Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Kalamazoo County announces it's first Director of Diversity Equity and Inclusion
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners has hired their first Director of Diversity Equity and Inclusion. William Alvin Gray, who was appointed during a special meeti...
Mar 07, 2022 Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners meeting March 1, 2022 (photo courtesy of John McNeill)
Train vs pedestrian victim identified by Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office has identified the victim of a fatal Amtrak Train pedestrian accident on Friday, March 4. Authorities say that 25-year-old Kaitlyn E...
Mar 07, 2022 Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office (Photo by John McNeil)
Kalamazoo rally held to remember the Civil Rights movement's Blood Sunday, call for passage of additional voting legislation
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM)- In an effort to commemorate one of the milestone dates in the Civil Rights movement, dozens marched in Kalamazoo Sunday. One day before the anniversary of Bloody Sunday, wh...
Mar 07, 2022 Bloody Sunday rally in Kalamazoo, MI March 6, 2022
City to pay $150,000 in damages for home that was destroyed in November gun battle and stand-off
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Following a shoot out with police that left an Edison Neighborhood home destroyed, Kalamazoo City Commissioners tonight are scheduled to sign off on two negotiated settlem...
Mar 07, 2022 KDPS Police Chief Vernon Coakley
City of Kalamazoo looks to add pressure for Morrow Dam sediment clean-up
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Legislation has been introduced to make it easier for the State of Michigan to hold private firms responsible when they create environmental disasters, and tonight, Kalama...
Mar 07, 2022 City of Kalamazoo logo
Battle Creek Transit services return after some changes, drivers still being hired
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The City of Battle Creek has announced that Battle Creek Transit services are back as of Monday after some temporary changes, and they are continuing to hire drivers. Af...
Mar 07, 2022 A Battle Creek Transit bus (courtesy of City of Battle Creek)
UPDATE: Barry County police identify victim of Friday fatal bicycling accident
BARRY COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Police have identified the Barry County man who died on Friday, March 4, in a cycling accident. 82-year-old Paul Andrew Sweetland of Hastings was traveling northbound ...
Mar 06, 2022 Barry County Sheriff's Dept. logo
Kalamazoo County police investigating train vs pedestrian accident
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office is investigating an accident where a pedestrian was hit by an Amtrak train in Kalamazoo on Friday, March 4. It happened on the track...
Mar 06, 2022 KCSD investigating fatal one car accident in Comstock
KDPS investigating two weekend shooting incidents
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety police are investigating two shooting incidents that occurred over the weekend in Kalamazoo. The most recent one took place on Satur...
Mar 06, 2022 (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek)
Hopkins Township man killed in Allegan County crash
HOPKINS TWP., MI (WKZO AM/FM, Mar. 5, 2022) - The Allegan County Sheriff's Department is continuing its investigation into a one-vehicle accident on Friday night that killed a Hopkins man. Deputies re...
Mar 05, 2022
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