Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Downtown Kalamazoo restaurant week underway until Sunday, February 27
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Downtown Kalamazoo Restaurant Week is in and underway. Also included in the 11 day event which began on Thursday, February 16 is the Winter Cocktail Competition. All in a...
Feb 19, 2023 (courtesy Kalamazoo Restaurant Week)
Crash causes portion of eastbound I-94 in Portage to close on Friday
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A multi-vehicle crash closing down a portion of eastbound I-94 in Portage around 6:30 Friday evening, February 17. According to Kalamazoo County dispatchers, the closure af...
Feb 19, 2023
Search warrants in Benton Harbor and New Buffalo leads to arrests on various firearms and drug violations
BERRIEN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Detectives from Southwest Enforcement Team West Office (SWET), and Benton Harbor Department of Public Safety (BHDPS), along with Berrien County Tactical Response Uni...
Feb 17, 2023
Multiple Van Buren County suspects arrested for possession of methamphetamine
ANTWERP TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Authorities arrested six people on drug charges on Thursday, February 16 following a search of an Antwerp Township home last November. Deputies with the narcotics ...
Feb 17, 2023 Pictured from left to right in top row is Tessa Bunch, Paul Chamness, Robert Thomas. Pictured from left to right in bottom row is Christopher Hewitt, Eric White, James Williams. All six suspects were arrested for Possession of Methamphetamine on Thursday February 16, 2023. (Suspect photos provided by the Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office)
17-year-old Battle Creek high school student dead after shooting; police looking for suspects
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Battle Creek Police are asking for help in locating suspects involved in a shooting that left a Battle Creek Central High School student dead. Authorities say the inci...
Feb 17, 2023
Hall and Nesbitt blast Democrats for quashing Republican tax cut plan already on the books
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Local Republican legislative leaders continue to blast Democrats for the passage of bills they say will trade tax relief for "corporate welfare." House Minority Leader Matt ...
Feb 17, 2023 sugarfrizz / CC
Old 27 near I-94 blocked after "yellow powdery substance" is found, later determined to be cornmeal
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - A large amount of what was described as a yellow powdery substance that was discovered Thursday morning at about 5:30 a.m. on Old U.S. 27 at I-94 in Calhoun County turned o...
Feb 17, 2023 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
Discover Kalamazoo Sports surpasses pre-pandemic levels with $28.7 million in estimated economic impact
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Discover Kalamazoo is reporting a record year in sports tourism in 2022. According to a news release dated Thursday, February 16, a total of 60+ sports events which resul...
Feb 16, 2023
Kalamazoo residents invited to learn about road work for 2023 through informational webinar
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The City of Kalamazoo is set to host a virtual webinar on Tuesday, February 21 from 3:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. to share information on street construction projects for 2023. ...
Feb 16, 2023
Lawrence man seriously injured as car gets split in half during one vehicle accident
PAW PAW MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An accident late Wednesday night in Van Buren County sent a man to the hospital with life threatening injuries, and resulted in his car being split in half. The Van Buren Cou...
Feb 16, 2023 (Photo by John McNeil)
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