Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: School is back in session Kalamazoo County: Are you ready?
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Today, Monday, August 29, is the first day of school in Kalamazoo County, and for the first time in a few years, classes will begin in it's largest school district withou...
Aug 29, 2022 Bill McChesney / CC
WMU student dies after hit and run accident early Saturday morning
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The victim in Saturday's early morning hit and run accident in Kalamazoo has passed away.The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says 21-year-old Kaylee Gansberg from Li...
Aug 28, 2022 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Parker Hannifin Corporation donates bike repair station to Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo area bikers will soon have a new resource at their fingertips. As of Tuesday, August 30, they'll have a bike repair station at Portage's Celery Flats Pavilion tha...
Aug 28, 2022
1 dead, 2 wounded, including infant, in overnight shooting
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Police are investigating a shooting where one woman was killed, another woman wounded, along with an infant Friday evening, August 26. Portage Public Safety fire and police...
Aug 27, 2022 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Kalamazoo County names new deputy county administrator for external services
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamazoo County Administrator/Controller Kevin A. Catlin has appointed Lyndi Warner as the new Deputy County Administrator for External Services. The announcement wa...
Aug 26, 2022
Senators Stabenow and Peters announce funding support for West Michigan fire departments
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) -- U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters of Michigan announced on Friday, August 26, that Pennfield Township and Cascade Charter Township Fire Departments will re...
Aug 26, 2022 Ervins Strauhmanis / CC
Pennfield woman charged in crash that killed her 8-year-old son
PENNFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Pennfield woman has been charged with two felonies in connection to the crash that killed her 8-year-old son back in March 2022, according to Calhoun County Co...
Aug 26, 2022 Photo provided by the Calhoun County Jail.
Updated road detours in Kalamazoo area needed for natural gas improvements
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- And a couple more road closure notes for the Kalamazoo area to keep in mind for Monday, August 29. Nazareth Road between Gull Road and East Main Street will be closed to ...
Aug 26, 2022
Six arrested in child sex sting including Portage school bus driver
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Six men were arrested for child sex crimes, including a Portage school bus driver, by the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office. Arrested were 33-year-old Alexander Bogdan of...
Aug 26, 2022 Photo/Image from the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office facebook page.
"We Are KPS" is the new jingle, but some school staff aren't happy with their pay
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Summer is winding down and Kalamazoo Public Schools will open fall term with a new slogan, a new theme song, and some unhappy employees. The new tune debuted at a teachers...
Aug 26, 2022 (courtesy of Kalamazoo Public Schools)
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