Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Avelo Airlines expands Kalamazoo Service with 2nd Florida destination: Ft Meyers
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Just weeks after announcing it's nonstop service to Orlando Florida from Kalamazoo, Avelo Airlines has added yet another popular vacation destination to the Sunshine Stat...
Aug 25, 2022 Head of Marketing for Avelo Airlines Travis Christ making the announcement on August 25 of nonstop service from Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport to Ft. Meyers FL starting November 11. (Photo by Jerry Malec)
Cease and desist order served on Bangor auto repair facility
BANGOR, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan Department of State has served a cease and desist order on a Bangor automotive repair facility for performing services on motor vehicles with an expired repair ...
Aug 24, 2022
Man who paralyzed Kalamazoo police officer in crash arrested and charged in court
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The suspected drunk driver involved in the crash that paralyzed Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Officer Tom Maher has been arrested and charged. According to court ...
Aug 24, 2022 Photo provided by the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office.
KDPS finds alligator crawling down the street in Edison neighborhood Tuesday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's an incident you rarely, if ever, see on a city street. Tuesday a Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Sergeant came across a small reptile believed to be an American...
Aug 24, 2022 (courtesy of the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
One man shoot, two others arrested on weapons charges in overnight incident
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo police are piecing together information on a shooting incident overnight. At approximately 12:20 a.m. Wednesday, a 25-year-old male arrived at an area hospital s...
Aug 24, 2022 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners approves $25 million in American Rescue Plan funding requests
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners voted to approve $25,127,650 in American Rescue Plan (ARP) State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds during their Board of Commiss...
Aug 23, 2022 Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners chambers (courtesy of John McNeill)
Senator Stabenow talks mental health and substance abuse treatment reform during Kalamazoo visit
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan paid a visit to Kalamazoo where she stopped off at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine off of Oakla...
Aug 23, 2022 State Representative Julie Rogers of Kalamazoo addresses U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan on the shortage of funding for positions by the Federal Government for qualified professionals to be able to help those suffering a mental health crisis during a meeting at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine on Tuesday, August 23. (Photo by Jerry Malec)
Ramona Park Beach temporarily closed due to high E. coli levels
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Ramona Park Beach on Long Lake is temporarily closed due to the detection of higher than standard amounts of E. coli. Pending the results of further testing, it is expected...
Aug 23, 2022 City of Portage - Ramona Park. (Photo courtesy City of Portage).
Search ongoing for new legal representation for the city of Kalamazoo and Kalamazoo County
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Both the city of Kalamazoo and Kalamazoo County Commissions are pursuing new legal representation. The County has been at it for two years, finally choosing Angelina Barn...
Aug 23, 2022 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Kalamazoo County Housing director to pitch affordable housing plans
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo County's Housing Director Mary Balkema says she's hitting the road to pitch her plans to build new affordable housing to local City and Township boards. Her cou...
Aug 23, 2022 Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners chambers (courtesy of John McNeill)
