Category Archives: Kalamazoo News

Authorities seek help in locating missing Kalamazoo man
KALAMAZOO MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The public is being asked to assist in locating a missing 20-year-old Kalamazoo man. Nathaniel Duvall Brown last contacted family and friends on Thursday, September 8th, at...
Jim McKinney Sep 11, 2022 Photo of 20-year-old Nathaniel Duvall Brown provided by the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office.
Fatal shooting in Kalamazoo under investigation
KALAMAZOO MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety authorities are continuing their investigation into a fatal shooting on the city's Northside. Officers were summoned to the area of Dr...
Jim McKinney Sep 11, 2022

Head-on crash kills one in Cass County Friday afternoon
MARCELLUS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One person was killed and another injured after a two vehicle head-on crash in Cass County Friday afternoon. Just after after 2:30 p.m., Cass County Sheriff's Office deput...
Ken Delaney Sep 09, 2022 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)

Governor Whitmer announces plan with Holtec to reopen Palisades Plant
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Governor Gretchen Whitmer sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Energy on Friday, September 9, in support of Holtec International's application for a federal grant under ...
Jerry Malec Sep 09, 2022

New WMU student center opening delayed beyond start of spring semester
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The opening of the new Western Michigan University student center is delayed again. University leaders say the opening will be delayed beyond the start of the spring seme...
Jerry Malec Sep 09, 2022

Overheated bathroom exhaust fan likely cause of Battle Creek house fire
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A bathroom exhaust fan that overheated is be blamed as the likely cause of a house fire that caused nearly $97,000 worth of damage on Thursday morning at a home in the 3...
Jim Measel Sep 09, 2022 Battle Creek Fire Department (BCFD) truck. (Photo courtesy of the Battle Creek Fire Department Facebook Page).

Fatal car-pedestrian accident under investigation by Marshall Police
MARSHALL, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Marshall Police continue to investigate a fatal car-pedestrian accident that took place on Wednesday morning. Police say police, fire and first responders were dispatched ar...
Jim Measel Sep 09, 2022 Courtesy Marshall Police Department Facebook page

Gas line rupture, fire, causes evacuations in Kalamazoo Thursday afternoon
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The evacuations are over in Kalamazoo after a gas line ruptured and then caught fire yesterday. Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officials say a crew hit the four-inc...
Ken Delaney Sep 09, 2022 Arseni Mourzenko

Community invited to remember 9-11 through commemorative service on Friday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamazoo Area 9-11 Committee will hold it's annual observance of 9-11 on Friday, September 9. While prior services have been held at Bronson Park, organizers say thi...
Jerry Malec Sep 08, 2022

Speed and alcohol believed to be factors in single-vehicle crash in Cass County
WAYNE TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Cass County Sheriff's deputies believe speed and alcohol to be factors in a single-vehicle crash where a driver lost control of his truck and rolled it several times...
Jerry Malec Sep 08, 2022 Photo provided by the Cass County Sheriff's Office.
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