Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
BC woman dies after being struck by vehicle on West Dickman Road
SPRINGFIELD, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A 30-year-old woman from Battle Creek died from her injuries on Wednesday after she was struck by a vehicle on West Dickman Road near Barberry Drive in Springfield. The C...
Sep 21, 2023 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety launches new website
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety's new website is live. KDPS officials say with the website features updated areas of information and a prominent banner making it...
Sep 21, 2023 (courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
Portage teachers receive pay raise, classroom protections with newly approved contract
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A tentative contract agreement is in place between Portage Public Schools and its teachers union. The deal includes a 4.5% across-the-board pay raise and would be effective ...
Sep 20, 2023 Portage Public Schools logo courtesy of Portage Public Schools)
Wrongfully convicted man suing cold case detectives for $100 million
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Jeff Titus is suing two cold case detectives for $100 million after he spent over 21 years in prison in the murders of hunters Doug Estes and Jim Bennett in Kalamazoo Coun...
Sep 20, 2023 Jeff Titus speaks with reporters outside Lakeland Correctional Facility, Coldwater MI Feb 24, 2023 (screenshot courtesy of WOOD-TV 8)
St. Joseph County man awarded $14.5 million in wrongful conviction case
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo jury has awarded a St. Joseph County man $14.5 million for wrongful conviction due to a Michigan State Police sergeant violating his constitutional rights in a...
Sep 20, 2023 Karen Neoh / CC
Kalamazoo County looking at plan that would wipe out medical debt for thousands of county residents
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It almost sounds too good to be true. The Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners will be looking into a plan that could reduce the medical bills for thousands locally. La...
Sep 20, 2023 CafeCredit.com / CC
Kalamazoo County commissioners hear proposal on naming new Justice Center after former judge
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Should Kalamazoo County's new Justice Center get a new name? The Kalamazoo County Bar Association has proposed that it be called the Judge Charles A. Pratt Justice Center,...
Sep 20, 2023 (Photo of what the new Kalamazoo County Justice Center will look like upon completion)
Portage City Council institutes new transparency plan for any new large developments
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/AM) - An unprecedented backlash from Portage citizens over proposals for large new developments near Austin Lake has prompted the City Council to change how they handle such plans...
Sep 20, 2023 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
Proposed changes to Kalamazoo ordinance could stall opening of housing pods even further
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Members of the Kalamazoo City Commission are not happy with staff's proposed changes to an emergency housing ordinance. The city adopted the ordinance two years ago, but n...
Sep 19, 2023 HRI Executive Director Michelle Davis at the Kalamazoo City Commission meeting Sept 18, 2023 (courtesy John McNeill)
City hopes to improve pedestrian safety with new lighting near WMU campus
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo City Commission Monday night approved new lighting contracts with Consumers Energy to improve safety just west of the Western Michigan University campus, on ...
Sep 19, 2023
