Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
McCann, Rogers reintroduce legislation to require polluters "to clean up their mess"
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two state legislators from Kalamazoo have reintroduced legislation that they say will strengthen the authority of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and En...
Jun 22, 2023 Morrow dam Hydroelectric power plant on the Kalamazoo River in Comstock Township.
BC Police seeking public's help during death investigation of 61-year-old man
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Battle Creek Police are asking for the community's help as they investigate the death of 61-year-old Christopher Kendrick. His body was discovered at about 1:30 p.m. Sun...
Jun 22, 2023
Police seek help in finding missing Bedford Township teen who may be in Kalamazoo
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Police in Battle Creek are asking for the community's help in finding a missing teenager. They say 13-year-old Kyra Lynee Jones-Kelley has been missing since she left h...
Jun 21, 2023 (Photo of missing teenager 13-year-old Kyra Lynee Jones-Kelley provided by the City of Battle Creek)
Play ball! (Almost): Groundbreaking on Derek Jeter Field signifies goal of summer completion on new complex
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Officials from Kalamazoo Central High School, the Kalamazoo Public Schools District, along with Derek Jeter's Turn-2 Foundation President and contractors broke ground on w...
Jun 21, 2023 (Groundbreaking photo provided by John McNeill)
Suspect held without bond in murder of Battle Creek Burger King employee
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A suspect in the shooting death of a teenager over the weekend in the parking lot of the Burger King on West Columbia Avenue is being held without bond following his arr...
Jun 21, 2023 Brian Turner / CC
Homeowners question rising cost of drainage project around Eagle and Crooked Lakes
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's been a few years since we reported on the homeowners around Eagle and Crooked Lakes where a particularly rainy year flooded many of their lakeside homes. Efforts were...
Jun 21, 2023 Kalamazoo County Drain Commissioner Jason Wiersma (courtesy County of Kalamazoo)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo City Attorney honored at final meeting
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - At Tuesday night's Kalamazoo City Commission meeting outgoing City Attorney Clyde Robinson was presented with a resolution honoring his service and presented with a key to...
Jun 21, 2023 Outgoing Kalamazoo City Attorney Clyde Robinson (right) is honored by Mayor david Anderson June 20, 2023 (courtesy John McNeill)
Task force begins gathering public comments on proposed Portage housing projects
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Following opposition from residents about plans for two housing projects near Austin and West Lakes in Portage, a task force has wasted no time getting organized. They didn'...
Jun 21, 2023 (courtesy City of Portage)
Megasite petitions calling for citizen vote rejected, committee plan legal action
MARSHALL, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A petition drive calling for a city-wide vote on a rezoning request connected to the new Ford Motor Company electric vehicle battery plant at the Marshall Megasite has faile...
Jun 21, 2023 Ford Motor Co CEO Bill Ford at a press conference in Romulus MI Feb 13, 2023
Suspect in Saturday shooting identified and arrested by Portage Public Safety
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Portage Public Safety police have arrested a suspect tied to a shooting that took place over the weekend. Police say 29-year-old Atavion Jamaal-Devito Swindle of Kalamazoo a...
Jun 20, 2023 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
