Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
The $50 million redevelopment project for the former Allied Paper dumpsite in Kalamazoo underway
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo's Mayor is declaring victory in the decades-long struggle to convert the Allied Paper dumpsite from a contaminated eyesore into a community asset. There is still...
May 17, 2022 The redevelopment plan for the former Allied Paper dumpsite in Kalamazoo (courtesy of the City of Kalamazoo)
Construction site concerns put WMU's new Student Services Center on hold for four days
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Originally scheduled for a fall 2022 opening, officials say the date for Western Michigan University's new Student Services Center may, or may not be adjusted. According t...
May 17, 2022
8 adults and 2 juveniles arrested for mobile nuisance party activities
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Police arresting 10 people over the weekend, with two of them being minors, for their part in what they call Mobile Nuisance Party A...
May 16, 2022 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Two motorcyclists die after being hit from behind by car
CASS COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Cass County Sheriff's Office is investigating a fatal crash which occurred at the intersection of US 12 and Baldwin Prairie Road in Porter Township on Monday, May 1...
May 16, 2022 Photo courtesy of the Cass County Sheriff's Office.
Historic walking tours return to Kalamazoo this summer
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- After a two-year hiatus, the Historic Walks will return this summer for their nineteenth season. These free public historic walks are typically held during the summer and...
May 16, 2022
Local economic development official decries lack of industrial building sites, skilled workers
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo area will be facing challenges if it hopes to grow and thrive as an industrial center. That's according to the new director of Southwest Michigan First, who ...
May 16, 2022
Saturday morning house fire on Spring Street in Battle Creek causes nearly $154,000 in damages
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Battle Creek fire officials say a home in the 100 block of Spring Street sustained major smoke and water damage when a fire broke out early Saturday morning but the pers...
May 16, 2022 Battle Creek Fire Department (BCFD) truck. (Photo courtesy of the Battle Creek Fire Department Facebook Page).
New senior center set to open this Friday in Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After nearly 19 months of construction, the Charles and Lynn Zhang Portage Community Senior Center is set to open. The public ribbon-cutting ceremony to commemorate the gran...
May 16, 2022 An architect's rendering of the Charles and Lynn Zhang Portage Community Senior Center (courtesy of AVB Inc)
Visitors to South Haven reminded of new ordinance regarding pier
SOUTH HAVEN MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Warm temperatures and sunshine have attracted people to the Lake Michigan shoreline once again, but South Haven city officials are reminding those who visit there of a ne...
May 15, 2022 South Haven officials remind visitors of new pier ordinance
Incident at Crossroads Mall causes evacuation
PORTAGE MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A report of shots fired at the Crossroads Mall Saturday resulted in Portage Public Safety officers evacuating the facility. Officers cleared the mall to investigate the repor...
May 15, 2022
