Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Economic strategies for Kalamazoo to be discussed at commission meeting tonight
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo City Commissioners will get an update at their meeting tonight from Southwest Michigan First on their new approach to job development, which will likely include ...
Apr 03, 2023 Downtown Kalamazoo, MI (courtesy Southwest Michigan First)
Commissioners expected to name new Kalamazoo Coty Attorney tonight
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo City Commissioners are expected to make their final choice for a new City Attorney tonight. A couple of commissioners were ready to make their pick immediately a...
Apr 03, 2023 City of Kalamazoo logo
Three killed, four injured in Calhoun County wrong-way head-on crash on I-94
MARENGO TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Three persons were killed early Monday morning in a two-vehicle head-on crash that took place on westbound I-94 east of 22 1/2 Mile Road in Calhoun County's Marengo ...
Apr 03, 2023 One of the vehicles involved in triple fatal accident on I-94 in Calhoun County April 3, 2023 (courtesy Michigan State Police)
Portage recycled art contest gives youth a chance to promote both creativity and recycling awareness
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Portage Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) announces the inaugural Recycled Art Contest to promote recycling in Portage. Organizers say the contest is for all ages in the f...
Apr 02, 2023
Kzoo Parks opens registration for summer camps and programs
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Registration for Kzoo Parks summer camps and programs will open on Monday, April 3 for Kalamazoo city residents and on Monday, April 10 for non-residents. Registration wi...
Apr 02, 2023
KDPS accepting applications for Public Safety Officers April 5 to April 19
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety is looking to hire some more Public Safety Officers. KDPS officials say the application process for the position of "Public Safe...
Apr 02, 2023
No injuries in early morning house fire in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Three people managed to escape safely after their Kalamazoo home caught on fire early Sunday morning. Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Officers responded to the 400 ...
Apr 02, 2023 (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Financial boost on the way for Kalamazoo substance abuse remediation programs
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Michigan Communities now use alcohol tax revenue to fund substance abuse services, but some are about to get a windfall that could keep them well-funded for years. And Ka...
Mar 31, 2023 Ervins Strauhmanis / CC
Portage Northern senior now files federal lawsuit to get graduation moved off religious holiday
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Portage Northern High School senior who claims the district is violating her civil rights because graduation has been scheduled on a Jewish religious holiday has now taken...
Mar 31, 2023 Portage Northern High School (courtesy Byce and Associates)
$20,000 reward offered by the FBI for information on missing Portage woman
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The FBI is now offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information that leads to a missing Portage mother of eight who police has been killed. 35-year-old Heather Mae Kelle...
Mar 31, 2023
