Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: More study needed for Kalamazoo County Road Commission proposal say board members
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A controversial proposal to change how Kalamazoo County Road Commissioners are appointed has been put on hold until County Staff can take a deep dive into the issue. The ...
Feb 23, 2023 Road Commission of Kalamazoo County logo
Thousands without power after ice storm hits Michigan
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A winter storm that brought freezing rain, sleet, and snow has knocked out power to thousands of homes and businesses around the state. As of 4:00 a.m. Thursday, more than...
Feb 23, 2023 lina smith / CC
Paw Paw volunteer firefighter dies after responding to downed power line
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Paw Paw Fire Department volunteer firefighter is dead after an incident involving a downed power line. It happened Wednesday night in the 42,000 block of 30th Street in Al...
Feb 23, 2023 Paw Paw Fire Department patch (courtesy Paw Paw Fire Department)
St. Joseph County single vehicle crash kills 25-year-old man
LOCKPORT TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office says alcohol is believed to be a factor in a fatal single vehicle crash that took place on Tuesday, February 21. According ...
Feb 22, 2023 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Attorneys say man convicted of 1990 Kalamazoo County murders is innocent
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A man charged with killing two hunters in 1990 in a Kalamazoo County state game area could be released from prison. According to newly-filed court documents, a federal ju...
Feb 22, 2023 Photo of Jeff Titus from the Michigan Department of Corrections.
Six distinctive places in Southwest Michigan listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2022
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Twenty-two historic Michigan properties were given special recognition in 2022 through their listing in the National Register of Historic Places, the Michigan Economic De...
Feb 22, 2023 The Upjohn Building in Kalamazoo is one of the six Historic Places in Southwest Michigan that have been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2022. The Kalamazoo area may be known for its modern Pfizer pharmaceutical plants today, but it all started with physician W. E. Upjohn in 1885. The Upjohn Pill and Granule Company’s new “friable” pills were an immediate success and the company boomed. By the 1930s, the company employed 1,200 people and was a leader in pharmacology research and development. The 1935-built Office Building was designed by nationally acclaimed architect Albert Kahn during a period of dramatic growth in the company. Primary business, research, and investment decisions were made and carried out in the offices and general spaces of this building. Designed in a restrained Art Moderne motif, the Upjohn Company Office Building is one of the few remaining, largely intact examples of Kahn’s work in Kalamazoo, and an important example of Kahn’s approach to large corporate office buildings in the 1930s.
Extreme caution advised for travelers in West Michigan over next 24 hours
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- As the predicted winter storm makes it's way across West Michigan, the National Weather Service out of Grand Rapids is reminding drivers to expect slippery road condition...
Feb 22, 2023 Michigan Department of Transportation snowplow (Photo by MDOT)
Kalamazoo River Community Advisory Group virtual meeting Thursday, February 23
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The next Kalamazoo River Community Advisory Group meeting will be held virtually tomorrow Thursday, February 23 from 6 - 8 p.m. via Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/890805...
Feb 22, 2023 Kalamazoo River. (Photo via EPA press release).
Kalamazoo County Treasurer under fire by commissioners regarding department's performance
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo County Treasurer Thomas Whitener faced some tough questioning on Tuesday, February 21 under oath, from County Commissioners who have been unhappy with his depar...
Feb 22, 2023 Photo from John McNeill.
BC Police say missing man found safe after he walked away from Bronson Battle Creek Hospital
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A man who was reported as missing by Battle Creek Police was found safe Wednesday about 90 minutes after the city issued a news release which stated he had walked away f...
Feb 22, 2023
