Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
State EGLE awards $1.1 million in grants; three West Michigan organizations will receive funding
LANSING MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The State Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy, has announced that it has awarded over $1.1 million in grants for a total of 17 projects that involve coastal ma...
Feb 14, 2022 EGLE awards 1.1 million dollars in grants; three West Michigan groups get funding (logo courtesy of state EGLE)
Stadium Drive construction begins today; look for traffic delays
KALAMAZOO MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Motorists who travel on Stadium Dr on a regular basis should be aware that starting Monday, a construction project between Lovell and Howard Streets will cause traffic dela...
Feb 14, 2022 North Dakota
Huge youth national championship hockey tournament is coming to Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - 50 teams and over 700 players from across the country will descend on Kalamazoo late next month to be a part of one of the top youth tournaments in the nation. Kalamazoo O...
Feb 14, 2022 USA Hockey Youth Tier II 14U National Championships in Kalamazoo (Kalamazoo Optimist Hockey Association)
Names released in Friday's fatal traffic crash in Kalamazoo County's Ross Township
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Police have now released the names of those involved in a fatal accident in Kalamazoo County's Ross Township last Friday morning. The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Dep...
Feb 14, 2022 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
VIDEO: Zoobotix team of Kalamazoo middle school students qualifies for world championship
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Did you watch the Super Bowl? A team of young cyber-techs from Kalamazoo have won a bid to participate in the "Super Bowl" of pre-teen robotics. The Zoobotix team from Lin...
Feb 14, 2022 The robot from Linden Grove Middle school in Kalamazoo has qualified for the First Tech Challenge World Championships (courtesy of Kalamazoo Public Schools)
City of Kalamazoo to roll out details on upcoming reconstruction of Parkview Avenue in Zoom meeting later this month
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The City of Kalamazoo will hold a virtual Zoom meeting Thursday, February 24, from 7:00-8:30 p.m. to discuss the upcoming reconstruction of Parkview Avenue. City officials...
Feb 14, 2022
GRPD looking for new recruits
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Those interested in joining the Grand Rapids Police Department have until 11:59 p.m. on Monday, February 14, to apply for the department's sponsored police recruitment...
Feb 13, 2022
Four arrests made after suspects crash stolen car into fence
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Four people were arrested in Kalamazoo on felony charges after one of them crashes a stolen vehicle into a fence. It happened just before 9 p.m. on Saturday, February 12,...
Feb 13, 2022
Portage detective under investigation for inappropriate snap chat sent to teen
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Portage Public Safety detective is under investigation for snapchatting with an underage high school student. The now former Portage officer is under criminal investigati...
Feb 13, 2022 Accident in Portage Tuesday seriously injures Kalamazoo man (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
Free COVID-19 testing site opens in Kalamazoo County
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- In partnership with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, (MDHHS), and the Centers for Disease Control, the Kalamazoo County Health & Community Servic...
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