Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Battle Creek Transit announces more route adjustments due to lack of drivers
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Battle Creek Transit has announced they will have to make additional adjustments to its fixed-route bus service, in response to the continued shortage of drivers with a ...
Sep 19, 2023 Courtesy Battle Creek Transit
Former Fire Chief sues Kalamazoo Township over firing
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Former Kalamazoo Township Fire Chief David Obreiter is suing the township in federal court over his firing. Obreiter says in his 46-page filing that the township ...
Sep 19, 2023
Man pleads guilty to 2021 Kalamazoo Township murder
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - 24-year-old Jayshaun Bishop of Kalamazoo has pled guilty to murder for shooting 23-year-old Collin Mitchell in 2021. The victim was found with a gunshot wound on the groun...
Sep 19, 2023 Karen Neoh / CC
Under construction Kalamazoo County Justice Center may get new name
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners will discuss changing the name of their brand new $90-million courthouse which is still under construction on Kalamazoo Avenue....
Sep 18, 2023 (Photo of what the new Kalamazoo County Justice Center will look like upon completion)
Additional state money will be used to help Kalamazoo officials fight gun violence
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The City of Kalamazoo will be getting a financial boost from Lansing to help fight gun violence. Most of the grant from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Service...
Sep 18, 2023 Tony Webster / CC
Holiday dinner fundraiser for God's Kitchen of Michigan launches with $15,000 goal
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - God's Kitchen of Michigan, a nonprofit hunger-relief organization serving Kalamazoo, Portage, and Battle Creek, has officially launched its 2023 free holiday dinner fundra...
Sep 18, 2023 (courtesy God’s Kitchen of Michigan)
Heavy rain causes Flood Warning in Kalamazoo County Sunday afternoon
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Heavy rain prompted a flood warning in central Kalamazoo County yesterday that was canceled just after 5:00 p.m. The rain flooded Westnedge Avenue in front of Crossroads M...
Sep 18, 2023 Praveen / CC
Serial sex offender sentenced in Calhoun County on 3rd Attorney General SAKI conviction
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A Coldwater man was given a prison sentence of 15 1/2 to 30 years on Friday in Calhoun County Circuit Court after he entered no contest pleas to two counts of first degr...
Sep 16, 2023 Michigan Attorney General logo (courtesy of Michigan Attorney General)
St. Joseph County investigators seize over 1,000 grams of Crystal Meth, suspect in custody
CENTREVILLE, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A narcotics investigation in St. Joseph County which started in April has resulted in the seizure of over 1,000 grams of Crystal Methamphetamine as well as other drugs an...
Sep 16, 2023 St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office cruiser (Photo by John McNeil)
Coast Guard suspends search for missng Lake Michigan fisherman
GRAND HAVEN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Coast Guard has suspended the search for the fisherman who was reported missing in Lake Michigan Tuesday off Holland, Michigan. Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan was ...
Sep 15, 2023
