Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
DNR to conduct controlled burn in Kalamazoo County
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is set to perform a prescribed fire, otherwise known as a controlled burn in a section of the Gourdneck State Game Area in Port...
Apr 27, 2022 =Nahemoth= / CC
Southwest Michigan Miracle League opening day Spring 2022
SCHOOLCRAFT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Springtime means baseball, and one of the area's unique youth baseball leagues is ready to begin its season. The Southwest Michigan Miracle Baseball League will kick of...
Apr 27, 2022
AUDIO: Improved sidewalks on their way to Kalamazoo thanks to the Foundation for Excellence
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- As this year's construction season begins, the City of Kalamazoo has contracted to fix more sidewalks this year than it has in the past. City Utilities Director Jim Baker...
Apr 27, 2022
AUDIO: Michigan Democratic Party holds rally in Kalamazoo to protest "sunsetting" of Medicare and Social Security
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan Democratic Party hosted a press conference and rally in Kalamazoo on Tuesday, April 26 to push back on a Republican plan they say puts both Social Security a...
Apr 27, 2022
Battle Creek firefighters extinguish house fire in 10 minutes; no injuries reported
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Some faulty electrical wiring was to blame for a house fire in Battle Creek on Tuesday evening, April 26. Authorities say firefighters got the call about the fire at 3...
Apr 27, 2022 Battle Creek Fire department (Photo by John McNeil)
Search for new Portage City Manager narrowed down to three candidates
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Portage City Council has narrowed their list of finalists for City Manager to three. All three candidates are currently working in Michigan. After interviewing five cand...
Apr 27, 2022 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
Portage City Council votes for water and sewer rate increases totaling around 5.5%
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A proposal to raise water and sewer rates in Portage was approved unanimously by the City Council Tuesday night. The first rate increase in four years will cover increased c...
Apr 27, 2022 City of Portage logo
Dowagiac man ejected from vehicle in Cass County accident
CASS COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Cass County deputies responded to a crash on Tuesday, April 25, where a Dowagiac man was taken to the hospital after being ejected from his vehicle. It happened around ...
Apr 26, 2022 Cass County Sheriff Cruiser. (Photo by John McNeill).
UPDATED: Four juveniles arrested for stealing two vehicles and three guns in Kalamazoo repeat offenders
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Four juveniles suspected of stealing two vehicles and three guns in Kalamazoo appeared in court on Tuesday, April 26, and are facing felony charges. According to the Kala...
Apr 26, 2022 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety cruiser (KDPS). Photo by Jeana Gondek.
Police say Kalamazoo rapper was man killed in early Monday morning shooting
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Authorities have now identified the man shot and killed in Kalamazoo early Monday morning. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says Devon Jackson, also known by his ...
Apr 26, 2022 Devon Jackson, also known by his rapper name Viggie Versace, was shot to death April 25, 2022 in Kalamazoo (photo courtesy of SoundCloud account)
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