Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
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)
Resurfacing of BL-94 near Marshall scheduled to start on Monday
MARSHALL, MI (WTVB/WNWN) - The Michigan Department of Transportation has announced crews will be resurfacing a mile of the I-94 Business Loop near Marshall starting next Monday, May 2. Work will be pe...
Apr 26, 2022 Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) logo. (Photo courtesy Michigan Department of Transportation).
Officials say cause into Monday fatal fire in St. Joseph County is still unknown
CONSTANTINE TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB/WNWN) - The cause of a Monday morning fire that took the lives of two children in St. Joseph County remains under investigation. Constantine Fire Chief Mike Haydon says ...
Apr 26, 2022 jonel hanopol / CC
Four juveniles arrested and two stolen vehicles found in late Monday night incident in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Four juveniles are in custody and two stolen vehicles have been recovered by the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety. KDPS says at approximately 11:30 p.m. Monday office...
Apr 26, 2022 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety cruiser (Photo by Jeana Gondek).
Three buildings destroyed, numerous animals die in major Branch County fire
BUTLER TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - Three buildings were destroyed and numerous animals perished Monday in a major agricultural fire in northeast Branch County. Quincy Fire Chief Michael Sherman says it appe...
Apr 25, 2022
Battle Creek Community Foundation to receive $500K to establish Children's Savings Account pilot programs
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced on Monday the award of $1 million dollars to support two Children's Savings Account pilot programs. According to a news release fro...
Apr 25, 2022 Ervins Strauhmanis / CC
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