Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
11-year-old boy drowns in private pond near Vicksburg Sunday
VICKBUERG, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office is investigating the drowning death of an 11-year-old boy in a private pond Sunday afternoon. According to the Sheriff's Office, it h...
Aug 22, 2022 (Photo by John McNeil).
Mill and fill work underway on Oakland Drive in Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The City of Portage Street Mill and Fill Program consists of major maintenance to selected streets to enhance structural integrity and ride quality and prolong the street's...
Aug 21, 2022 I 94 road project completion date revised (Photo by John McNeil)
Alcohol not suspect in 3-vehicle crash in Cass County
VOLINIA TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Cass County Sheriff's Office says that five people were injured in a three-vehicle-crash on Saturday, August 20, in Cass County. Sheriff's Deputies responded t...
Aug 21, 2022 Photo provided by the Cass County Sheriff's Office.
1 dead after single-vehicle crash in Van Buren County
LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Van Buren County Sheriff's Office says speed appears to be a factor in a single vehicle crash that killed a man on Saturday, August 20. Authorities say the cr...
Aug 21, 2022 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Grand Rapids manufacturer stepping up efforts to help combat monkeypox
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Grand Rapids pharmaceutical manufacturer is jumping in to help mitigate the monkey pox outbreak. Grand River Aseptic Manufacturing at 140 Front Avenue Southwest in G...
Aug 21, 2022 NIAID / CC
One year anniversary of deadly shooting at South Haven pier
SOUTH HAVEN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Saturday, August 20, marked the one-year anniversary of a deadly shooting at the South Haven Pier. It happened last year when 19-year-old Aidan Ingalls shot a couple at...
Aug 21, 2022 South Beach at South Haven, MI (courtesy of southhaven.org)
Kalamazoo County back to 'high' COVID-19 spread level
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo County Health & Community Services says COVID-19 cases in Kalamazoo County have escalated back to a "high" community spread level. The announcement made on ...
Aug 19, 2022 Image provided by Kalamazoo County Health & Community Services.
Business forum on two-way conversion of Kalamazoo Ave moved to August 31
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The City of Kalamazoo and Southwest Michigan First will host a Downtown Business Forum on Wednesday, August 31 from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. at the Custer Space (155 W Mic...
Aug 19, 2022
East Centre Avenue lane closure eastbound beginning at Lovers Lane
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- On Monday, August 22, at 8 a.m., the curb lane will be closed for eastbound traffic on East Centre Avenue, from Lovers Lane to Oakside Street for utility connections. Motor...
Aug 19, 2022
Kalamazoo County man wins over $120,000 in online Michigan Lottery drawing
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo County man "about had a heart attack" when he won a $121,668 Monthly Jackpot progressive prize from the Michigan Lottery. According to lottery officials, the 50-...
Aug 19, 2022 Monthly Jackpot game logo (courtesy of Michigan Lottery)
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