Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
KRESA to hold Open House for high school programs and classes at NACD
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo County middle and high school students and their families are invited to discover free educational opportunities available through Kalamazoo RESA (KRESA) at a C...
Feb 19, 2023
Winter Family Scavenger Hunt returns to Kalamazoo's city parks
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kzoo Parks will host a Winter Family Scavenger Hunt from Wednesday, February 22 to Wednesday, March 8. The event will feature 30 items that will be hidden in 15 participa...
Feb 19, 2023
Kalamazoo area seniors have a 'ball' playing chair volleyball
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- It may not qualify as an Olympic event, but two area groups are involved in the sport of chair volleyball, and having a great time doing it. A local personal trainer orga...
Feb 19, 2023 Photo provided by Jim McKinney.
Downtown Kalamazoo restaurant week underway until Sunday, February 27
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Downtown Kalamazoo Restaurant Week is in and underway. Also included in the 11 day event which began on Thursday, February 16 is the Winter Cocktail Competition. All in a...
Feb 19, 2023 (courtesy Kalamazoo Restaurant Week)
Crash causes portion of eastbound I-94 in Portage to close on Friday
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A multi-vehicle crash closing down a portion of eastbound I-94 in Portage around 6:30 Friday evening, February 17. According to Kalamazoo County dispatchers, the closure af...
Feb 19, 2023
Search warrants in Benton Harbor and New Buffalo leads to arrests on various firearms and drug violations
BERRIEN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Detectives from Southwest Enforcement Team West Office (SWET), and Benton Harbor Department of Public Safety (BHDPS), along with Berrien County Tactical Response Uni...
Feb 17, 2023
Multiple Van Buren County suspects arrested for possession of methamphetamine
ANTWERP TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Authorities arrested six people on drug charges on Thursday, February 16 following a search of an Antwerp Township home last November. Deputies with the narcotics ...
Feb 17, 2023 Pictured from left to right in top row is Tessa Bunch, Paul Chamness, Robert Thomas. Pictured from left to right in bottom row is Christopher Hewitt, Eric White, James Williams. All six suspects were arrested for Possession of Methamphetamine on Thursday February 16, 2023. (Suspect photos provided by the Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office)
17-year-old Battle Creek high school student dead after shooting; police looking for suspects
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Battle Creek Police are asking for help in locating suspects involved in a shooting that left a Battle Creek Central High School student dead. Authorities say the inci...
Feb 17, 2023
Hall and Nesbitt blast Democrats for quashing Republican tax cut plan already on the books
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Local Republican legislative leaders continue to blast Democrats for the passage of bills they say will trade tax relief for "corporate welfare." House Minority Leader Matt ...
Feb 17, 2023 sugarfrizz / CC
Old 27 near I-94 blocked after "yellow powdery substance" is found, later determined to be cornmeal
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - A large amount of what was described as a yellow powdery substance that was discovered Thursday morning at about 5:30 a.m. on Old U.S. 27 at I-94 in Calhoun County turned o...
Feb 17, 2023 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
