Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
City of Marshall begins fundraising campaign for additional recreational facilities
MARSHALL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The City of Marshall is kicking off a fundraising campaign for the development of pickleball courts, a splash pad, pavilion/bathroom facilities, upgraded playground, and mu...
Oct 26, 2022 (courtesy City of Marshall)
Binder Park Zoo soon to cap 2022 zoo season on Sunday
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Binder Park Zoo is getting ready to end its season, but there's still time to pay a visit. The zoo will finish the season on Sunday, October 30, but the fall color...
Oct 26, 2022
Kalamazoo County Clerk to hold final Town Hall Conversation ahead of election
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office is set to hold it's final Town Hall Conversation ahead of the November 8 election. The final series of conversations, scheduled for Th...
Oct 26, 2022 Kalamazoo County Government logo
Graphic Packaging ordered to pay over $99,000 fine for odor violation
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Graphic Packaging International in Kalamazoo is now on the hook to pay a more than $99,000 fine for a 3-year-old nuisance odor violation notice. WWMT reports that the com...
Oct 26, 2022 Graphic Packaging International logo
Van Buren County Road Commission seeking next managing director
VAN BUREN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Board of County Road Commissioners of Van Buren County has began its search for its next Managing Director. According to a news release from the road commissio...
Oct 26, 2022 Van Buren County courthouse (photo by John McNeil)
Police arrest suspect in fatal Tuesday shooting of Battle Creek man
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Police have arrested a suspect they believe was involved in the fatal shooting of a Battle Creek man on Tuesday, October 25. According to Battle Creek police, a charge...
Oct 26, 2022
Man charged with killing woman with car at Walmart out of anger for ex-girlfriend determined competent to stand trial.
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A man charged with intentionally murdering a 65-year-old with his car has been determined mentally competent to stand trial according to the Kalamazoo County Prosecutor's...
Oct 26, 2022 Brian Turner / CC
Three Rivers area township supervisor arrested for alleged sexual assault from August 2010
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -The Kalamazoo Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) has filed charges against St. Joseph County's Fabius Township Supervisor for sexual assault. Kalamazoo County Prosecutor ...
Oct 26, 2022 Kalamazoo County Courthouse
City of Kalamazoo holds ribbon cutting for new affordable home project
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The City of Kalamazoo has snipped the ribbon on a new home on the south side, not because it's new, but because of what it represents. It's really three homes, a conventio...
Oct 26, 2022
Dowagiac among nine Michigan communities receiving nearly $15 million to upgrade water systems
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Governor Gretchen Whitmer joined the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) on Tuesday, October 25 to announce that nine communities around Michigan have been awa...
Oct 25, 2022 Steve Johnson / CC
