Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
One of two suspects identified in Vicksburg area mail thefts in custody; police searching for the 2nd
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office is one step closer to nabbing two suspects accused of stealing mail out of boxes in the Vicksburg area. With the help from a series ...
Mar 09, 2022 KCSO searching for Rocky W. Thomas accused with mail thefts in the Vicksburg area. (Photo courtesy of the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office).
Two arrested in two separate assault incidents in Kalamazoo Tuesday evening
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officers were kept busy with two assault incidents about 30 minutes apart Tuesday evening. Around 7:15 p.m. officers were dispatched ...
Mar 09, 2022
More design information released for Kalamazoo County's new Career Center to open in 2024
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A new fly-through video has been released that shows the conceptual design for the Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency's new Career Center. KRESA has been gather...
Mar 09, 2022 A conceptual drawing of the Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency's new Career Center (courtesy of KRESA)
Kalamazoo Area Anti Human Trafficking Coalition celebrates 10 years of service with two community awareness events
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- In honor of their 10-year milestone, The Kalamazoo Area Anti Human Trafficking Coalition will be hosting two community awareness events. The first event takes place on Th...
Mar 08, 2022
25-year-old and 17-year-old arrested for retail fraud in South Haven
SOUTH HAVEN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Two Kalamazoo area residents were arrested in Van Buren County for retail fraud. The South Haven Police Department reported that around 12:09 p.m. on Tuesday, March 8, ...
Mar 08, 2022
Rep. Carra, House approve plan to honor fallen sheriff's deputy from Three Rivers
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan House of Representatives on Tuesday, March 8, approved a plan state Rep. Steve Carra helped sponsor to honor the late Ryan J. Proxmire, a former Kalamazoo Coun...
Mar 08, 2022 State Rep. Steve Carra, of Three Rivers
Groundbreaking ceremony for new Kalamazoo public safety station on March 9
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The City of Kalamazoo is set to host a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Kalamazoo Public Safety Station #2 on Wednesday, March 9. The ceremony will be held at the cons...
Mar 08, 2022
Sergeant Ryan J. Proxmire memorial highway bill passes house
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- With overwhelming bipartisan support, The Michigan House of Representatives on Tuesday, March 8, passed House Bill 5720, which would designate a portion U.S. 131 in Kalamaz...
Mar 08, 2022 Kalamazoo County Sheriff Richard Fuller testifies in Lansing on House Bill 5720 in February, 2022.
Whitmer and fellow governors call on Congress to suspend federal gas tax
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- In response to rising gas prices from Russia's attack on Ukraine, Governor Gretchen Whitmer along with the governors from Colorado, Minnisota, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and ...
Mar 08, 2022 Mike Mozart / CC
Defendants facing human trafficking charges plead guilty, one sentenced to prison
WAYLAND, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Two West Michigan residents have pleaded guilty to human trafficking charges. And one of them is on their way to prison for up to 15 years. 52-year-old Robert Grigsby of Wa...
Mar 08, 2022 Chris Potter / CC
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