Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
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
Car crashes into house in Battle Creek; No injuries reported
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Nobody was hurt after a car crashed into a house in Battle Creek. It happened on Tuesday, October 25 at 125 North 20th Street around 2:27 p.m. Battle Creek firefighter...
Oct 25, 2022 Battle Creek Fire department (Photo by John McNeil)
Peters visits Grand Rapids to highlight new VA benefits available for toxic-exposed veterans
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) was joined by local veterans at the American Legion Boat and Canoe Club in Grand Rapids on Tuesday, October 25 to highlight the new VA be...
Oct 25, 2022
Free family halloween fun at Halloween Forest in Milham Park on Saturday, October 29
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Halloween Forest will return to Milham Park on Saturday, October 29 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. The Halloween Forest is a free and family-friendly alternative to trick-or-treat...
Oct 25, 2022 Kalamazoo Parks and Recreation logo (courtesy of Kzoo Parks)
