Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Portage City Council officially accepts Brayton's resignation, discussion underway on her replacement
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Portage City Council has officially accepted the resignation of fellow council member Lisa Brayton. Council member Terry Urban pointed out that the state gives them 60 d...
Sep 06, 2023 Former Portage City Council member Lisa Brayton (courtesy Lisa Brayton for Portage Mayor)
St. Joseph County Sheriff's Department present new Chaplain with badge
CENTREVILLE, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office now have a Chaplain on their staff. Undersheriff Jason Bingaman welcomed Chaplain Larry Humphreys to the Sheriff's Office in June. ...
Sep 06, 2023 Photo courtesy St. Joseph County Sheriff's Department
City of Kalamazoo allocates $1.5 million to rehab 48 low income rental properties, plus $770,000 to build eight new homes
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - City officials say Kalamazoo has an affordable housing problem, but they say that doesn't just mean building homes that people can buy. It also means finding more housing ...
Sep 06, 2023 City of Kalamazoo logo
AUDIO: Pay raises for Kalamazoo County staff being proposed for next fiscal year
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners got their first look at the County Administrator's proposed budget for next year, and it should give county employees reason to...
Sep 06, 2023 Kalamazoo County Government logo
Kalamazoo County to continue offering free prescription discount cards
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A special free prescription program will continue in Kalamazoo County. The Kalamazoo County Health and Community Services Department says their continued enrollment in the...
Sep 06, 2023 (courtesy National Association of Counties)
2,000 classic and custom cars expected in Kalamazoo for 43rd Street Rod Nationals North this weekend
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The National Street Rod Association rolls into Kalamazoo later this week, with the 43rd Street Rod Nationals North at the Kalamazoo County Expo Center Friday, September 8-...
Sep 05, 2023 (courtesy 43rd Street Rod Nationals North)
A busy holiday weekend for KDPS, making arrests and seizing illegal firearms in almost a dozen incidents
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says its officers seized 15 illegal firearms and arrested 12 individuals on various charges over the Labor Day holiday weekend. F...
Sep 05, 2023 (courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
Fire departments in Comstock Township and Portage receive federal funding for training and equipment
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two Kalamazoo County fire departments are among several in West Michigan receiving federal funding for training and equipment. U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters ...
Sep 05, 2023 Portage fire truck. (Photo courtesy City of Portage).
Combs announces bid for Kalamazoo Township Supervisor
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Even though the primary election is 11 months away, candidates are already lining up for local seats. David Combs of the Westwood neighborhood in Kalamazoo Townsh...
Sep 05, 2023
Battle Creek Police issue warning about latest phone scam
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Battle Creek Police is warning residents about a reported phone scam. Police recently got a report from someone who received a phone call from a spam number. The unknown...
Sep 05, 2023 Alachua County / CC
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