Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
City of BC offers fireworks guidance, say burn ban is still in effect
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The City of Battle Creek is offering some guidance for the use of fireworks at home. Fireworks regulations in the city are the same this year. Around Independence Day, y...
Jun 29, 2023 Sumeet Basak / CC
Street and road closures in effect for BC Field of Flight Air Show & Balloon Festival
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - With the Field of Flight Air Show & Balloon Festival beginning Thursday at the Battle Creek Executive Airport, the City of Battle Creek has announced a series of str...
Jun 29, 2023 Courtesy Battle Creek Field of Flight Air Show & Balloon Festival Facebook page
WMU Board of Trustees to set room and board, tuition rates for 2023-2024 today
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Western Michigan University students and their parents will find out today just how much higher college bills will be this fall. The WMU Board of Trustees will meet late t...
Jun 29, 2023
March held to protest gun violence in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A march to end gun violence in Kalamazoo was held last night after the city recorded its tenth murder of the year last weekend. Kenneth Woodward Jr. died at a hospital aft...
Jun 29, 2023 Tony Webster / CC
Federal and local officials today will discuss new mental health and substance abuse initiative in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan's U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow will be in Kalamazoo Thursday to participate in a roundtable on mental health services. Kalamazoo Valley Community College will hos...
Jun 29, 2023 Integrated Services of Kalamazoo logo
Court documents suggest more evidence points to boyfriend as killer of Portage woman
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As the search continues for a missing Portage woman who is presumed dead, new federal court filings suggest a connection between Heather Kelley's presumed killing, and her...
Jun 28, 2023
Legislature passes bill to allow alcohol sales at college sporting events and concerts in Michigan
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Legislation sponsored by Senator Sean McCann of Kalamazoo that would allow alcohol sales on a continuing basis at university sporting events and concerts is awaiting Gover...
Jun 28, 2023 (Photo courtesy of WMU)
Kalamazoo College receives $2 million grant for science center and electrical grid upgrades on campus
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo College Dow Science Center will undergo a facelift, thanks to a $2 million grant from the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation. The science center, complet...
Jun 28, 2023 A student performs lab work at the Kalamazoo College Dow Science Center (courtesy Kalamazoo College)
Portage named Tree City USA for 32nd consecutive year
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - For the 32nd straight year, the City of Portage has been named a Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation to honor its commitment to effective urban forest management. Port...
Jun 28, 2023 (courtesy Arbor Day Foundation)
Megasite battery plant opponents file lawsuit against City of Marshall
MARSHALL, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - As they promised last week, opponents of the proposed Ford Motor Company electric vehicle battery plant at the Marshall Megasite have filed a lawsuit against the City of Mar...
Jun 28, 2023 Courtesy Stop the Marshall Megasite Facebook page
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