Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Southwest MI to get more than $1 million for environmental cleanup through president's Investing in America Agenda
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Biden-Harris administration along with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announcing on Thursday, May 25 that $9.3 million is on it's way to Michigan to expedite...
May 25, 2023 DonkeyHotey / CC
Kalamazoo's Epic Center raises $1.95 million towards $2.2 million renovation goal
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo's Epic Center announcing on Thursday, May 25 that it has raised $1.95 million toward its $2.2 million goal to renovate the facility. Center officials say the fun...
May 25, 2023
Mosquito surveillance to start in Kalamazoo County
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As mosquito season begins, the Kalamazoo County Health & Community Services Department will be setting up and monitoring several traps throughout the county to capture...
May 25, 2023 Enrique Dans / CC
MSP asking for public's help in locating mother and woman accused of abandoning vulnerable adult daughter
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State Police are searching for the mother and a woman they say abandoned her vulnerable adult daughter in the Al Sabo Land Preserve in Texas Township near Portage...
May 25, 2023 (courtesy Michigan State Police Paw Paw Post)
19-year-old Portage man facing multiple charges after allegedly shooting at two people from vehicle
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 19-year-old Portage man is in custody after allegedly shooting at a man and a woman on Tuesday, May 23 over a domestic dispute from a couple weeks ago. Portage Department ...
May 25, 2023 Portage Police cruiser (photo by John McNeil)
Public gets a look at proposed one way street revisions in downtown Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The City is holding community meetings on plans to change Kalamazoo's network of one way streets to two-way but don't expect to see any orange cones until next year. The f...
May 25, 2023 (courtesy of John McNeill)
KRESA advisory committee members get an update on new Technical Education Center
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Work is underway on constructing a new Technical Education Center for the Kalamazoo Regional Educational Services Agency (KRESA) at the corner of Sprinkle Road and I-94. A...
May 25, 2023 A conceptual drawing of the Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency's new Career Center (courtesy of KRESA)
Group of Marshall residents wants vote on battery plant
MARSHALL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Opponents of the Ford Motor Company's plans to build an electric vehicle battery plant in Marshall were gathering petition signatures to put it to a vote. They held a prote...
May 25, 2023 City of Marshall MI logo
Post Avenue house fire causes $38,000 worth of damage, no injuries
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A fire caused about $38,000 worth of damage to a home in the 200 block of Post Avenue in Battle Creek on Wednesday morning. Firefighters were dispatched at 11:11 a.m. to...
May 25, 2023 Courtesy Battle Creek Fire Department
Allegan area motorcyclist killed in crash with SUV
ALLEGAN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An Allegan area motorcycle rider is dead after a crash with another vehicle on Wednesday, May 24. According to Allegan County Central Dispatch, the crash happened 12:...
May 24, 2023 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
