Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Lafler sentenced in St. Joseph County strangulation death of girl friend
CENTREVILLE, MI (WTVB) - A man who was charged in connection with the death of his girl friend in October of 2021 was ordered to serve between 86 months and 15 years in prison on Friday in St. Joseph ...
Jun 24, 2023 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
$213 million spending plan for 2023-2024 gets approval by KPS Board of Education
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education approved their budget for the coming school year Thursday. The $213 million plan calls for spending about $13 million more ...
Jun 23, 2023 Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education meeting June 22, 2023 (courtesy John McNeill)
Kalamazoo hospital and local law enforcement team up for children's gun safety effort
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - In an effort to lower the number of children and teens who are unintentionally injured or killed due to unlocked or unsupervised guns in the home, Bronson Children's Hospi...
Jun 23, 2023 (courtesy Bronson Children's Hospital, Kalamazoo MI)
Elderly man dies in Texas Township crash Thursday morning
TEXAS TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office says for an unknown reason a vehicle driven by an 83-year-old male drifted across the centerline of West Q Avenue in Texas Towns...
Jun 22, 2023 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Vehicle collides with school in Comstock Township, no students injured
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - No students were injured as a vehicle ran a stop sign and collided with a school bus in Comstock Township late Thursday morning. At 11;53 a.m. the Kalamazoo County Sheriff...
Jun 22, 2023 Bill McChesney / CC
VIDEO: Shots fired in Battle Creek park, involved officer is on paid administrative leave
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek Police are investigating a shooting at Claude Evans Park Wednesday evening, and they say an involved officer is on paid administrative leave. Body camera v...
Jun 22, 2023 (courtesy Battle Creek Police Department)
Eaton Corporation announces expansion of Marshall plant, part of $20 million electronic vehicle component retrofitting
MARSHALL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Eaton Corporation plans to expand at its facility in Marshall, to include a new lab for conducting development, environmental, validation, and durability testing for a wide...
Jun 22, 2023 (courtesy State of Michigan)
Motorcycle accident in Cass County injures one
CASSOPOLIS MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Cassopolis man suffered injuries in a motorcycle accident Wednesday morning. 64-year-old Terry Goodger, was traveling east on Beeson Street in LaGrange Township at aroun...
Jun 22, 2023 One vehicle accident in Cass County injures one (photo courtesy of Cass county Sheriff's Dept)
Lain sentenced to 30-50 years in prison for stabbing death of his wife in Kalamazoo Township
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo Township man is heading to prison after being sentenced for fatally stabbing his wife. In January 2022, 37-year-old Melissa Lain was found by one of her childr...
Jun 22, 2023 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Six candidates to be interviewed next week for open position on KPS Board of Education
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education has selected six candidates to interview for the vacant trustee position on the board. The board reviewed 25 applications f...
Jun 22, 2023
