Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Mill at Vicksburg begins multi-year plan to establish 5-acre flower meadow network
VICKSBURG, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A multi-year plan to establish a 5-acre flower meadow network at the Mill in Vicksburg has begun. Stretching 5 acres on the east side of the Mill property and neighboring ...
May 16, 2023 Start of 5-acre wildflower meadow signals transition to new phase at Vicksburg Mill project.
Local radio legend Bob Salmon (Bob King) passes away at home at age 81
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo radio veteran Bob Salmon (Bob King) has died. The announcement of Salmons' death was made on Tuesday, May 16. Salmon spent 20 years in Kalamazoo on the radio and...
May 16, 2023 Local Kalamazoo radio legend Bob Salmon, (Bob King) passed away at age 81 on Sunday, May 14, at his home in Modesto CA.
Allegan County Board Approves Five-Year Strategic Plan
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 16, 2023) - A map of what direction Allegan County wants to take over the next five years is now in place. Last Thursday, Chairman Jim Storey of Holland and his colleagues...
May 16, 2023 Seal of Allegan County (image courtesy Allegan County, Michigan)
Man apparently upset over prior visit threatens security personnel at Acension Borgess Hospital
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man threatening security personnel at Acension Borgess Hospital Tuesday morning was arrested without any injuries. Around 8:30 a.m. the Township of Kalamazoo Po...
May 16, 2023 Beacon Kalamazoo Hospital, formerly Ascension Borgess
Police say at-fault driver in U.S. 131 crash Saturday has passed away
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office says a vehicle that crashed on southbound U.S. 131 near Stadium Drive in Oshtemo Township Saturday was traveling at a high rate of sp...
May 16, 2023 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
City of Kalamazoo seeking more social equity in the local cannabis industry
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Social equity was one of the items promised when Michigan voters were asked to make recreational marijuana legal, but little has been done to realize that promise. Kalamaz...
May 16, 2023 (courtesy City of Kalamazoo)
Public invited to 2023 Mayor's Ride to commemorate Kalamazoo Bike Week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo City Mayor David Anderson and Portage City Mayor are set to lead a three-mile bike ride to commemorate Kalamazoo Bike Week, which runs from May 13 - 20. The Mayo...
May 15, 2023
Kalamazoo man pleads no contest in two sexual assault convictions from 2010
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo man pleaded no contest to two counts of Criminal Sexual Conduct for assaults he committed 13 years ago. The Kalamazoo County Sexual Assault Kit Initiative obta...
May 15, 2023 Blogtrepreneur / CC
With summer close by, warning flags now up at South Haven beaches
SOUTH HAVEN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A sure sign that summer is around the corner is the sight of beach flags along South Haven's Lake Michigan shoreline. The South Haven Area Emergency Services installing ...
May 15, 2023 (Infographic showing Michigan beach flags and what they mean courtesy of SHAES)
West Osterhout sanitary sewer lift station rehabilitation begins; traffic flow to be affected
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The West Osterhout Sanitary Sewer Lift Station Rehabilitation project got underway on Monday, May 15 at 1425 West Osterhout Avenue. This means that temporary traffic signals...
May 15, 2023
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