Category Archives: Kalamazoo News

Calhoun Health Department still looking into mobile home park sewage complaints
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Calhoun County Environmental Public Health Department said on Thursday they are continuing to investigate several sewage complaints within Evergreen Oak Forest Mob...
Jim Measel Feb 09, 2023 Courtesy Calhoun County Health Department Facebook page

Sheriff's Office now says disappearance of Portage mother of eight being investigated as a homicide
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The disappearance of 35-year-old Heather Kelley of Portage is now being investigated as a murder. Kelley is the mother of eight kids and has not been seen since December 1...
Ken Delaney Feb 09, 2023

Area state trooper honored for her work with the Migrant Outreach Initiative
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A community service trooper at the Michigan State Police in Paw Paw is being honored for her work with the migrant farming community in the area. Trooper Conner Mabie was se...
Ken Delaney Feb 09, 2023

AUDIO: Portage Public Schools unveils new "Strategic Vision"
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Portage Public Schools has just released their brand new "Strategic Vision" outlining what they want the district to be. The new vision comes complete with a colorful graphi...
Ken Delaney Feb 09, 2023 (courtesy Portage Public Schools)

Hall proposes research and development tax credit for Michigan businesses
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State Representative and House Republican Leader Matt Hall (R-Richland Twp) Wednesday called for a research and development tax credit to incentivize businesses of any size ...
Ken Delaney Feb 08, 2023 State Representative Matt Hall (left)

AUDIO: Commissioners turn up the heat on Kalamazoo County Treasurer Thomas Whitener
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners is demanding that County Treasurer Thomas Whitener give a full accounting of their investment funds and financial positions, as...
Ken Delaney Feb 08, 2023 (courtesy Kalamazoo County Treasurer's office)

Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners votes to end negotiations on Gourdneck Lake property dispute
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The members of the Tolanda and Johnson families, who have been fighting to save their cottage on Gourdneck Lake from Kalamazoo County's condemnation, got what they asked f...
Ken Delaney Feb 08, 2023 Larry McClish, part of the extended family fighting for their beach cottage, asks the Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners to reconsider their condemnation order Feb 7, 2023 (courtesy John McNeill)

Survey says Kalamazoo residents supports arts and Public Safety, uneasy about economic future
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A new survey shows that Kalamazoo residents are a little less optimistic about the future, and a little more unhappy with city services than they were two years ago. The s...
Ken Delaney Feb 08, 2023 (courtesy City of Kalamazoo)

Police chase near Douglas leads to hospitalizations and possible prosecution
DOUGLAS, MI (WKZO-AM/FM) - Attempting to elude the law south of Douglas this past Sunday evening led to the hospitalization of a 25-year-old Muskegon man and a 34-year-old Traverse City woman, with cr...
Gary Stevens Feb 07, 2023

Two face Open Murder and Arson charges in the death of a Kalamazoo Township man last June
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A second person has been arraigned on Open Murder charges in the death of a Kalamazoo Township man last June. Andrew John McCormack was arraigned before the Honorable Judg...
Ken Delaney Feb 07, 2023
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