Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Teen killed in Barry County house fire, burning candles being pointed to as cause
DELTON, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Police say a fire that's believed to have been started by burning candles after a Barry County home lost power has claimed the life of a 16-year-old female. The Barry County ...
Jul 05, 2022 (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Passenger critically injured and vehicle hits tree in Van Buren County Monday night
BANGOR TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The passenger in a vehicle that crash into a tree in the 61000 block of 46th Avenue in Van Buren County's Bangor Township is in critical condition after rescue crews...
Jul 05, 2022
Lane closures expected this week as work continues on U.S. 131 near Wayland
WAYLAND, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - In partnership with the Gun Lake Tribe, the Michigan Department of Transportation is investing approximately $26 million to rebuild the US-131/M-179 interchange and resurfac...
Jul 05, 2022 A Michigan Department of Transportation map showing road work on U.S. 131 near Wayland beginning July 5, 2022 (courtesy MDOT)
City Commission to vote tonight on plan to allocate $550,000 for violence prevention programs in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After a month of pleading from Kalamazoo's Mayor to see action on gun violence prevention, a proposal is finally on the agenda tonight. A City Commission subcommittee that...
Jul 05, 2022
Group looks to add statute of Abraham Lincoln at Bronson Park
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo City Commissioners will be asked tonight to allow a statue of Abraham Lincoln be put in Bronson Park. Lincoln made his only Michigan appearance in the park in 18...
Jul 05, 2022 A Michigan Registered Historic Site sign for the visit of Abraham Lincoln in Kalamazoo, MI (courtesy of the Kalamazoo Abraham Lincoln Institute)
City Commission to look at proposal to increase minority participation in legal marijuana business
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One of Kalamazoo's fastest growing industries is the production and sale of marijuana, as it is in many Michigan towns. This afternoon, Kalamazoo City Commissioners will d...
Jul 05, 2022 Paige Filler / CC
Fights break out, beach closed at Grand Haven State Park Monday
GRAND HAVEN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Multiple fights caused the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to close Grand Haven State Park's beach on the Fourth of July. The decision came around 4:30 p.m. Mon...
Jul 05, 2022 Grand Haven State Park (courtesy of Michigan.gov)
Road work set to begin on M-89 in Allegan County today
FENNVILLE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Michigan Department of Transportation $2 million project to resurface approximately five miles of M-89 between I-196 and 58th Street on the west side of Fennville in All...
Jul 05, 2022
Man in crisis shuts down U.S. 131 in Allegan County for about four hours Sunday night
GUN PLAIN TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A portion of U.S. 131 in Allegan County had to be shutdown Sunday evening while police negotiated with a man who was in the roadway. Just after 7:00 p.m. deputies...
Jul 05, 2022
Divers recover body of man who drowned while swimming in Barry County lake
BARRY COUNTY, MI ((WKZO AM/FM) - The body of a man who drowned while swimming from a paddleboat in Barry County early Sunday morning has been found. 37-year-old Richard Bryan Card had been swimming in...
Jul 03, 2022 Barry County Sheriff's Dept. logo
