Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Consumers Credit Union Fresh Start Home Sweepstakes gives three members a leg up amidst growing inflation
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Consumers Credit Union in Kalamazoo recently gave away $50,000 dollars in cash prizes to help some home project dreams come true. Through their Fresh Start Home Sweepstak...
May 10, 2022 Image courtesy of Consumers Credit Union.
Sidewalk to close for work on Michigan Avenue in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- City crews will be updating the brick facade at 18 Michigan Avenue beginning Wednesday, May 11. The sidewalk will be closed on the north side of W Michigan Avenue duri...
May 10, 2022
Kalamazoo selected to join international city innovation training program cohort
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo has been selected as one of 13 international cities participating in the Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins University's 2022 Innovation Tr...
May 10, 2022
Gilmore Garage Works announces new summer apprenticeships for recent high school grads pursuing auto restoration careers
HICKORY CORNERS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- As a new extension of its established Gilmore Garage Works technical education program, The Gilmore Car Museum has a series of Gilmore Garage Works Summer Apprentic...
May 10, 2022 Image courtesy of the Gilmore Car Museum.
New elementary schools on their way to Portage thanks to 2021 voter approved bond
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A $175 million dollar bond approved by voters back in August of 2021 will soon bear fruit in the form of new elementary schools for the City of Portage. According to a May ...
May 10, 2022 Administration staff for the Public Public Schools, Portage MI (courtesy of Portage Public Schools)
Battle Creek woman killed in early morning crash, Michigan Avenue shut down for three hours
MARSHALL TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A 34-year-old Battle Creek woman was killed Tuesday morning in a two vehicle crash in the area of Michigan Avenue near 15 Mile Road. The crash forced Michigan Avenu...
May 10, 2022
BC Central teacher honored with Michigan Lottery Excellence in Education award
LANSING, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A Calhoun County educator is the latest instructor who has been honored with an Excellence in Education award from the Michigan Lottery. Virginia Platek is a ninth grade Engl...
May 10, 2022 Photo courtesy of the Michigan Lottery
CCSD says distracted driving apparently caused Pennfield Twp crash which injured three
PENNFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Department says distracted driving apparently led to a two-vehicle on Monday afternoon in Pennfield Township which injured three perso...
May 10, 2022 Calhoun County Sheriff's Office cruisers. (Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office).
Kalamazoo College teacher wins Pulitzer Prize for poetry
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo woman has won the Pulitzer Prize in poetry for her 2021 work titled, "frank: sonnets." Diane Seuss is a long-time teacher and writer in residence at Kalamazoo ...
May 10, 2022 2021 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Poetry Diane Suess of Kalamazoo, MI (photo courtesy of Gabrielle Montesanti)
Athens teen killed in Urbandale crash, BCPD says passenger critically injured
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - An 18-year-old from Athens lost his life on Monday night while another teen was critically injured in a crash that took place in the Urbandale area. Battle Creek Police ...
May 10, 2022 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
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