Category Archives: Kalamazoo News

Mother says daughter injured after being tackled by Kalamazoo Central High School employee
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The mother of a Kalamazoo Central High School sophomore alleges her daughter was tackled to the ground and injured by an administrator at the school. WWMT-TV repo...
Ken Delaney Jan 13, 2022 Kalamazoo Central High School - Google Street View

Bell's Brewery founder donates $1 million to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The founder of Bell's Brewing is making good on his pledge to get more involved in community affairs after selling the brewery, donating $1 million to the Boys and Girls C...
Ken Delaney Jan 13, 2022 Bell's Brewery founder and President Larry Bell (courtesy of Bell's Brewery)

Police say alcohol involved as vehicle crashes into business on South Westnedge
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says a vehicle crashed into a building in the 3100 block of South Westnedge Avenue early this morning, with the driver who attemp...
Ken Delaney Jan 13, 2022 Police lights
Kalamazoo police recover three vehicles stolen from Calhoun County
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A total of three vehicles stolen in Calhoun County were recovered in Kalamazoo yesterday and early this morning. Wednesday the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety respon...
Ken Delaney Jan 13, 2022

UPDATE - Suspect in Portage double stabbing released, second victim identified
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The suspect in a Portage double stabbing case this week has been released from jail, according to an update from MLive Wednesday. Police told MLive that he has been released...
Will Kriss Jan 12, 2022 Portage Police cruiser (photo by John McNeil)

Gov. Whitmer announces Welch Foods expansion in Lawton
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Wednesday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) announced that Welch Foods is expanding its operations in the village of Lawton...
Will Kriss Jan 12, 2022 Mark Morgan / CC

$1 million in federal funding awarded to 17 Kalamazoo agencies
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Seventeen Kalamazoo projects have received federal grant dollars to support their work in addressing the continuing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The United Way of the...
Will Kriss Jan 12, 2022 Kalamazoo City Hall in winter. (Photo by John McNeil)

Cass County car fire victims identified
CASSOPOLIS MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Cass County Sheriff's Department has released the names of the two victims in a car fire that occurred January 7th. Electra May Sutfin, a 27 year old female from Galie...
Jim McKinney Jan 12, 2022 Cass County Sheriff's Office sign. (Photo by John McNeil)

Kalamazoo Gospel Mission says it's not seeing an increasing number of residents with COVID
KALAMAZOO MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A report by WWMT News 3 indicates that, despite an increase in COVID cases over the past several weeks, that trend is not being seen at the Kalamazoo Gospel Mission. A spok...
Jim McKinney Jan 12, 2022 Kalamazoo Gospel Ministries (KGM) logo. (Image courtesy of Kalamazoo Gospel Ministries).

Spread of Omicron variant forces suspension of all Calhoun County jury trials until at least February 11
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - All jury trials in the Calhoun County Court system are temporarily suspended due to the rapid spread of the Omicron variant in Southwest Michigan and specifically in Cal...
Jim Measel Jan 12, 2022 Best Law
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