Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Ohio man charged with setting fire to Branch County motorcycle club
COLDWATER, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- An Ohio man was charged on Saturday, July 9, for setting a fire at a motorcycle club in Branch County. Authorities say 65-year-old Michael Behringer was charged with 3rd ...
Jul 10, 2022 Best Law
One take to hospital in motorcycle vs. truck accident
CASS COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Cass County Sheriff's Office deputies were called to investigate a two vehicle personal injury crash involving a motorcycle and a truck on US 12 at Bell Road in Milton ...
Jul 10, 2022 Photo provided by the Cass County Sheriff's Office.
Suspects sought in robbery of business in Calhoun County
SPRINGFIELD, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Calhoun County Sheriff's Deputies are searching for suspects who broke into a food market early Friday morning, July 8. Police responded to a burglar alarm around 4 a.m...
Jul 10, 2022 Photo provided by the Callhoun County Sheriff's Office.
KDPS investigating two Saturday shootings happening within an hour of each other
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety police responded to two separate shootings on Saturday, July 9. The first one happened around 8 p.m. at LaCrone Park in the 500 bloc...
Jul 10, 2022 KDPS Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety cruiser (Photo by Jeana Gondek)
Despite positive numbers, economist says West Michigan confidence continues to fade
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Saying the statistics are fairly positive, but the mood is turning significantly negative, a West Michigan economist has issued his latest Business Survey. Dr. Brian Lo...
Jul 10, 2022 Dr. Brian Long, the Director of Supply Chain Management Research at Grand Valley State University
Portage native serves aboard USS Harry S. Truman in Adriatic Sea
ADRIATIC SEA (WKZO AM/FM) -- Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Jarrett Lyke, from Portage, MI, charges an undercounter unit in the aft galley aboard the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), on Friday, July 1. The H...
Jul 08, 2022 (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Justin Woods)
Stormwater runoff treatment system to benefit Asylum Lake thanks to state grant
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Asylum Lake, which is located in Western Michigan University's 274-acre Asylum Lake Preserve is set to get a boost in it's water quality. This is due in part to a recent ...
Jul 08, 2022 Image from Asylum Lake Preserve's Facebook page.
Galesburg teen victim of 2021 BB gun accident dies at home
GALESBURG, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Galesburg teenager who was shot in the head with a BB gun in April 2021 has died. Deven Free, who was shot while he and his friends were playing with a BB gun died at h...
Jul 08, 2022
Vietnam Memorial wall replica heading to Battle Creek area: July 14 - 17
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Wall That Heals is a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial along with a Mobile Education Center, and it's coming to Emmett Township near Bat...
Jul 08, 2022 Image from the Calhoun County Red White Blue Foundation.
Comstock Township road closure scheduled for July 11
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Beginning Monday, July 11, North 26th Street in Comstock Township will be completely closed between East Main Street and East H Avenue to allow for work on a sani...
Jul 08, 2022
