Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Road reconstruction project to cause intersection closure of East Centre Avenue and Portage Road
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Portage Road reconstruction project is getting underway on Sunday, August 20 which will close one of the city's busiest intersections both Sunday and Monday evenings. That...
Aug 20, 2023 (Detour map provided by the City of Portage)
Kalamazoo Nature Center begins search for new president/CEO
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Since opening to the public in 1964, the Kalamazoo Nature Center has had only three executive directors. And now the search is on for it's fourth. According to a news rele...
Aug 20, 2023
18-year-old man stable after Friday shooting in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek Police say an 18-year-old man is in stable condition after being shot on Friday, August 18. Authorities say the shooting happened around 2:15 p.m. in the a...
Aug 20, 2023 Battle Creek Police Cruiser (photo by John McNeill).
Crash at Ross Township intersection kills two persons, seriously injures another
ROSS TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two persons were killed and another was injured early Saturday morning in a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of M-89 and North 40th Street in Kalamazoo County's R...
Aug 19, 2023 (Photo by John McNeil)
Kalamazoo to host Latinx Festival at Arcadia Creek Festival Place Saturday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Latinx Festival is back in Kalamazoo for its second year. The inaugural year in 2022 proved successful so organizers are happy to return. The festival is Saturday from...
Aug 18, 2023
Battle Creek Police now say shooting of teen Wednesday evening was accidental, another 17-year-old may face charges
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek Police say a teen remains in stable condition after what they now describe as an accidental shooting Wednesday evening. At 7:40 p.m., a police officer assi...
Aug 18, 2023 Battle Creek Police Cruiser (photo by John McNeill).
Scott says Calhoun County will get $12 million in opioid litigation settlement through 2038
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Calhoun County Administrator/Controller Kelli Scott says the county has started to receive the first in a series of new payments from the $26 billion nationwide settle...
Aug 18, 2023 Calhoun County Administrator and Controller Kelli Scott
KCC seeking donations for $160,000 pickleball court project
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Kellogg Community College is asking for contributions to a project that will improve and expand the outdoor pickleball courts on the North Avenue campus in Battle Creek....
Aug 18, 2023 Courtesy Kellogg Community College
Kalamazoo Technical Rescue team hones skills during training exercise
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Members of the Kalamazoo Technical Rescue team members from KDPS, Portage, Comstock, and Oshtemo were surprised with an unannounced training exercise on Thursday, August 1...
Aug 17, 2023 (Photo from the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety's Facebook page)
Paw Paw woman charged in crash that killed 1-year-old and seriously injured 5-year-old
VAN BUREN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Paw Paw woman has been charged with causing a crash that killed a 1-year-old and injured a 5-year-old in June. The Van Buren County Sheriff's Office reported on T...
Aug 17, 2023 (Photo of 60-year-old Roxanne Bastian provided by the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office)
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