Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
WMed awarded $2.48 million federal grant to enhance mental and behavioral health training for pediatric residents
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (WMed) has been awarded a five-year, $2.48 millio...
Jan 17, 2023
Southwest MI schools to benefit from 25 million in funding for school resource officers
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced on Tuesday, January 17 that 195 school districts, intermediate school districts, and public-school academies will get nearly $25 milli...
Jan 17, 2023 Pictures of Money / CC
AUDIO: Validity of Kalamazoo Schools Foundation in question as KPS trustees work to move forward in 2023
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- At the center of the debate over the resignation of the Kalamazoo Public Schools former superintendent, and the firing of her second-in-command is the attempt to create a...
Jan 17, 2023 Kalamazoo Public School Kalamazoo Promise sign (courtesy John McNeill)
Kalamazoo City Commissioners plan to "restart" search for new city attorney
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo City Commissioners plan to start their search for a new City Attorney all over again, now that the candidate they picked for the job has withdrawn his name. It ...
Jan 17, 2023 Kalamazoo City Commission at their meeting Oct. 3, 2022
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Fair application open to artists nationwide
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The second longest-running arts fair in the country is set to continue its 72-year tradition in downtown Kalamazoo, on Friday, June 2, and Saturday, June 3. The event is ...
Jan 16, 2023
12-year-old detained for allegedly setting fires at Kalamazoo Township school
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Township of Kalamazoo Police Department officers have detained a 12-year-old Kalamazoo County male they say was setting fires in an occupied school building and ...
Jan 16, 2023 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
Winter golf classic returns to Woods Lake on January 28
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo Parks and Recreation is set to host its 2nd Annual Winter Golf Classic at Woods Lake, 2900 Oakland Drive, on Saturday, January 28 from 1 to 4 p.m. Organizers sa...
Jan 16, 2023 Kalamazoo Parks and Recreation logo (courtesy of Kzoo Parks)
Burlington Township woman loses her life in Calhoun County crash
NEWTON TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A 72-year-old Burlington Township woman lost her life on Monday morning after her vehicle went off of K Drive South near 6 Mile Road and crashed into a tree. The Calh...
Jan 16, 2023 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
81-year-old Dowagiac man taken to hospital after driving into pond
WAYNE TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A single-vehicle crash in Cass County sent one person to the hospital on Sunday, January 15. Deputies say it happened around 8 a.m. on Dutch Settlement east of M-62 ...
Jan 16, 2023 Photo provided by the Cass County Sheriff's Office.
Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officer arrested in Georgia
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officials say Officer Catrice Lockett is on administrative leave after being arrested for fraud in Georgia. She was arrested last wee...
Jan 16, 2023 Best Law
