Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
MDOT announces revised I 94 project completion date
KALAMAZOO MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A new completion date for the I 94 reconstruction project between Lovers Lane and Sprinkle Road has been announced, and MDOT officials say it's a precedent setting situatio...
Aug 06, 2023 I 94 road project completion date revised (Photo by John McNeil)
Kalamazoo's Family Health Center receives grant to host Back to School Bash
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Family Health Center received a $2,500 grant from the Michigan Association of Health Plans (MAHP) on Friday, August 4 to assist with funding their Back to School Bash, an ...
Aug 04, 2023 (Pontent provided by Andrea Kerbuski, Martin Waymire, Lansing, MI)
Former LiUNA labor leader bound over on CSC charges
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - 40-year-old Jonathan Byrd, 40, of Battle Creek was bound over on one count of fourth degree Criminal Sexual Conduct on Thursday, August 3. Michigan's Attorney General Dana N...
Aug 04, 2023 Best Law
GoFundMe set up to help family of 14-year-old struck by bus in Schoolcraft on July 31
SCHOOLCRAFT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A GoFundMe has been set up by the family of 14-year-old Kayla Davison. She was the teenager who was struck by a bus while attempting to cross US-131 in Schoolcraft nearl...
Aug 04, 2023
AUDIO: Residency of Portage Mayoral candidate questioned in unsigned complaint
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A complaint has been made that Portage Mayoral candidate Lisa Brayton was not truthful when she filled out her application to run for the city's top elected position. Brayto...
Aug 04, 2023
KPS Board of Education selects Takisha Johnson to fill trustee vacancy
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education unanimously selected Takisha Johnson as their new trustee in a special board meeting on Thursday, August 3. Johnson is the ...
Aug 04, 2023
Support dog now available for Calhoun County 911 dispatchers
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Calhoun County Consolidated Dispatch Authority is providing support for dispatchers in the form of Hope, a dog from the organization Canines For Change. Hope is a one-...
Aug 04, 2023 Photo courtesy of Calhoun County Consolidated Dispatch Authority
MQ-9 makes its debut in Battle Creek at Air National Guard base
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Two MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles will be at the Battle Creek Air National Guard Base on Friday. They are part of Michigan's annual multinational training exercis...
Aug 04, 2023 US Air Force
One dead after several shootings in Battle Creek over the last 48 hours
BATTLE CREEK MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Numerous shooting incidents in the city of Battle Creek over the last two days have claimed one victim. A spokesperson for the city's police department stated that polic...
Aug 03, 2023
Record setting $503,254 Club Keno The Jack prize won in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A lucky Michigan Lottery player made history on Wednesday, August 3 winning a $503,254 Club Keno The Jack prize. The prize is the largest ever won on the Club Keno game. T...
Aug 03, 2023
