Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Portage city mayor to receive Portage Rotary Community Service Award
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Portage Rotary Club is set to present its 31st Community Service Award to City of Portage Mayor Patricia M. Randall. According to the Portage Rotary website, the annual ...
May 04, 2023 Portage City Mayor Patricia Randall.
Michigan Maritime Museum's tall ship Friends Good Will sails to Holland for 2023 Tulip Time Festival tours
HOLLAND, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Maritime Museum is set to return to Holland for the 2023 Tulip Time Festival with tall ship Friends Good Will. Museum officials say the replica nineteenth-centu...
May 04, 2023 (Photo courtesy of The Michigan Maritime Museum)
Kalamazoo city and KDPS wrap up a two-year independent review report led by outside consulting firm
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The City of Kalamazoo and the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety have wrapped up a two-year independent review report of KDPS led by an outside consulting group in the ...
May 04, 2023 KDPS Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety cruiser (Photo by Jeana Gondek)
Suspect who hit and killed Albion man sought by police
ALBION, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Police in Albion are searching for a man they say murdered a 61-year-old and assaulted another person two weeks ago. Authorities say 44-year-old Orlando Capado Billingsley is...
May 04, 2023 (Photo of Orlando Capado Billingsley, provided by the Calhoun County Prosecutor’s Office)
Search warrant in Cass County leads to 3 arrests for drugs and firearms charges
WAYNE TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A search warrant in Cass County has led to three arrests for drugs and firearms charges. Deputies with the Cass County Drug Enforcement Team were called out on Thursd...
May 04, 2023 Cass County Sheriff's Office cruiser (photo by John McNeil)
Plan to look at restructuring Kalamazoo County Road Commission voted down
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There won't be an effort to dismantle the Kalamazoo County Road Commission. Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners member Jen Strebs sparked the debate, asking that road ...
May 04, 2023 Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners member Jen Strebs (courtesy John McNeill)
Calhoun County adds third mobile recycling center thanks to EGLE grant
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Calhoun County Government added a new mobile recycling center in Sheridan Township during the month of April. Calhoun County received a 2020 EGLE Recycling Infrastruct...
May 04, 2023 Photo courtesy of Calhoun County Government
School board to look at name changes for two elementary buildings tonight
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - In the midst of their search for a new Superintendent, the Kalamazoo Pubic Schools Board of Education will meet tonight to handle other business for the district. On the a...
May 04, 2023 Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education meeting April 24, 2023 (courtesy John McNeill)
One killed, one arrested in crash north of South Haven
CASCO TWP., MI (WKZO-AM/FM) - A woman lost her life and a man is in custody following a fatal crash on Wednesday afternoon, May 3, 2023, north of South Haven. According to Allegan County Sheriff's Ser...
May 04, 2023 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
First round of My90 survey results show KDPS score 93% on traffic stop score, 82% on post-contact
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety recently implementing a digital link allowing folks who've had to call 911 to offer immediate feedback on how their encounter wit...
May 03, 2023 (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek)
