Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Portage City Manager gets high marks from City Council, receives 5% pay raise
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Portage City Council has completed their first annual evaluation of their new City Manager Patrick McGinnis, and are apparently happy with his work. Mayor Pro Tempore Ji...
Jun 26, 2023 City of Portage logo
"Person of Interest" in BC Riverside Park murder arrested in Georgia
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Battle Creek Police say a person of interest in the homicide of Arely Hernandez was arrested on Saturday in Georgia. Battle Creek Police and the Calhoun County Prosecuto...
Jun 26, 2023
Police from Albion and CCSD save two year old from drowning in bathtub
ALBION, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Quick action by officers from the Albion Department of Public Safety and the Calhoun County Sheriff's Department saved the life of a two year old child on Saturday morning as ...
Jun 26, 2023 Albion Department of Public Safety logo
Free testing to be offered locally for National HIV Testing Day
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Tuesday is National HIV Testing Day and Kalamazoo and Allegan counties will offer free testing. The Allegan County Health Department will conduct free HIV Rapid Testing on...
Jun 26, 2023 (courtesy HIV.gov)
Portage man found dead at McDonald's location Sunday afternoon
PORTAGE MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Portage Public Safety is continuing its investigation into an unknown death that may have occurred Sunday morning. Officers were dispatched to the McDonald's location on Port...
Jun 25, 2023 Accident in Portage Tuesday seriously injures Kalamazoo man (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
Kalamazoo man killed in single vehicle accident Sunday morning
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 62-year-old Kalamazoo man is dead following a single vehicle crash Sunday morning. At approximately 8:00 a.m, Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officers responded to...
Jun 25, 2023 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Two injured in multi-vehicle accident in Comstock Township
COMSTOCK TWNSHIP MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Department is continuing its investigation into a multiple vehicle accident that occurred late Saturday morning in Comstock Township. ...
Jun 25, 2023 (Photo by John McNeil)
Garage destroyed and four home damaged in Kalamazoo fire
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A garage was destroyed by fire and four homes were damaged in the blaze in Kalamazoo late Friday. Around 10:00 a.m. officer from the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety ...
Jun 24, 2023 Arseni Mourzenko
One dead and one wounded, the 10th homicide in Kalamazoo this year
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One man was killed and another wounded in a shooting incident overnight in Kalamazoo. Authorities say it's the 10th death by gunfire in the city in 2023. At 2:55 a.m. Satu...
Jun 24, 2023 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Four vehicle crash on I-94 near Albion kills Mississippi man, shuts down interstate
SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A 54-year-old man from Mississippi was killed Friday afternoon in a four vehicle crash on eastbound I-94 near Albion. The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office says the c...
Jun 24, 2023 Photo courtesy Calhoun County Sheriff's Office
