Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Calhoun County Public Health Department seeks performance input for COVID-19 response
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Calhoun County Public Health Department is seeking input from the public on it's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Health officials say the input will be used t...
Jan 26, 2023
Man accused in 115 mph car crash in Schoolcraft Townwhip death found not guilty
SCHOOLCRAFT TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A man accused of killing an elderly couple in a car crash near the village of Schoolcraft in 2021 was found not guilty of second-degree murder on Wednesday, Ja...
Jan 26, 2023 Best Law
Speed and icy roads believed factors in fatal Osthemo Township crash
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A 70-year-old Paw Paw man was killed in a single vehicle crash on Thursday morning, January 26. The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office says the crash happened just before ...
Jan 26, 2023 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Kalamazoo city area bridge to close for 6 months for maintenance and repairs
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Kalamazoo city area bridge is slated to close for about six months. The Paterson Street Bridge over the Kalamazoo River will close in both directions for structural mai...
Jan 26, 2023 Westbound traffic will be detoured north on Riverview Drive to Mosel Avenue then south on Pitcher Street. Eastbound traffic will be detoured north on Pitcher Street to Mosel Avenue then south on Riverview Drive during the repair period.
Southwest MI organizations to benefit from Great Lakes Energy's People Fund award grants
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Great Lakes Energy's People Fund has awarded more than $258,000 dollars in grants in 2022 to nearly 100 community groups throughout it's 26-county service area stretching f...
Jan 26, 2023
Two firefighters receive minor burns while battling house fire in St. Joseph Co.
THREE RIVERS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Two firefighters received minor burns while battling a house fire near Three Rivers on Wednesday, January 25. According to the Three Rivers Fire Department, the incide...
Jan 26, 2023 Photo provided by Fabius-Park Township Fire Department.
Vehicle crash injures two, hospitalizes one in Cass County
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Two people were injured and one hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash in Cass County on Thursday, January 26. It happened on Daily road north of M-60 around 8:2...
Jan 26, 2023 (photo by John McNeil)
Portage City searching for permanent home for Farmer's Markets
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Portage City Officials are looking around for a more permanent place to hold their Farmer's Markets in the Future. So far, they have been holding the open air markets in th...
Jan 26, 2023 An artist's rendering of what the open air shelters at a new farmers market could look like. (Image provided by John McNeill)
Van Buren County Administrator leaving to take Finance Director post for Kalamazoo County
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Van Buren County Administrator Ryan Post is leaving the job to become the new finance director for Kalamazoo County. The board of commissioners accepted his resignation this...
Jan 26, 2023 Kalamazoo County Government logo
Kalamazoo Township Clerk stepping down due to "election stress"
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Township Clerk Mark Miller is resigning effective February 28 due to what he says is the stress of holding elections. Miller says he enjoys the job, but...
Jan 26, 2023 GPA Photo Archive
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