Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
KDPS officer on leave as new details of alleged insurance fraud are investigated
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- New details are out on a Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officer who is being charged with insurance fraud in Georgia this month. Documents obtained by FOX 17 say P...
Jan 22, 2023 Photo provided by the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety.
Battle Creek house fire causes approximately 100k in damage
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- No injuries were reported in a house fire in Battle Creek on Saturday, January 21, but it did cause around $100,000 dollars worth of damage according to authorities. T...
Jan 22, 2023 Photo provided by the Battle Creek Fire Department.
Sturgis Abbott Laboratories infant formula plant under investigation by DOJ
STURGIS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the Abbot Laboratories infant formula plant in Sturgis. The plant, based in St. Joseph County, was shut down for months last...
Jan 22, 2023 Abbott Nutrition plant in Sturgis MI
Celebration of life held for woman who co-founded Kalamazoo's Church of God Pentecostal
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A celebration of life service was held for the woman known for co-founding one of the first African American churches in Kalamazoo. The celebration of life service took p...
Jan 22, 2023 Stella Pearl Davis, co-founder of Church of God Pentecostal in Kalamazoo. (Photo provided by Toynal Davis)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County Treasurer says office is catching up on reports
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It appears that the Kalamazoo County Treasurer's office is getting its ducks in a row with their annual audit just ahead. County Treasurer Thomas Whitener reported to the ...
Jan 21, 2023 (courtesy Kalamazoo County Treasurer's office)
Three arrested in Calhoun County after attempting to lure 14-year-old children on the internet
MARSHALL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Three men who thought they were meeting up with 14-year-old children were arrested by Calhoun County Sheriff's deputies Thursday. WOOD TV-8 reports the 27-year-old Battle C...
Jan 20, 2023 Marcie Casas / CC
Eight local students receive Youth Social Justice Awards
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo City Commissioners say their favorite meeting of the year comes when they get to hand out Youth Social Justice Awards. They did it this week, the same week the n...
Jan 20, 2023 Pictured are (top l to r) Jaliyah Harris, Tarab Alam, Aija Hodges,Thomas Clark.
(bottom l to r) Adrian Ryan, Eliza Crouse, Gordon Percy, Amady Mboup.
VIDEO: Firefighters make dramatic rescue before train hits vehicle on tracks in Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man involved in a two vehicle crash that left his Jeep straddling railroad tracks in Portage Friday morning was rescued from his vehicle just before it was hit by a train....
Jan 20, 2023 (courtesy of the City of Portage)
Stabenow nominates six from West Michigan for admission to military academies
WASHINGTON D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) - Six students from West Michigan for admission at the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY, the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, the United State...
Jan 20, 2023 Gurney Halleck / CC
Front porch of a house in Kalamazoo destroyed as two vehicle crash
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two people were hurt and a house was damaged after a pair of vehicles collided and smashed into the home in the 300 block of Hopkins Street in Kalamazoo Thursday evening. ...
Jan 20, 2023 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
