Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Portage Parks to provide heated restrooms and plowed recreation trails through cooler seasons
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- All City of Portage parks will remain open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily through late fall, winter and early spring. During this time, park users will have access to heated r...
Nov 14, 2022 City of Portage Ice Rink at Millenium Park graphic (courtesy of the City of Portage)
Donations for HRI of Kalamazoo generated through partnership with pizza chain in Portage
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Housing Resources Incorporated of Kalamazoo, a non-profit organization is partnering up with Buddy's Pizza in Portage to raise money for families in need in the Kalamazoo...
Nov 14, 2022
60th Annual Maple Hill Holiday Parade returns to Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The 60th annual Maple Hill Holiday Parade returns to downtown Kalamazoo this Saturday, November 19th. The parade is set to begin at Lovell and Jasper Streets at 11 a.m. a...
Nov 14, 2022 (Photo by Jeana Gondek).
Salvation Army annual Red Kettle Season kicks off with annual event
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Salvation Army of Kalamazoo will officially begin the 2022 Red Kettle Campaign with a kickoff event at Celebration Cinema in Portage, Wednesday, November 17 beginning...
Nov 14, 2022
God's Kitchen of Michigan to host free Thanksgiving dinners in Battle Creek and Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- God's Kitchen of Michigan, a hunger-relief charity serving free dinners in Battle Creek and Kalamazoo, is getting ready to host their annual Free Community Thanksgiving m...
Nov 14, 2022 Battle Creek Bruin Hockey Team members volunteered to serve free Thanksgiving dinners at God's Kitchen of Michigan's First Congregational Church meal site in 2014. Photo by: Rev. William Stein
Portage man dead after two-vehicle crash: MSP investigating
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Portage man is dead following a crash on Sprinkle Road Monday morning, November 14. Michigan State Police say the crash happened on Sprinkle Road near the I-94 overpass...
Nov 14, 2022 Photo provided by Michigan State Police.
Dog saved in Battle Creek house fire on Van Buren Street
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The cause of a Sunday night fire at a home in the 100 block of East Van Buren remains under investigation by the Battle Creek Fire Marshal. Fire officials say smoke was ...
Nov 14, 2022 Battle Creek Fire Department (BCFD) truck. (Photo courtesy of the Battle Creek Fire Department Facebook Page).
An argument over money leads to a stabbing Monday morning Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two people arguing over money led to a stabbing incident Monday morning in Kalamazoo. Around 8:40 a.m., officers with the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety responded t...
Nov 14, 2022 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety logo
Suspect arrested in shooting death of Kalamazoo man near the WMU campus last Friday morning
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Lansing resident has been arrested and is expected to be charged in the shooting death of a Kalamazoo man last Friday. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says at ...
Nov 14, 2022 Alan Cleaver / CC
Housing officials still looking for spot to locate pods for the homeless in the Kalamazoo area
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's been a mild fall weather-wise but that ended this weekend with long range forecasts calling for a colder snowier winter. Kalamazoo County area housing officials have ...
Nov 14, 2022 The interior of one of the pods for homeless housing in Kalamazoo County (courtesy Housing Resources Incorporated
