Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Suspicion of armed student places Parchment High School on lockdown
PARCHMENT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Parchment High School went into lockdown on Wednesday, September 28 for a concern over a student with a gun. According to the Kalamazoo Township Police Department, the sc...
Sep 28, 2022 Parchment High School - Google Street View
Vehicle gates at Kalamazoo city parks to close for season on October 1
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Starting Saturday, October 1, vehicle gates at some City of Kalamazoo parks will close for the fall and winter months. Parks will continue to be open daily from 8 a.m. to...
Sep 28, 2022
Portage fall leaf pickup program scheduled for October 24 to December 1
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The city of Portage's Fall Leaf Pickup Program begins in Zone 1 on Monday, October 24, and includes collection dates for each neighborhood zone until prohibited by weather....
Sep 28, 2022
McGinn convicted in 2019 murder/robbery of Michael Corbin, sentencing scheduled for October 31
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A Calhoun County jury has convicted Kolbie McGinn in the 2019 murder and robbery of 27-year-old Michael Corbin after a trial which lasted for three days. The jury delibe...
Sep 28, 2022 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Crash on U.S. 131 in St. Joseph County sends Indiana resident to the hospital
CONSTANTINE TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A two vehicle crash in St. Joseph County on Tuesday afternoon sent a 26-year-old Mishawaka, Indiana resident to Borgess Hospital. St. Joseph County Sheriff Mark ...
Sep 28, 2022
Calhoun Dispatch Authority signs agreement with Motorola for system and radio upgrades
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The leadership for the Calhoun County Consolidated Dispatch Authority announced on Tuesday they had signed an agreement with Motorola for a system solution and hundreds ...
Sep 28, 2022 Tyler Silvest / CC
Driver charged in crash injuring Kalamazoo police officer bound over for trial
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Parchment man accused of driving intoxicated and seriously injuring a Department of Kalamazoo Public Safety officer in a crash has been bound over for trial. 31-year-ol...
Sep 27, 2022 KDPS Officer Tom Maher. (Photo provided by the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
Bronson nurse sentenced to probation for fentanyl medication tampering
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A former nurse at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo sentenced by a federal grand jury for tampering with vials of fentanyl. According to court records, the U.S. Dis...
Sep 27, 2022 Bronson sign in Kalamazoo. (Photo by John McNeil)
Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) deploying 350 employees to Florida ahead of Hurricane Ian
FORT WAYNE, IN (WKZO AM/FM) -- Indiana Michigan Power is answering the call to provide mutual assistance ahead of Hurricane Ian, which is on track to make landfall this week along Florida's Gulf Coast...
Sep 27, 2022 Photo provided by Michigan Indiana Power (I&M).
AUDIO: Foundation for Excellence allows Kalamazoo to step up economic development efforts
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Like most cities, Kalamazoo has an economic development department geared to work with entrepreneurs to get them through zoning, finances, and all the other hurdles new bu...
Sep 27, 2022 Kalamazoo Foundation for Excellence logo
