Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Public input sessions begin tonight for Kalamazoo's "Streets for All" project
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The City of Kalamazoo has already begun their "Streets for All" project to reshape how traffic of all kinds flows through the downtown. The public participation component ...
Jul 28, 2022 Kalamazoo Avenue at Rose Street, Kalamazoo, MI (courtesy of imaginekalamazoo.com)
Woman injured, dog dies in Battle Creek fire Wednesday night
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek fire officials say a woman was injured and her dog died in a house fire in Battle Creek late Wednesday night. The fire started around 10:15 p.m. in the 100...
Jul 28, 2022 Battle Creek Fire Department (BCFD) truck. (Photo courtesy of the Battle Creek Fire Department Facebook Page).
Body of missing Allegan County man found found between Hamilton and Dorr
ALLEGAN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -The body of an Allegan County man who went missing while returning home from a concert Sunday night in Grand Rapids has been found. Michigan State Police confirmed Wed...
Jul 28, 2022 The body of 31-year-old Logan Sweet of Hamilton, MI was found July 27, 2022
Portage man to serve time in prison for his role in defrauding Amazon's Textbook Rental Program
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- 37-year-old Geoffrey Mark Hays Talsma was to 16 years' imprisonment for mail fraud and aggravated identity theft on Wednesday, July 27. The U.S. Attorney's Office Western...
Jul 27, 2022
MUSIC at the ZOO! at Binder Park Zoo on Sunday
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Visitors to Binder Park Zoo will enjoy a rare musical treat on Sunday, July 31, when guest musicians of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra (KSO) will perform a series of...
Jul 27, 2022
Sidewalk Sales event returns to Kalamazoo on July 28
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A traditional shopping tradition making it's way back to downtown Kalamazoo on Thursday, July 28. The Summer Sidewalk Sales event which runs through Saturday, July 30, is...
Jul 27, 2022 Kzoo Cowboy / CC
Industrial company in Holland to receive $25,000 grant to help it adopt Industry 4.0 technologies
HOLLAND, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Twenty-three small manufacturers around Michigan have been awarded a total of nearly $500,000 to help them adopt Industry 4.0 technologies. The Michigan Economic Developmen...
Jul 27, 2022
Kalamazoo dental office whitens teeth and brings smiles to Bronson Children's Hospital
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A local fund raising effort has attained 164% of its goal. The Sharp Smile Center, in partnership with Bronson Children's Hospital and the Smiles For Life Foundation, rai...
Jul 27, 2022 Sharp Smile Center, Bronson Children’s Hospital, and the Smiles for Life Foundation reached 164% of their goal, earning over $8,000 to help children in need. Sharp Smile Center staff celebrated with a pajama and pizza party on Tuesday, July 26. (Photo courtesy of Valorie Snyder, Marketing & Patient Support,
Sharp Smile Center)
48% of people with disabilities in Michigan living in financial hardship; a big chunk in West MI according to report
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The United Way has released data that indicates that about 43% of people who have disabilities in the six counties represented by the South Central Michigan office of the...
Jul 27, 2022 A report indicates that over 40 percent of residents in a six county region of South Central Michigan have issues making end meet economically (logo courtesy of UWSCMI)
Southwest MI to receive a portion of $321 million investment for 1,650 communities across Michigan
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced on Wednesday, July 27, that more than 1,650 communities in Michigan will receive more than $321 million to invest in infrastructure, gro...
Jul 27, 2022 Ervins Strauhmanis / CC
