek Police are looking for information that will help their investigations into a pair of weekend shootings. The first took place early Saturday morning at a Li...
Sep 25, 2023 Battle Creek Police Cruiser (photo by John McNeill).
AUDIO: Portage City Council to talk trash haulers
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -They are talking trash again in Portage, not about politics or football, its about stinky smelly garbage, how it gets picked up, who picks it up, and what they charge. Right ...
Sep 25, 2023 This chart prepared by city staff shows a range of the fees paid by city employees who submitted their trash bills for study.
Police calling Friday evening death in Edison neighborhood a homicide
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says they are treating the case of an unresponsive person found Friday night who later died as a homicide. KDPS says the person w...
Sep 23, 2023 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
One man dies in St. Joseph County house fire
CONSTANTINE TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 66-year-old man died Thursday night in a St. Joseph County fire. Deputies from the St Joseph County Sheriff's Office were dispatched to the 13000 block of Riv...
Sep 23, 2023 (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Two from Kalamazoo arrested after high speed chase that ended in Indiana
FREMONT, IN (WKZO AM/FM) - Two suspects from Kalamazoo were arrested Friday in Fremont, Indiana after the Steuben County Sheriff's Office assisted the Branch County Sheriff's Office with a vehicle pur...
Sep 23, 2023 (courtesy Steuben County Sheriff’s Department)
Allegan County child killed in farm accident
MARTIN TOWNSHIP MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Allegan County authorities are continuing their investigation into the death of an 8 year old child Friday in Martin Township. Deputies were called to the area of 122...
Sep 23, 2023
KVCC, Kellogg Community College among those getting state grants
Kalamazoo Valley Community College is receiving a grant from the state for $58,850 to address "unmet transportation needs of adult learners as part of a wider effort to support adult student and immig...
Sep 22, 2023 Kalamazoo Valley Community College sign (photo courtesy of Kalamazoo Valley Community College)
Kalamazoo County jobless rate follows statewide trend, dropping to 4.2% in August
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Area counties, including Kalamazoo, followed the statewide trend with lower unemployment rates in August. The Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget says...
Sep 22, 2023 Kevin Smith / CC
Legislative labor law repeal proposed by Kalamazoo's McCann criticized by business organizations
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Despite protests from a number of business organization, the Michigan Senate Labor Committee this week approved bills sponsored by Senator Sean McCann of Kalamazoo that woul...
Sep 22, 2023 Michigan State Senator Sean McCann
Two persons suffer critical injuries in Wednesday night BC crash
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Two persons were injured Wednesday night in a crash involving a motorcycle and a car at Capital Avenue SW and Columbia Avenue in Battle Creek. Battle Creek firefighters ...
Sep 21, 2023
