Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Kalamazoo Restaurant Week begins Thursday, includes Winter Cocktail Competition
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Restaurant Week and Winter Cocktail Competition return to downtown Kalamazoo this Thursday, February 16 through Sunday, February 26. Organizers says 15 participating uniqu...
Feb 15, 2023 (courtesy Kalamazoo Restaurant Week)
Huizenga calls for transparency with investigation of Chinese spy balloon and other unidentified objects
WASHINGTON D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) - West Michigan Congressman Bill Huizenga says President Biden and the Pentagon need to be forthcoming when it comes to the multiple breaches of American airspace by a sus...
Feb 14, 2023 Congressman Bill Huizenga (courtesy U.S. House)
Crowell selected to return to the Portage Public Schools Board of Education
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -A longtime area business professional and former board member has been selected as the newest member of the Portage Public Schools Board of Education. At their meeting Monday...
Feb 14, 2023 Portage Public Schools logo courtesy of Portage Public Schools)
KPS Board of Education interviewing firms to help in superintendent search
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education wants to be on a fast track to find a new superintendent, and they began the process last night by interviewing search firm...
Feb 14, 2023 Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education meeting Feb 13, 2023 (courtesy John McNeill)
Calhoun Sheriff's investigators looking into fraudulent call from someone who said they were a deputy
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Department is investigating a fraudulent call last Thursday in which someone identified themselves as a deputy from their department. The ...
Feb 14, 2023 Calhoun County Sheriff's Office cruisers. (Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office).
2,500 jobs expected to be created with new BlueOval Battery Park Michigan to be built near Marshall
MARSHALL TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Ford Motor Company Monday afternoon confirmed it will invest $3.5 billion to build a new electric vehicle battery plant near Marshall, saying the project will crea...
Feb 13, 2023 Ford Motor Co CEO Bill Ford at a press conference in Romulus MI Feb 13, 2023
Kalamazoo man with long felony history gets prison time for drug and weapons charge, as well as assault with intent to commit murder
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 27-year-old Kalamazoo man arrested in March 2022 on drug trafficking and weapons charges has been sentenced to 13 years in prison. U.S. Attorney Mark Totten says William...
Feb 13, 2023 (courtesy United States Attorney for the Western District of Michigan)
Hit and run driver takes out power pole in Portage Monday morning
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A hit and run accident early Monday morning knocked out power to more than 1,300 customers in Portage. The Portage Department of Public Safety says a vehicle hit a power pol...
Feb 13, 2023 Portage Police cruiser (photo by John McNeil)
Calhoun County authorities looking for Pennfield Township shooting suspect
PENNFIELD, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There were no injuries, but the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office is looking for a man who fired a gun at another man after an early Monday morning fight in Pennfield Townsh...
Feb 13, 2023 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
Informational meeting on proposed Otsego Public Safety millage increase tonight
OTSEGO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The City of Otsego tonight will hold the first in a series of informational meetings on their upcoming Public Safety proposal. If it passes, the current two-mill, 10-year pub...
Feb 13, 2023
