Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Portion of Oakland Drive in Portage closed due to utility installation project
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A start of a utility installation project closed a portion of Oakland Drive in Portage on Monday, July 17. According to the City of Portage, Oakland Drive from West Osterhou...
Jul 17, 2023 (Oakland Drive closure and detour map provided by the City of Portage)
UPDATED: Missing child found by KDPS officers in under 30 minutes on Sunday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Police in Kalamazoo ended their search for a missing child less than 30 minutes after it began over the weekend. Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officers responded t...
Jul 17, 2023 KDPS Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety cruiser (Photo by Jeana Gondek)
AUDIO: Concerns continue over City of Kalamazoo zoning ordinances
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After protesters demanded it, City of Kalamazoo planners removed zoning changes that might have made it easier for the development of a car wash near Asylum Lake, but envi...
Jul 17, 2023 Image from Asylum Lake Preserve's Facebook page.
Supply chain issues slowing down City of Kalamazoo's replacement of lead water lines
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The City of Kalamazoo has been aggressive about replacing lead water lines in the community's older homes, but may fall short this year. Lead lines have caused major probl...
Jul 17, 2023 Joe Shlabotnik / CC
Sturgis man seriously injured after crashing into LaGrange County deputy's vehicle
LAGRANGE COUNTY, IN (WNWN/WTVB) - A Sturgis man was badly injured Saturday afternoon when the Indiana State Police say his pickup truck and a LaGrange County Sherriff's Department vehicle crashed at a...
Jul 17, 2023
Cass County accident injures one
CASSOPOLIS MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An early morning accident Sunday resulted in injuries to an Illinois man. Cass County deputies were summoned to M-60 near Lake Shore Dr. in Howard Township around 6:10 am....
Jul 16, 2023 Cass County accident injures Illinois man (photo courtesy of Cass County Sheriff's Dept.)
Bloomingdale woman, sheriff's sergeant hospitalized following house fire
BLOOMINGDALE, MI (WKZO-AM/FM) - A tense situation at a Bloomingdale home late on Saturday night, July 15, 2023, ended up with one woman and a responding Van Buren County Sheriff's Sergeant hospitalize...
Jul 16, 2023 Van Buren County Sheriff's Office logo
Bottle return expansion bills proposed by West Michigan lawmakers
LANSING MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two West Michigan lawmakers have introduced bills that would expand the state's current bottle return law. State Senator Sean McCann of Kalamazoo and State Rep. Christine Mor...
Jul 16, 2023 Mike Mozart / CC
Preparations underway for next month's Kalamazoo County Youth Fair and Family Festival
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - With less than a month until the event, officials with the Kalamazoo County Youth Fair and Family Festival say they are still accepting open class still exhibit entries. T...
Jul 15, 2023
UPDATE: No-contact advisory lifted for wastewater discharge into Kalamazoo River
UPDATE: After further testing, the no-contact advisory was lifted by the City of Kalamazoo Saturday afternoon. KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The discharge of 1.5 million gallons of partially untreated ...
Jul 14, 2023 A map of the no-contact advisory area on the Kalamazoo River (courtesy City of Kalamazoo)
