Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Convert Kalamazoo: Downtown business forum seeking public input until midnight, August 31
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Beginning in 2024, Kalamazoo Avenue which currently runs through downtown as a one-way street, will begin it's conversion over to a two-way street. Planning officials say...
Aug 30, 2022
Consumers Energy urges residents to stay safe during restoration efforts
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- As crews continue working around the clock to restore public safety and electric service to customers, Consumers Energy is reminding everyone to focus on staying safe fol...
Aug 30, 2022
Battle Creek man arrested for drugs appearing as colorful vitamins
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Battle Creek Police have arrested an 18-year-old Battle Creek man on charges related to having colorful pills that look like children's vitamins, but presumed to conta...
Aug 30, 2022 Photo provided by the Battle Creek Police Department.
Paw Paw man facing 2nd federal charge in Planned Parenthood arson
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A man accused of setting fire to a Planned Parenthood clinic in Kalamazoo is now facing a second federal charge after already being charged with arson. 25-year-old Joshua...
Aug 30, 2022 Surveillance photo of Joshua Brereton provided by the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety.
Road construction continues as school begins on Nichols Road in Kalamazoo Township
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Road Commission of Kalamazoo says that construction on Nichols Road in Kalamazoo is scheduled to continue through the start of the 2022-23 school year. The project, b...
Aug 30, 2022 Photo provided by the Road Commission of Kalamazoo.
Five year probation sentence for Kalamazoo man involved in child sex sting
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- One of the six men that were arrested in a child sex sting in Kalamazoo was sentenced to five years probation on Monday, August 29. 39-year-old Brian Malone of Byron Cent...
Aug 30, 2022 Photo provided by the Kalamazoo County Jail.
Child support establishment function changes Calhoun County offices
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Calhoun County Government has announced that the Friend of the Court will process all child support and paternity cases instead of the Prosecuting Attorney's Office star...
Aug 30, 2022
AUDIO: Kalamazoo City Commission holds special session to discuss water rate increases
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo city commissioners held a special session Monday afternoon, August 29, to discuss increases in future water utility rates. But there was one catch. Even though ...
Aug 30, 2022 City of Kalamazoo Director of Public Services James Baker addresses Kalamazoo City Commissioner members on proposed water rate increases that are higher than previously proposed due to skyrocketing inflation. (Image take from YouTube.com live stream broadcast on Monday, August 29, 2022)
UPDATE: Victim identified in fatal shooting outside party store in Kalamazoo Monday night
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A shooting outside a party store in Kalamazoo Monday night has left one person dead. Authorities have identified the victim at 31-year-old David Postawa of Kalamazoo. The ...
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Stolen vehicle crashes into utility pole during police chase, killing the driver
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The car of a man being chased by police in Kalamazoo Monday evening slammed into a utility pole, killing the driver. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says the cra...
Aug 30, 2022 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
