Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Another Lake Michigan swim attempted by Dreyer
MILWAUKEE, WI (WHTC/WKZO) - On Labor Day, Jim Dreyer will again undergo a labor of love. The 60-year-old Grand Haven man will step into the waters of Lake Michigan on Monday afternoon to begin an 82.5...
Sep 03, 2023 Jim Dreyer, with his support dinghy in tow, about to embark on his self-sufficient swim across Lake Superior on August 1, 2005. Photo: Jack McLain
Two-year-old killed after being hit by a trailer at his home in Cass County's Porter Township
PORTER, TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A two-year-old died after he was hit by a trailer Friday afternoon in Cass County's Porter Township. Around 3:30 p.m. Michigan State Police troopers were sent to Ca...
Sep 03, 2023 MSP investigating death of 2 year old in Cass County
Coat drive in Kalamazoo will be part of September 11th National Day of Service and Remembrance
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Over 200 volunteers from AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP and Milestone Senior Services in will commemorate the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks by joining in patriotic acts of volu...
Sep 03, 2023 (courtesy onewarmcoat.org)
Three-year-old boy drowns in Cass County
SILVER LAKE TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A three-year-old from Illinois drowned Friday while at his family's lake house in Silver Lake Township, Cass County. Cass County deputies were called to a resid...
Sep 02, 2023
Fatal crash in Allegan County's Overisel Township remains under investigation
ALLEGAN MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An accident Friday morning in Allegan County's Overisel Township has claimed the life of a 14-year-old Zeeland area youth. Allegan County Sheriff's Deputies were summoned to ...
Sep 01, 2023 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Water main installation will cause West Michigan Avenue detour
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The installation of a new water main will mean West Michigan Avenue between Drake Road and Century Avenue in Kalamazoo County's Oshtemo Township will be closed from Wednes...
Sep 01, 2023 A map of the streets affected by a water main installation on West Michigan Ave beginning Sept 6, 2023
AUDIO: Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education hopes for normalcy for 2023-2024 school year
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After the COVID-19 pandemic and last year's Superintendent controversy, members of the Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education hope they have turned the corner. A new ...
Sep 01, 2023 Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education meeting Aug. 31, 2023
EGLE looking for public comment on proposed air clean-up plan for Graphic Packaging Inc.
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The state of Michigan's environmental watchdog agency has issued an order to Graphic Packaging Inc. to clean up its act and Kalamazoo's air, and they are asking for public...
Sep 01, 2023 A Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Town Hall on Graphic Packaging in Kalamazoo May 18, 2023 (courtesy John McNeill)
Battle Creek Police conducting murder investigation on North Union, few details released
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Battle Creek Police Department is not releasing a lot of information at this time about a murder investigation. The Detective Bureau and Crime Lab were at the scene ...
Sep 01, 2023
Two free recycling events for Calhoun County residents scheduled for September
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Calhoun County's Office for Community Development has announced there will be two free recycling events for Calhoun County residents only during the month of September...
Aug 31, 2023
