Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
WMed Health to offer free skin cancer spot check clinic on Thursday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - WMed Health is getting set to host a free skin cancer spot check clinic on Thursday, June. The event will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. WMed Health Family Medicine at 555 West ...
Jerry Malec May 28, 2023

M-40 rebuilding in Van Buren County to start on Monday
VAN BUREN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Transportation getting set to rebuild and repave more than 3.5 miles of M-40 in Van Buren County starting on Monday, May 29. Work will be...
Jerry Malec May 28, 2023 Photo provided by the Michigan Department of Transportation.

Historic Preservation Awards to be presented at Wednesday, May 31 ceremony
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Four Historic Preservation Awards of Merit are set to be presented at an awards ceremony on Wednesday, May 31 at the Kalamazoo Non-Profit Advocacy Coalition (KNAC) at 315 ...
Jerry Malec May 28, 2023

Comerica Bank and Kalamazoo Growlers to host 2nd annual food drive
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - For the second straight year, Comerica Bank and the Kalamazoo Growlers are partnering to host a summer-long food drive benefitting South Michigan Food Bank from Friday, Ju...
Jerry Malec May 28, 2023 Top (L-R): Kevin Timmer (General Manager; Kalamazoo Growlers); Debra Van Hevele (SVP, Regional Retail Director; Comerica Bank)
Bottom (L-R): Laura Borden Priest (District Retail Manager; Comerica Bank), Alisha Walling (Office Manager; South Michigan Food Bank), Brittney Fletcher (COO; South Michigan Food Bank), Lori Suni (Director Development; South Michigan Food Bank), Porter; Team Mascot; Kalamazoo Growlers). Mike Demartelaere (External Affairs Market Manager; Comerica Bank), Justin Lesman (Director of Operations; South Michigan Food Bank), Jim Heffner (CFO; South Michigan Food Bank)

I-94 lane closure in Marshall to start Tuesday
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Transportation is reminding motorists that one lane will be closed on eastbound I-94 at I-69 in Marshall starting on Tuesday, May 30 as cre...
Jerry Malec May 28, 2023

St. Joseph Co. traffic stop leads to narcotics seizure
STURGIS TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - St. Joseph County Sheriff's deputies seized a substantial amount of Fentanyl and Methamphetamine during a traffic stop on Friday, May 25. According to the Sheriff's...
Jerry Malec May 28, 2023

Whites Road in Kalamazoo to close temporarily May 31 through June 2
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Whites Road in Kalamazoo is set to be closed temporarily between Parkview Avenue and Oakland Drive starting on Wednesday, May 31. The closure is scheduled to run through F...
Jerry Malec May 28, 2023 (Detour map provided by the City of Kalamazoo)

Three injured in two-vehicle crash in Cass County
HOWARD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Three people were injured in at two-vehicle crash in Cass County. Sheriff's deputies say it happened Friday evening, May 26 around 10 p.m. near the intersection of C...
Jerry Malec May 28, 2023 (Photo provided by the Cass County Sheriff's Office)

Senator McCann and other lawmakers push for state support repowering Palisades Nuclear Power Plant
COVERT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Members of the Michigan House and Senate, including State Senator Sean McCann of Kalamazoo, have authored a letter of support for the reopening of the Palisades Nuclear Power...
Ken Delaney May 27, 2023

Plea agreement filed in death of Colon woman, sentencing set for June 23
CENTREVILLE, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - After numerous delays and legal wrangling, a St. Joseph County Circuit Court case involving the October 2021 death of a Colon woman will not go to trial after a plea agre...
Jim Measel May 26, 2023 Joe Gratz




