Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Kzoo Parks inviting teens to 'Dive Into Summer' at Kik Pool on Saturday, June 17
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kzoo Parks and the Kalamazoo Youth Action Council (KYAC) is inviting Kalamazoo-area teens to "Dive Into Summer" at a new event on Saturday, June 17 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. a...
Jun 13, 2023
Police arrest two men with suspected meth during traffic violation stop
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two Springfield men are now behind bars after getting stopped by police and caught with methamphetamine. The arrest happened around 1:30 p.m. on Monday, June 12 when me...
Jun 13, 2023 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
City of Parchment to receive $800,000 grant for environmental site assessment and cleanup of former mill
PARCHMENT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The City of Parchment is set to receive an $800,000 grant for an environmental site assessment and cleanup of a former mill site. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ...
Jun 13, 2023 (Photo provided by the City of Parchment)
Kalamazoo County Sheriff warns of ongoing law enforcement impersonator scam
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As there are no shortages of scams out there, the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office says those pretending to be members of law enforcement are at it again. According to th...
Jun 13, 2023 Gonzalo Baeza / CC
Kalamazoo Public Schools accepting applications for board vacancy
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - With Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education member Tandy Moore stepping down from her role as Trustee, the board is now looking to fill that vacancy. Moore announceme...
Jun 13, 2023 Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education April 6, 2023 (courtesy of John McNeill)
Search for Marilee Furlong continues, residents asked to check in car or home security cameras
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - St. Joseph County Undersheriff Jason Bingaman says they are still trying to locate 73-year-old Marilee Furlong who went missing from Flatbush Road on May 29, 2023. ...
Jun 13, 2023 Marilee Furlong of Three Rivers, MI (courtesy St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office)
St. Joseph Sheriff's Office release details of Friday night crash which injured three
LOCKPORT TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The St. Joseph County Sheriff's Department has released details of a late Friday night crash east of Three Rivers which left three persons injured. Undersheriff Jas...
Jun 13, 2023 St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office cruiser (Photo by John McNeil)
MDOT seeking public comments for study for I-194 corridor during Wednesday open house
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Michigan Department of Transportation is inviting the public to provide input on a planning and environmental linkages study for I-194 in Calhoun County. According t...
Jun 13, 2023
Opposition grows to city's proposed change of traffic pattern on Winchell Avenue
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A couple of prominent and authoritative Kalamazoo residents are calling a plan to further alter Winchell Avenue dumb and dangerous. In an effort to make room for bike path...
Jun 13, 2023 Winchell Avenue and Rambling Road sign (courtesy John McNeill)
Michigan State Police seeking volunteers for its Angel Program
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State Police say the opioid problem in the state is not slowing down. They say in 2021, Michigan saw just over 3,000 overdose deaths with that number holding steady...
Jun 12, 2023
