Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Public input sessions for new KPS Superintendent start Tuesday evening
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo Public Schools has scheduled a series of community input sessions to find out what parents, community members, students and staff want in a new Superintendent. ...
Mar 13, 2023 Kalamazoo Central High School - Google Street View
Kalamazoo county board commissioners to review local funding for reproductive, and other healthcare services
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- While battles over abortion rage in statehouses nationwide, the fight may be over in Michigan. Voters have approved a constitutional amendment guaranteeing reproductive r...
Mar 13, 2023 Ervins Strauhmanis / CC
Occupant injured while trying to put out fire at Battle Creek home
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - An occupant of a home was injured Sunday afternoon while trying to put out a fire that broke out in the 100 block of Webber Street. The Battle Creek Fire Department says...
Mar 13, 2023 Battle Creek Fire Department (BCFD) truck. (Photo courtesy of the Battle Creek Fire Department Facebook Page).
Homer resident arrested after rescue from frigid Albion Township lake
ALBION TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A 36-year-old Homer resident was arrested and had to be rescued from a Albion Township lake on Saturday afternoon after he tried to get away from authorities. The Cal...
Mar 12, 2023
City to demolish playground at Arcadia Creek Festival site
KALAMAZOO MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The City of Kalamazoo is preparing to remove the playground structure at the Arcadia Creek Festival site. Officials say that the aging equipment cannot be repaired, as the ...
Mar 12, 2023 Demolition of Arcadia Creek playground to begin in April (picture courtesy of Pure Michigan)
62 year old Kalamazoo woman found safe after disappearing Saturday
KALAMAZOO MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 62 year old Kalamazoo woman who walked away from her home Saturday morning has been located safe by the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety. Vickie Denise Brown was see...
Mar 12, 2023
Kalamazoo County Commissioners name new I.D. system after former commissioner
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamazoo County Board has taken formal action to name the County's I.D. system for the former commissioner who championed the effort. The County I.D. was created to ...
Mar 10, 2023 Photo from John McNeill.
5k walk to raise awareness and help end homelessness March 18
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Housing Resources, Inc., or HRI, will hold its 5K Walk to End Homelessness, on March 18 at 10:00 am starting at Homer Stryker Field, 251 Mills Street. The annual fundrais...
Mar 10, 2023
LEO joins Kalamazoo area leaders to discuss Governor's new executive budget recommendation
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) will host a roundtable discussion to highlight Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's recently released fifth executive b...
Mar 10, 2023
KPS officials say improperly spending money claims by school secretary are unfounded
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Officials with the Kalamazoo Public Schools are dismissing the claims of a former Assistant Secretary in the Superintendent's office, who has filed a federal lawsuit again...
Mar 10, 2023
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