Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Representative Rogers completes regional leadership institute
LOMBARD, IL (WKZO AM/FM) - State Rep. Julie M. Rogers (D-Kalamazoo) was among 37 select lawmakers to complete a leadership training program that identifies and assists emerging state and provincial le...
Aug 24, 2023 Michigan state Sen. Roger Victory, left, and Illinois state (Rep. Anna Moeller, right, present a certificate of completion to Rogers)
Two injured in Barry Co. crash; 1 critically and 1 seriously
THORNAPPLE TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Barry County Sheriff's Office is investigating a two-vehicle crash that sent two people to the hospital late Wednesday evening on August 23. It happened arou...
Aug 24, 2023
AUDIO: KPS Superintendent Slade says misbehavior at high school sporting events will not be tolerated
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Tonight is the first game of the fall football season for the Loy Norrix Knights and Kalamazoo Central's Maroon Giants who are set to play each other, and new Superintende...
Aug 24, 2023 (Photo provided by John McNeill)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo Schools increasing staff to support social and mental wellbeing
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Schools will be beefing up their efforts to look after the social and mental wellbeing of students this fall, thanks to additional state funding, grant money, an...
Aug 24, 2023
Portage Zhang Senior Center opens cooling center for Wednesday, Thursday heatwave
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A cooling center is open at the Portage Zhang Senior Center, 203 East Centre Avenue, from 7 a.m to 9 p.m. (unless conditions warrant an earlier closure or extension) Wednesd...
Aug 23, 2023 An architect's rendering of the Charles and Lynn Zhang Portage Community Senior Center (courtesy of AVB Inc)
Boil water advisory for Portage neighborhood following water main break
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A portion of a Portage neighborhood now under a boil water advisory. The City of Portage issuing the advisory on Wednesday, August 23 following a water main break that occur...
Aug 23, 2023 (Boil advisory map provided by the City of Portage)
CCSD warn residents about fraudulent phone calls
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office is warning residents about an individual who is contacting residents and identifying himself as "Lt. Brandon Jenkins" from the Sherif...
Aug 23, 2023 Alachua County / CC
New hub for WMU to make college life easier to navigate for first-time students
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There will be a new feature on the campus of Western Michigan University this fall. WMU officials say the new Student Success Hub should make being a student easier by ser...
Aug 23, 2023 (Photo by John McNeil).
Thousands pour in to build K9 memorial for White Pigeon Police Department
WHITE PIGEON, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - More than $3,000 has been donated to a GoFundMe to support the build of a memorial for the fallen K9 officers of the White Pigeon Police Department. The fundraiser says...
Aug 23, 2023
Second detection this year of West Nile Virus reported in Kalamazoo County
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There's been another detection of West Nile Virus in Kalamazoo County. This is according to the Kalamazoo County Health & Community Services Department's Environmental...
Aug 23, 2023 Enrique Dans / CC
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