Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
MDOT now says the Portage Road bridge project over I-94 has been delayed until further notice
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A logistics problem has put a major road project in the Kalamazoo area on hold. The Michigan Department of Transportation Monday morning announced that due to complication...
Jun 06, 2022 Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) logo. (Photo courtesy Michigan Department of Transportation).
Ordinance changes and proposed sustainability plan dominate agenda for Kalamazoo City Commission tonight
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo City Commissioners will be taking up some unfinished business at their meeting tonight. A routine ordinance update that was on their last agenda was tabled becau...
Jun 06, 2022
Pfizer set to announce expansion of Portage facility today, 250 jobs to be added
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County economy is about to get another boost as the nation continues to combat COVID-19. Pfizer plans to announce today it will spend $120-million to expand th...
Jun 06, 2022 A label for Pfizer's Paxlovid anti-viral tablets (photo credit-John McNeill)
Smoke, but no fire damage at Kalamazoo church Sunday morning
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A fire in a downspout interrupted services at a Kalamazoo church Sunday morning, but caused minimal damage. At approximately 08:30 a.m. officers with the Kalamazoo Departm...
Jun 06, 2022
City of South Haven to enforce new parking rule for downtown
SOUTH HAVEN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The city of South Haven enforcing a new parking rule for downtown this summer. To help do this, they've painted hash marks at the end of parking stalls on Center an Pho...
Jun 05, 2022 Parking meter (photo by John McNeil)
Police investigating fatal downtown Grand Rapids shooting
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Police are investigating a fatal shooting that took place in downtown Grand Rapids early Sunday morning, June 5, that led to on person being killed and three others in...
Jun 05, 2022
Motorcyclist killed in crash near Wayland
WAYLAND TWP, MI (WKZO-AM/FM) - A fatal crash involving a motorcycle has been reported in northeast Allegan County. The latest such mishap occurred on Friday afternoon near Wayland, where first respond...
Jun 03, 2022 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
70-year-old driver taken to the hospital after leaving roadway in her vehicle, flipping, and landing upright in creek
CASS COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Cass County Sheriff's responded to a single vehicle crash located on Brownsville Street in Calvin Township on Friday, June 3, at around 3:53 p.m. The driver of the vehi...
Jun 03, 2022 Photo from Cass County Sheriff's Office.
Driver charged with crash that killed WMU student in November 2021 awaits trial
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Kalamazoo County judge ruling on Friday, June 30, that the case against the driver charged in the crash that killed a Western Michigan University student is headed towa...
Jun 03, 2022 Best Law
Zeigler to make NASCAR history with Zeigler Kalamazoo Marathon reveal on #77 Sunday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Zeigler will be making NASCAR history this weekend by announcing the Zeigler Kalamazoo Marathon 2023 date on the hood of its sponsored 77 Chevy Camaro driven by Josh Bili...
Jun 03, 2022
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