Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: Kalamazoo breaks ground on new Public Safety Station to serve Edison and Milwood neighborhoods
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - While there has been a lot of new construction in Kalamazoo in recent years, the City itself held its first groundbreaking in a decade Wednesday to mark the construction o...
Mar 10, 2022 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Station #2 groundbreaking March 9, 2022 (photo courtesy of John McNeill)
11-year-old student arrested for bringing gun to Battle Creek school Monday
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An 11-year-old Battle Creek Public Schools student is being charged with bringing a gun to a no-firearm zone, after he was found with it at school Monday. No one was hu...
Mar 10, 2022
WMU Public safety officer recovering after head-on collision with suspected drunk driver
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Western Michigan University Public Safety officer is recovering after the police vehicle was hit head-on by a suspected drunk driver. In a Facebook post, WMU Public Safe...
Mar 10, 2022 (courtesy of Western Michigan University Public Safety)
Patterson selected as Battle Creek Lakeview's new Superintendent by school board
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Battle Creek Lakeview Board of Education voted on Tuesday night to offer Doctor William Patterson the position of Superintendent. According to a post on the district...
Mar 10, 2022
Three arrested after carjacking on Reed Avenue in Kalamazoo Wednesday night
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Three juvenile suspects are in custody after police were flagged down by the victim of an alleged carjacking in the 1200 block of Reed Avenue in Kalamazoo around 9:00 p.m....
Mar 10, 2022 James Reynolds / CC
Commissioners says no impropriety in their votes on housing in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Four current Kalamazoo City Commissioners work in the housing sector. Some have questioned whether that mean they have a conflict of interest when housing issues before th...
Mar 10, 2022 Kalamazoo City Commission meeting March 7, 2022
Study showing Michigan 33rd on list as one of the worst states to live in
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The pandemic enabled millions to work remotely for the first time ever causing a once in a generation reshuffling of how Americans work and where they choose to live. To ...
Mar 09, 2022
Study shows 3% of households in Kalamazoo metro area as military households
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A new report from Filterbuy is out featuring locations in the U.S. with the most military families. While fewer Americans hold positions in the U.S. Armed Forces than in ...
Mar 09, 2022 US Air Force
Rent help on the way for Kalamazoo County residents through state program
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- For the first time in 16 years, Kalamazoo County residents will be able to apply for rent assistance through a state program. The Michigan State Housing Development Autho...
Mar 09, 2022 Galesburg Village Apartments - Google Street View
Suspects arrested on multiple felony charges ID'd by Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office has identified two suspects who were arrested on Monday, March 7, on numerous felony charges. 36-year-old Joshua Scott Knipfel and 3...
Mar 09, 2022 (Photo by John McNeil).
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