Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Emmett Township DPS release details of fatal Monday motorcycle/SUV crash
EMMETT TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A Battle Creek man was killed this week when his motorcycle crashed into a vehicle on East Columbia Avenue near Inn Road. The Emmett Township Department of Public Saf...
Aug 26, 2022 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Grave Issues Squad to clean gravestones in Mountain Home Cemetery
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Grave Issues Squad and the Historic Preservation Commission are seeking volunteers to help clean headstones in Mountain Home Cemetery on Sunday, August 28 from 9 a.m....
Aug 25, 2022
Traffic Advisory: Portage Road closure August 26-29 for I-94 bridge demolition
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Portage Road will be closed for the demolition of the westbound I-94 bridge in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, from 8 p.m. Friday, August 26, to 6 a.m. Monday, August 29. Tr...
Aug 25, 2022 Photo by Jerry Malec.
KDPS officer justified in using deadly force says the Kalamazoo County Office of the Prosecuting Attorney
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamazoo County Office of the Prosecuting Attorney has completed it's review of the officer involved fatal shooting of Nicholas Conklin on March 20, 2022 at 1008 Sou...
Aug 25, 2022 Best Law
Avelo Airlines expands Kalamazoo Service with 2nd Florida destination: Ft Meyers
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Just weeks after announcing it's nonstop service to Orlando Florida from Kalamazoo, Avelo Airlines has added yet another popular vacation destination to the Sunshine Stat...
Aug 25, 2022 Head of Marketing for Avelo Airlines Travis Christ making the announcement on August 25 of nonstop service from Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport to Ft. Meyers FL starting November 11. (Photo by Jerry Malec)
Cease and desist order served on Bangor auto repair facility
BANGOR, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan Department of State has served a cease and desist order on a Bangor automotive repair facility for performing services on motor vehicles with an expired repair ...
Aug 24, 2022
Man who paralyzed Kalamazoo police officer in crash arrested and charged in court
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The suspected drunk driver involved in the crash that paralyzed Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Officer Tom Maher has been arrested and charged. According to court ...
Aug 24, 2022 Photo provided by the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office.
KDPS finds alligator crawling down the street in Edison neighborhood Tuesday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's an incident you rarely, if ever, see on a city street. Tuesday a Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Sergeant came across a small reptile believed to be an American...
Aug 24, 2022 (courtesy of the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
One man shoot, two others arrested on weapons charges in overnight incident
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo police are piecing together information on a shooting incident overnight. At approximately 12:20 a.m. Wednesday, a 25-year-old male arrived at an area hospital s...
Aug 24, 2022 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners approves $25 million in American Rescue Plan funding requests
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners voted to approve $25,127,650 in American Rescue Plan (ARP) State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds during their Board of Commiss...
Aug 23, 2022 Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners chambers (courtesy of John McNeill)
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