Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
State to remember birthday of late Kalamazoo State Representative today
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Flags in the state Capitol complex will fly at half-staff today to honor the birthday of late State Representative Mary Brown. The Kalamazoo Democrat served from 1976 to 199...
Aug 18, 2022 The late State Representative Mary Brown of Kalamazoo, MI (courtesy of Michigan Women Forward)
Investigation underway on KDPS Chief Coakley
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo City Mayor David Anderson says he's confident in the team overseeing the investigation of Kalamazoo Police Chief Vernon Coakley. According to a statement from t...
Aug 17, 2022 Former Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Police Chief Vernon Coakley. (Photo courtesy of KDPS).
Junior Achievement of the Michigan Great Lakes receives $1.1 million gift from philanthropist
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Junior Achievement of the Michigan Great Lakes announced on Tuesday, August 16, that they had received a gift of $1.1 million from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. Offi...
Aug 17, 2022
WMU employees to receive one-time inflation bonus
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Western Michigan University is announcing a one-time bonus for eligible faculty and staff to help with the costs associated with high inflation rates. School officials sa...
Aug 17, 2022
Sprinkle Road ramps closing for I-94 lane shift in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan Department of Transportation will be moving to the next phase of I-94 expansion in Kalamazoo starting Friday, August 19, as crews will move westbound I-94 tr...
Aug 17, 2022 Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) logo. (Photo courtesy Michigan Department of Transportation).
Fire in garbage can spreads to Kalamazoo home; extinguished within 15 minutes
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Officers from the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety responded to the 200 block of Douglas Avenue Wednesday, August 17, around 12:17 p.m. for a report of a garbage can...
Aug 17, 2022 (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Paw Paw man pulled over for suspicion of drunk driving arrested after fleeing police; later admitted to drinking earlier in the evening
ANTWERP TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Police arresting a Paw Paw man in Van Buren County after he fled from a traffic stop. It happened around 2:15 a.m. Wednesday, August 17, in Antwerp Township when V...
Aug 17, 2022
$26 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding allocated by Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners Tuesday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners Tuesday night handed out $26 million American Rescue Plan Act funding, after struggling for a year over how best to dispense th...
Aug 17, 2022 American Rescue Plan Act graphic
Bell's Brewery to support clean water and water habitat protection projects through beer sales
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Bell's Brewery will invest $480,000 in nonprofits, programs and organizations that are dedicated to supporting clean water and water habitat protection. The Comsto...
Aug 17, 2022 Bell's Brewery logo. (Image courtesy of Bell's Brewery).
Armed robbery suspect in custody following warrant at Edison neighborhood home
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety police have arrested the suspect connected to last Saturday's armed robbery. That suspect then shot at officers as he fled the scene...
Aug 16, 2022 Photo from the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety.
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