Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Controversy over Northside housing comments continues
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A very public disagreement between the Maddie Jordan Woods, the Director of the Northside Association for Community Development, and Kalamazoo County Housing Director Mary...
May 19, 2022 Maddie Jordan Woods, the Director of the Northside Association for Community Development (photo credit: John McNeill)
Head-on crash kills one near Cassopolis
CASSOPOLIS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One man is dead and another is injured after a head-on crash near Cassopolis Wednesday afternoon. It happened around 3:15 p.m. on Dailey Road near Pokagon Highway in La G...
May 19, 2022 (courtesy of the Cass County Sheriff's Department)
Water valve replacement beginning Friday in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- City crews in Battle Creek will be replacing a water valve, which will require a temporary water shutoff and a road closure beginning Friday, May 20. Officials say the...
May 18, 2022
New attraction coming to Binder Park Zoo
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Binder Park Zoo has announced a "high-flying" attraction coming to the zoo this summer. Construction has begun on a permanent aerial adventure called Charles and Lynn ...
May 18, 2022
Kalamazoo Township man accused of fatally stabbing wife found mentally competent for jury trial
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Kalamazoo Township man accused of fatally stabbing his estranged wife has been found mentally competent to stand trial. 43-year-old David Lain, charged with one felony ...
May 18, 2022 Rumble Press / CC
Gun Lake Casino to begin $300 million expansion
BRADLEY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Gun Lake Casino is expected to start phase five of their expansion with the addition of a hotel and resort in a ground breaking ceremony on Thursday at the casino site ...
May 18, 2022 Image courtesy of Gun Lake Casino.
Rogers introduces bill to address forgiveness days for schools and staffing shortages caused by COVID-19
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- State Representative Julie M. Rogers (D-Kalamazoo) introduced House Bill 6100 on Tuesday, May 17, to address forgiveness days for schools and staffing shortages caused by C...
May 18, 2022
Man with numerous arrest warrants arrested trying to hide in false wall
SPRINGFIELD, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A 40-year-old Springfield man was taken into custody on multiple warrants Tuesday night after the Calhoun County Sheriff's Department says he tried to hide in the false w...
May 18, 2022 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
Is Kalamazoo County's new Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion board diverse enough? Some commissioners say no
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Members of the Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners Tuesday were at odds over appointments to the county's new Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion board, with four Republi...
May 18, 2022 (courtesy of Kalamazoo County Government)
Northside leader takes issue with stance of Kalamazoo County's Housing Director
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Northside leader has blasted Kalamazoo County's Housing Director for saying she has no plans to improve housing near the Graphics Packaging Plant. Mary Balkema will be c...
May 18, 2022 Graphic Packaging International logo
