Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Kalamazoo City Commisision to look at local ordinance dealing with cell phone usage while driving
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo City Commission tonight will take its first look at a proposal to make it a violation to use your cell phone or other electronic devices while driving. Distr...
Jun 05, 2023 Carissa Rogers / CC
AG Nessel meets with Kalamazoo County SAKI team to learn their keys to success
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There is so much more to The Sexual Assault Kit Initiative than just using DNA to catch rapists-at-large...at least the way Kalamazoo County does it, according to Michigan...
Jun 05, 2023 Nessel held a closed door briefing with the Kalamazoo SAKI team , which includes a Victim Advocate from the YWCA, before holding a press conference at the Kalamazoo YWCA at 353 East Michigan
Avenue in downtown Kalamazoo. (Photo provided by John McNeill)
All invited to Battle Creek Fire Station 4 open house on Wednesday, June 7
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Battle Creek Fire Department is inviting the community at large to tour the renovated Fire Station 4 on Wednesday, June 7 from 5 to 7 p.m. The 80-year-old station, ...
Jun 04, 2023 (Photo provided by the Battle Creek Fire Department)
M-40 and M-152 pavement repairs to start Monday in Cass and Van Buren counties
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is getting set to invest $1.7 million for crack filling and resurfacing on 16 miles of M-40 from M-60 to the Marcellus vil...
Jun 04, 2023
Kalamazoo residents invited to next downtown business townhall Tuesday, June 6
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Southwest Michigan First Chamber is inviting Kalamazoo residents to the next Quarterly Downtown Business Townhall Tuesday, June 6 at 2:00 p.m. in The Catalyst Center a...
Jun 04, 2023
Portage traffic advisory: East Milham Avenue lane closure scheduled for Monday
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The westbound outside curb lane of East Milham Avenue will be closed on Monday, June 5 for milling and paving operations at the KRESA entrance at 1819 East Milham Avenue beg...
Jun 04, 2023
City of Kalamazoo curbside bulk trash collection to start June 5, Thursday and Friday pickups delayed one week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Curbside Bulk Trash Collection for the City of Kalamazoo has been delayed and will start on Monday, June 5. As a result, residents with regularly scheduled pickups on Thur...
Jun 04, 2023
Battle Creek police arrest three men in narcotics case
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek Police arresting three men on Thursday, June 1 following a narcotics raid in the central part of the city. Police executed a search warrant at a house on F...
Jun 04, 2023 Battle Creek Police Cruiser (photo by John McNeill).
Sturgis man sentenced to decades in prison for murder, attempted dismemberment & CSC
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Sturgis man was sentenced to decades in prison last week on Thursday, June 1, after pleading no contest to charges in connection to the murder and mutilation of ...
Jun 04, 2023 (Photo of Wade Allen provided by the St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office)
Search continues for Three Rivers woman missing since Monday, May 29
CENTREVILLE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The search continues for a missing woman from Three Rivers with Alzheimer's and dementia. The St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office says 73-year-old Marilee Furlong left he...
Jun 04, 2023 Marilee Furlong of Three Rivers, MI (courtesy St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office)
