Category Archives: Kalamazoo News

BBB - Don't lose money when trying to lose weight in the new year
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - With the new year officially kicked off, many residents may have started working on resolutions. Some of those may include working out more often or eating better. With...
Will Kriss Jan 03, 2022 Sacramento BBB / CC

UPDATED - Two vehicle crash in Comstock Township claims one life, names released
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP MI (WKZO AM/FM) - UPDATE (1/3/22) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office has released the names of those involved with this crash. The deceased has been identified as 27-year-old Wi...
Jim McKinney Jan 03, 2022 (Photo by John McNeil).

Kalamazoo-Battle Creek Airport officials urge passengers to check flight information
KALAMAZOO MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Officials at the Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport report that, despite the holiday break being over, flight delays and cancellations are continuing to be an iss...
Jim McKinney Jan 03, 2022 AZO officials urge passengers to check schedules regularly due to flight delays/cancellations

Alert neighbors help Calhoun County deputies nab home burglary suspect
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - A 40-year-old Albion man was arrested and lodged at the Calhoun County Jail after a home break in over the New Year's holiday weekend. Calhoun County Sheriff's Office deput...
Jim Measel Jan 03, 2022 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.

Lack of drivers force BC Transit to make temporary changes starting next week
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Battle Creek Transit has announced some temporary service changes due to a shortage of drivers. In addition to the changes, drivers are being hired at this time. Those i...
Jim Measel Jan 03, 2022 A Battle Creek Transit bus (courtesy of City of Battle Creek)

Galesburg couple has first baby of 2022 born at Bronson BirthPlace in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Bronson BirthPlace in Kalamazoo welcomed it's first baby born in 2022 Saturday, January 1. Killian Eugene Little was born at 2:30 a.m. New Year's Day morning weighing in a...
Ken Delaney Jan 03, 2022 Killian Eugene Little, was born at 2:30 a.m. January 1, 2022 at Bronson BirthPlace in Kalamazoo to parents Rachel and Caleb Little of Galesburg, MI (courtesy of Bronson BirthPlace)

Attic fire calls Kalamazoo firefighters out early New Year's Day
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A News Year''s Day fire at a Kalamazoo home remains under investigation. Saturday morning at approximately 2:30 a.m. a Kalamazoo department of Public Safety officer observ...
Ken Delaney Jan 03, 2022

Kalamazoo City and County Commissioners return to in-person meetings this week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - These are nervous times for Kalamazoo City and County Commissioners as they meet face to face for the first time since the pandemic began nearly two years ago, and despite...
Ken Delaney Jan 03, 2022 City of Kalamazoo logo

Gun violence hits record high in Kalamazoo for 2021
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The city of Kalamazoo is finishing up its most violent year on record, with gun violence reaching new highs for the second year in a row. Data from the Department of Publ...
Jerry Malec Jan 01, 2022 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety . (Photo by Jeana Gondek).

Van Buren Cass District Health Department updates COVID-19 quarantine and isolation guidance
VAN BUREN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- In accordance with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Van Buren Cass District Health Depa...
Jerry Malec Jan 01, 2022 A staff member at the SKLD nursing facility in Grand Rapids receives a COVID-19 vaccine from Tonino Michienzi of Walgreens. (Photo courtesy of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services).




