Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: KPS Board of Education begins rebuilding process
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education members are picking up the pieces as they recover from the loss of their top two administrators. They began a series of team-bu...
Jan 10, 2023
Future windfall from state alcohol sales to go to local treatment agencies and services
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Local Governmental units will be getting a windfall from the state, thanks to alcohol sales. That windfall is set to come from a new state bill that will increase the sha...
Jan 10, 2023 Simon_sees / CC
Kalamazoo residents encouraged to take a "Day On" to celebrate life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The City of Kalamazoo is encouraging residents to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by taking part in the annual Community-Wide Day of Service on M...
Jan 09, 2023 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park. (Image via City of Kalamazoo).
City of Springfield to hold strategic planning workshop
SPRINGFIELD, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The City of Springfield City Council, City staff and its strategic planning consultant are set to gather for a Strategic Planning Workshop on Tuesday, January 24. The w...
Jan 09, 2023
Housing developments spur in Kalamazoo County thanks to new county tax
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- More than $100 million dollars worth of homes are in the planning stages, being built or rehabilitated in Kalamazoo County, all thanks to millions in new tax dollars. Acc...
Jan 09, 2023 Renderings of projects receiving funding with Kalamazoo County's new housing millage (courtesy of Kalamazoo County)
Well known Kalamazoo restaurant to close after a half century in business
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A downtown Kalamazoo staple closing it's doors after 50 years in business. Theo & Stacy's, located at 234 West Michigan Avenue near North Church Street, announced in ...
Jan 09, 2023 Image from Theo & Stacys Facebook page.
MSP and CVSA work together to increase human trafficking awareness
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan State Police and the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, or CVSA, are partnering to educate Michiganders during National Human Trafficking Awareness Month. Acc...
Jan 09, 2023 Michigan State Police - File photo
Kalamazoo's Foundation For Excellence continues to fund improvements the city couldn't afford otherwise
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - If you live in Kalamazoo, you likely got a newsletter from City Hall over the weekend, updating data on the Foundation For Excellence, which just celebrated its 5th annive...
Jan 09, 2023 Kalamazoo Foundation for Excellence logo
Battle Creek Police seize suspected fentanyl and cash during drug raid on Oak Street
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Battle Creek Police plan to submit charges against a man after a drug raid last Friday at a home on Oak Street. A search warrant was executed at 11:30 a.m. by the police...
Jan 09, 2023 Battle Creek Police Cruiser (photo by John McNeill).
Recall petitions filed against two Emmett Township officials, hearing set for January 18
EMMETT TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Petitions to recall two Emmett Charter Township officials have been submitted in recent days to the office of the Calhoun County Clerk. Calhoun County Clerk and Regis...
Jan 09, 2023
