Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Next Kalamazoo River Community Advisory Group meeting Thursday, October 27
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamazoo River Advisory Group set to hold it's next meeting virtually. That meeting is set to take place via zoom on Thursday, October 27 from 6 until 8 p.m. and wil...
Oct 19, 2022 Kalamazoo River. (Photo via EPA press release).
Allegan County Veteran Services and Department of Veterans Affairs teaming up for Veterans Stand Down event
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The event will take place on Thursday at the First Baptist Church at 1290 32nd Street in Allegan beginning at 10 a.m. There, veterans can get information on a variety of se...
Oct 19, 2022
$1 million distributed by St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners to 31 local government and nonprofit organizations
CENTREVILLE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday, October 18, announced the distribution of $1 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars to 31 o...
Oct 19, 2022 Ervins Strauhmanis / CC
Vicksburg man pleads guilty in federal court for child exploitation
VICKSBURG, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Vicksburg man accused of sexually abusing children has pleaded guilty. According to WOOD TV-8, 47-year-old Virgil Chandler Knowles III pleaded guilty on Friday, October...
Oct 19, 2022 Virgil Chandler Knowles III mug shot provided by the Kalamazoo County Jail.
No injuries in fire at Kalamazoo home Tuesday afternoon
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Despite lots of heavy smoke, there were no injuries in a fire at a Kalamazoo home Tuesday afternoon. Around 4:45 p.m. officers from the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safe...
Oct 19, 2022
AUDIO: Kalamazoo city commissioners split on upcoming Foundation For Excellence spending
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The proposed 2023 budget for Kalamazoo's Foundation For Excellence has been released, and some Kalamazoo city commissioners are not happy with the plan. Those commissioner...
Oct 19, 2022 Kalamazoo Foundation for Excellence logo
Kalamazoo city commissioners approve 2022 Campus Master Plan for Kalamazoo College
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo city commissioners approved a plan on Monday, October 17 for Kalamazoo College to move forward with a master plan that focuses on enhancing and expanding the on...
Oct 18, 2022
Police remind motorists to be alert for stopped or stopping buses or face a ticket
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officers are reminding drivers to be alert for stopped or stopping school buses. School Bus Safety Week began on Monday, October 17,...
Oct 18, 2022 Bill McChesney / CC
20-year-old man pleads no contest in 2019 Battle Creek death
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A 20-year-old man has pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter of a 27-year-old father during a 2019 robbery in Battle Creek. WOOD TV-8 reporting that 20-year-ol...
Oct 18, 2022 Cohoon mug shot provided by the Calhoun County Jail.
City Clerk's Office opens second location ahead of election to serve city of Kalamazoo voters
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- City of Kalamazoo voters can now take advantage of a second location of the City Clerk's Office to register to vote or request and return absentee ballots. A branch offic...
Oct 18, 2022 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
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