Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
There will be a fair in Kalamazoo County in 2022, but with a different look
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Youth Fair and Family Festival has been reimagined for 2022. Organizers say the all new event will focus on highlighting the 4-H programs and youth ed...
Aug 09, 2022 Kalamazoo County Youth Fair and Family Festival logo
Cass County accident injures one, remains under investigation
CASSOPOLIS MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Cass County authorities continue to look into an one-vehicle accident that occurred early Monday morning. Deputies were called to Grange St. in Mason Township, and found t...
Aug 08, 2022 South Bend woman injured in early morning accident Monday (photo courtesy of Cass County Sheriff's Dept.)
Portage authorities search for missing 77 year old man
PORTAGE MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The public is being asked for help in locating a 77 year old Portage man. Public Safety officials say that Billy Brown apparently drove away from his home Sunday afternoon. B...
Aug 08, 2022 Accident in Portage Tuesday seriously injures Kalamazoo man (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
UPDATE: South Haven police report victims pulled from Lake Michigan Monday have died
UPDATE TO EARLIER STORY: SOUTH HAVEN MI (WKZO AM/FM) - South Haven police have announced that the two people pulled from Lake Michigan earlier on Monday have died. A 22 year old male from Novi, MI, an...
Aug 08, 2022 South Beach at South Haven, MI (courtesy of southhaven.org)
Calhoun County mobile recycling center pilot program to start next month.
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Calhoun County will begin a new mobile recycling center pilot program in September. The County received a 2020 EGLE Recycling Infrastructure Grant to purchase a truck ...
Aug 08, 2022 Courtesy Calhoun County Office of Community Development
K-College again hosting 2022 USTA Boys' 18 & 16 National Championships through Sunday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Some of the top male teen tennis players in the country are in Kalamazoo through Sunday for the 2022 USTA Boys' 18 & 16 National Championships. Since 1946, Kalamazoo C...
Aug 08, 2022 Kalamazoo College's Stowe Stadium
Kalamazoo's DePerno says voting machine allegations "are totally garbage"
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Republican Attorney General candidate Matthew DePerno of Kalamazoo said this morning allegations he is involved in a conspiracy to hack into and manipulate voting...
Aug 08, 2022 Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Kalamazoo area attorney Matthew DePerno in his bid for Michigan Attorney General in 2022 (courtesy of Deperno for Michigan)
Battle Creek man pockets $390,000 in Michigan Lottery's Lucky for Life game
LANSING, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A Battle Creek man has won $25,000 a year for life playing the Michigan Lottery's Lucky for Life game. 64-year-old Michael Justice matched the five white balls drawn on July ...
Aug 08, 2022 meesh / CC
Man drowns at Grand Haven State Park Sunday
GRAND HAVEN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 21-year-old man's body has been recovered from Lake Michigan at Grand Haven State Park Sunday. He was swimming under a red flag situation and crews searched for two ho...
Aug 08, 2022 Grand Haven State Park (courtesy of Michigan.gov)
Faulty clothes dryer leads to fire at Vine Street home Sunday afternoon
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A faulty clothes dryer is being called the cause of a house fire in Kalamazoo Sunday afternoon. Around 1:15 p.m. officers from the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety re...
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