Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Kalamazoo man accused of stealing from 77-year-old woman sentenced to five months in jail
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 40-year-old Kalamazoo man has been sentenced on multiple counts of financial elder abuse Kalamazoo County Circuit Court Judge Pamela Lightvoet Monday sentenced Craig Mac...
Sep 14, 2023 Best Law
Portage Parks and Recreation Fall Festival coming this Sunday
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The annual Portage Parks and Recreation Fall Festival will be happening this Sunday at the Celery Flats Historical Area. During the Fall Festival, historic buildings will be...
Sep 14, 2023 (courtesy City of Portage)
New bicycle themed mural coming to Edison Neighborhood in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A new mural is coming to Kalamazoo's Edison Neighborhood, with work to be carried out in September by local artists Chafe Hensley of Weirder Wonderland and Heidi Weiss of ...
Sep 13, 2023 Mural design concept (superimposed on 1122 Portage St.)
KRESA Career Connect launches Mobile Discovery Lab
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - In an effort to shift the thinking on how to tackle career education, especially for younger learners, Kalamazoo RESA's Career Connect program, in partnership with Pfizer ...
Sep 13, 2023 (courtesy Kalamazoo RESA's Career Connect)
Paw Paw man arrested for possessing child porn on his computer
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan State Police Computer Crimes Unit, Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force says a 41-year-old Paw Paw man has been arrested for possession of child sexually...
Sep 13, 2023 Marcie Casas / CC
Crash between a motorcycle and an SUV in Portage sends two to the hospital
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two people are hospitalized after a crash between a motorcycle and an SUV in Portage Tuesday afternoon. Portage Public Safety says a motorcycle was heading east on Romence R...
Sep 13, 2023 Portage Police cruiser (photo by John McNeil)
Everyone Needs To Read the theme of literacy week to be celebrated in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A series of events to promote the importance of literacy are scheduled in Kalamazoo next week, as the Kalamazoo Literacy Council celebrates National Adult Education and Fa...
Sep 13, 2023 (courtesy Kalamazoo Literacy Council)
Allegan deputy injured during arrest; Dorr man in custody
DOOR TOWNSHIP MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An Allegan County deputy was injured while making an arrest in Dorr Township Monday night. The deputy was summoned around 10 pm on a report of a vehicle driving at a hi...
Sep 12, 2023
Tips help Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety to locate hit and run vehicle and suspect
MATTAWAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - With tips from the public, the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety has located the vehicle and suspect involved in an accident that seriously injured a motorcyclist earli...
Sep 12, 2023 (courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
Joint agreement with power cooperative will allow Holtec to reopen the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant
COVERT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Holtec International and Wolverine Power Cooperative, a not-for-profit power generation cooperative based in Michigan, announced today that they have entered into a long-term...
Sep 12, 2023
