Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Ascension Borgess nurses authorize union leadership to call for strike if needed
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Talks are scheduled to resume Thursday, but unionized nurses at Ascension Borgess Hospital have voted to allow their contract bargaining team the ability to call for a str...
Dec 07, 2022 Photo courtesy Ascension Borgess Hospital.
Calhoun County deputy praised for saving elderly man's life in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A Calhoun County Sheriff's deputy is being praised for saving the life of a 69-year-old man on Tuesday morning in Springfield after the man walked away from a local assis...
Dec 07, 2022 Calhoun County Sheriff's Office cruisers. (Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office).
Two occupants injured during Athens Township home invasion, suspect arrested
ATHENS TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A 22-year-old man from Battle Creek was taken into custody on Tuesday after he broke into an Athens Township residence and assaulted two occupants during a home invas...
Dec 06, 2022 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
Multiple stolen items recovered by Kalamazoo County deputies at Comstock Township residence
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo County Sherriff's deputies recovered multiple stolen items on Monday, December 5. They did so when patrolling the area of East MN Avenue and South 29th ...
Dec 06, 2022
Kalamazoo strip club shooting suspect found guilty on 16 charges
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A man was sentenced in Kalamazoo County Court on Monday, December 5, one month after a jury found him guilty on 16 charges related to a Kalamazoo strip club shooting. Jos...
Dec 06, 2022 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Kalamazoo County deputies recover stolen vehicle during flee and elude incident
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo County Sheriff's deputies recovered a stolen vehicle in Comstock Township on Monday, December 5. Deputies responded to the area of East G Avenue on Nort...
Dec 06, 2022 (Photo by John McNeil).
Nine year sentence for Kalamazoo woman intending to distribute fentanyl
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The U.S. Attorney's Office Western District of Michigan announced on Monday, December 5 that a Kalamazoo woman has been sentenced to nine years in prison for possession a...
Dec 06, 2022 Rumble Press / CC
AUDIO: Former Kalamazoo Township fire chief appeals to township board to get his job back
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A hispanic woman claims she was a victim of discrimination and physically assaulted while working as a Kalamazoo Township Firefighter, and that her supervisor, a...
Dec 06, 2022 The Kalamazoo Township Board holds a special meeting on Monday, December 5 where former Kalamazoo Township Fire Chief David Obreiter lobbied for reinstatement to his position. Pictured is Obreiter's attorney David Kotwicki addressing the boad on his client's behalf. (Photo provided by John McNeill)
AUDIO: Porter a tentative pick for new Kalamazoo City attorney position by city commissioners
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo City Commissioners have tentatively picked a local lawyer to be their new City Attorney, over two other candidates from Flint and Detroit. It seems it was James...
Dec 06, 2022
Paw Paw school district bus driver recruitment event on Thursday
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Paw Paw schools are looking for a few good bus drivers. The district has announced that it will hold a bus driver recruitment event on Thursday, December 8, from 5-7 p....
Dec 06, 2022
