Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Raymond Road bridge to close for four months on April 3 for rehab work
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Calhoun County Road Department says the bridge on Raymond Road over the railroad, just north of Michigan Avenue, will be closed for approximately four months startin...
Mar 07, 2023 Courtesy Calhoun County Road Department
Suspect arraigned in shooting death of Covert man in Holland
HOLLAND, MI (WKZO-AM/FM) - A 32-year-old suburban Atlanta man has been arraigned and a 54-year-old Covert man has been identified as the victim in shooting outside of a Holland Heights apartment compl...
Mar 06, 2023 James Leonard Taylor (photo courtesy Holland Dept. of Public Safety)
2023 Portage Farmers Market seeking vendor applicants for upcoming season
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Calling all farmers market vendors. Organizers of the 2023 Portage Farmers Market are putting out the call now for vendors interested in being a part of this year's event t...
Mar 06, 2023 Gemma Billings / CC
Breakfast and lunch costs waived for Portage Public Schools students who qualify
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Portage Public Schools are now set to provide free breakfast and lunch for more of it's students according to a news release from the district on Tuesday, March 6. Official...
Mar 06, 2023 Portage Public Schools logo courtesy of Portage Public Schools)
Saturday hike set to explore and honor Chief Noonday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- An event is planned to honor Native American Heritage this coming weekend. The Chief Noonday Chapter is sponsoring a hike that will culminate in a visit to Chief Noonday'...
Mar 06, 2023
Rogers introduces bill to restore adult supervision requirement for minors handling BB guns
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Michigan State Representative Julie Rogers (D-Kalamazoo) introduced House Bill 4184 last week that would require an adult to be present when minors use pneumatic guns outsi...
Mar 06, 2023 State Rep. Julie M. Rogers (D-Kalamazoo). (Photo courtesy of the Office of Julie Rogers).
More apartment space to be added instead of office space to Kalamazoo's Exchange Building
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A mixed-use apartment and office building in downtown Kalamazoo that opened in 2019 is set to add new apartments to its floorplan. The Exchange, at the corner of West Mic...
Mar 06, 2023 An example of a 2 Bedroom floor plan of a residential apartment space inside of The Exchange building in Downtown Kalamazoo. (Photo from kalamazooexchange.com)
2 street closures this week for Kalamazoo's Vine neighborhood
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A couple of streets are closing in the City of Kalamazoo this week for some infrastructure work. The work is set to take place in the Vine neighborhood with the closure o...
Mar 06, 2023
Kalamazoo multi-family house fire displaces residents who escaped without injury
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Residents of a multi-family Kalamazoo home fire on Monday, March 6 managed to escape without injury, but are now homeless. According to the Kalamazoo Department of Public...
Mar 06, 2023 (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Kalamazoo Public Schools hopes to reverse declining enrollment, tours and orientation sessions for new students this week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The start of the next school year is still half a year away, but Kalamazoo Public Schools officials will begin their enrollment drive for the fall trimester this week. Par...
Mar 06, 2023 (courtesy Kalamazoo Public Schools)
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