Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
City of Battle Creek announces holiday-related office closures
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The City of Battle Creek announces the following service changes and office closures: Thursday, Dec. 15 - City Hall will be closed the entire day for staff training, a...
Dec 11, 2022
Portage Road lane closures for Monday: East Centre Avenue to Zoetis Drive
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A commuter alert for those in Portage. Beginning Monday, December 12 at 9 a.m., the northbound and southbound curb lanes on Portage Road from East Center Avenue to Zoetis D...
Dec 11, 2022
AAA: Dangerous driving behaviors on the rise
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A new AAA report reveals that unsafe driving behaviors increased from 2020 to 2021. The increase comes after three years of steady declines. According to the new study fro...
Dec 11, 2022
Community invited to 2nd Annual "December to Remember" event in Bronson Park
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo Parks is welcoming the community to Bronson Park on Thursday, December 15 for their "December to Rmember" holiday event. The festivities get underway at 5 p.m. ...
Dec 11, 2022 The Kalamazoo Holly Jolly Tolley (photo by John McNeil)
Tentative plans for final phase of home development project approved by Portage City Council
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Portage City Council approved tentative plans for 38 new single-family homes at the existing Copperleaf Planned Development earlier last week. According to MLive, follo...
Dec 11, 2022
KPS Superintendent refutes allegation that black educators aren't being promoted into upper management
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Allegations that Kalamazoo Public Schools officials aren't doing enough to promote black educators into upper management drew a sharp response from the Superintendent Dr. ...
Dec 10, 2022 Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education meeting Dec 8, 2022
Ascension Borgess nurses reach tentative deal with hospital to avoid possible strike
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The threat of a strike has been averted as nurses at Ascension Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo have reached a tentative agreement with their hospital's administration. If ra...
Dec 09, 2022 Beacon Kalamazoo Hospital, formerly Ascension Borgess
A 15-year-old shot in the leg Friday afternoon in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 15-year-old from Kalamazoo suffered what police say were non life-threatening injuries in a shooting incident Friday afternoon. The Kalamazoo of Department Safety says a...
Dec 09, 2022 Crime scene tape
After his home is destroyed by fire, sentencing delayed for former Kalamazoo pastor accused in teen sex case
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A former Kalamazoo pastor accused of paying teens for sex has had his sentencing delayed again, because his house recently burned down. Court documents say former Second B...
Dec 09, 2022 A Sept. 3, 2020 booking photo of Stricjavvar “Strick” Strickland (courtesy Kalamazoo Co Sheriff's Dept)
KPS board holds off on retention bonus plan, approval could come next Monday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Teachers, staff, and support personnel with the Kalamazoo Public School were hoping to get a retention bonus approved at last night's Board of Education meeting, but it di...
Dec 09, 2022
