Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Kalamazoo Youth Action Council seeking applicants to help make a difference
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kzoo Parks now seeking applicants to join the Kalamazoo Youth Action Council. The council was formed back in 2020 to help improve and expand programs and activities offer...
Mar 13, 2023
Round two of brush and debris pickup getting started for Kalamazoo neighborhoods
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo city crews are now on their second round of brush and debris pickup as they continue to cleanup neighborhoods that were hard hit during last month's ice storm. ...
Mar 13, 2023 Photo from the City of Kalamazoo.
Kalamazoo Valley Habitat for Humanity to help Douglass Community Association renovate it's facility
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Douglass Community Association building will get an extensive re-do, with help from Habitat for Humanity. Volunteers for both entities will conduct major work on impr...
Mar 13, 2023 Photo courtesy of Margy Belchak, Dir. of Development, Kalamazoo Valley Habitat for Humanity.
Kalamazoo neighborhood placed under boil water advisory starting Tuesday, March 18
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A boil water advisory has been issued for a Kalamazoo neighborhood as crews make scheduled infrastructure repairs in Kalamazoo. The advisory is set to take effect on Tues...
Mar 13, 2023 Boil water advisory area map provided by the City of Kalamazoo Department of Public Works.
MDOT invites public to open house for I-94 repaving and bridge project in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan Department of Transportation is inviting the public to attend an open house to discuss the I-94 repaving and bridge project in the Battle Creek area. MDOT...
Mar 13, 2023 Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) logo. (Photo courtesy Michigan Department of Transportation).
Public input sessions for new KPS Superintendent start Tuesday evening
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo Public Schools has scheduled a series of community input sessions to find out what parents, community members, students and staff want in a new Superintendent. ...
Mar 13, 2023 Kalamazoo Central High School - Google Street View
Kalamazoo county board commissioners to review local funding for reproductive, and other healthcare services
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- While battles over abortion rage in statehouses nationwide, the fight may be over in Michigan. Voters have approved a constitutional amendment guaranteeing reproductive r...
Mar 13, 2023 Ervins Strauhmanis / CC
Occupant injured while trying to put out fire at Battle Creek home
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - An occupant of a home was injured Sunday afternoon while trying to put out a fire that broke out in the 100 block of Webber Street. The Battle Creek Fire Department says...
Mar 13, 2023 Battle Creek Fire Department (BCFD) truck. (Photo courtesy of the Battle Creek Fire Department Facebook Page).
Homer resident arrested after rescue from frigid Albion Township lake
ALBION TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A 36-year-old Homer resident was arrested and had to be rescued from a Albion Township lake on Saturday afternoon after he tried to get away from authorities. The Cal...
Mar 12, 2023
City to demolish playground at Arcadia Creek Festival site
KALAMAZOO MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The City of Kalamazoo is preparing to remove the playground structure at the Arcadia Creek Festival site. Officials say that the aging equipment cannot be repaired, as the ...
Mar 12, 2023 Demolition of Arcadia Creek playground to begin in April (picture courtesy of Pure Michigan)
