Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Police identify kayaker who drowned Saturday in Three Rivers
THREE RIVERS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Officials have now identified that kayaker who drowned Saturday in the St. Joseph River in Three Rivers as 26-year-old Donovan Forsythe of Princeton, North Carolina The...
Jun 28, 2022 Three Rivers Police Department (Photo by John McNeil)
Opportunities abound for anglers at Kalamazoo parks
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Beginning on Wednesday, June 29, residents on Kalamazoo's south side will be able to fish in Milham Park, and in the nearby Blanche Hull Park. Now that the Milham Park Da...
Jun 28, 2022 Kalamazoo Parks and Recreation logo (courtesy of Kzoo Parks)
14-year-old shot early Monday morning in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 14-year-old is in the hospital and a 19-year-old is in custody after a shooting in Kalamazoo early Monday morning. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says the sho...
Jun 27, 2022
24-year-old D-Angelo Davis found guilty in double homicide
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A verdict was reached on Monday, June 27, for a man charged with two counts murder in a deadly home invasion in Kalamazoo Township in December 2020. 24-year-old D-Angelo ...
Jun 27, 2022 Photo provided by the Kalamazoo County Jail.
126th Army Band to perform Wednesday at Binder Park Zoo
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The public is invited to enjoy a rare musical opportunity when the 126th Army Band out of Lansing performs on Wednesday, June 29, at Binder Park Zoo. The 126th Army Ba...
Jun 27, 2022
Battle Creek City Commission to interview six candidates for at-large position
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Battle Creek City Commission is getting ready to interview six candidates for the at-large opening on the commission. The interviews will take place near the begin...
Jun 27, 2022
Nurses at Three Rivers Health-Beacon Health System ratify new contract
THREE RIVERS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Registered nurses at Three Rivers Health-Beacon Health System have ratified a new contract designed to help recruit and retain nurses. According to a news release date...
Jun 27, 2022 Three Rivers Health-Beacon Health System in Three Rivers, Michigan (courtesy of Three Rivers Health-Beacon Health System)
KDPS arrest three suspects who vandalized two downtown Kalamazoo businesses
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- KDPS police have arrested three people in connection to two downtown Kalamazoo businesses that were vandalized with red paint on Sunday, June 26. Police say the three ind...
Jun 27, 2022 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety logo
New proposal from Foundation For Excellence on how Kalamazoo can spend its American Rescue Plan Act money
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - City of Kalamazoo officials have come up with a scheme to turn one-time COVID-19 relief dollars into long term financing for the city, but they say it will take some hard ...
Jun 27, 2022 (courtesy of the City of Kalamazoo)
WMU President to receive an additional $30,000 over three years to stay at the school
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Saying it's not a performance bonus, but an attempt to retain him, the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees has agreed to set aside $10,000 a year in deferred com...
Jun 27, 2022 President Edward Montgomery of Western Michigan University. (Photo via WMU Announcement video).
