Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Two Portage Road weekend closures: First one to begin Friday, December 17
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is closing Portage Road under I-94 in Kalamazoo this weekend to set the eastbound I-94 bridge beams. The project was origin...
Dec 16, 2021
COVID-19 testing sites expanded in Cass & Van Buren counties
LAWRENCE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Van Buren/Cass District Health Department will be partnering with the Michigan Department of Health & Human Services to provide free Rapid Antigen COVID-19 tests a...
Dec 16, 2021 Jernej Furman / CC
Gov. Whitmer awards funding to small businesses in 28 communities to support state economy and job growth
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- 28 communities across Michigan have been awarded a total of $1,011,057 in grants aimed at supporting small local businesses. Governor Gretchen Whitmer made the announcement...
Dec 16, 2021 Ervins Strauhmanis / CC
Kalamazoo College names new Vice President for Business and Finance
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo College has named Lisa VanDeWeert as the institution's next vice president for business and finance and chief financial officer (CFO). VanDeWeert, vice president...
Dec 16, 2021 Kalamazoo College. (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek).
One residence damaged in overnight fire in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -Early Thursday morning Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety crews responded to reports of a fire in the 2800 block of South Burdick Street. Officers arrived at the buildin...
Dec 16, 2021 jonel hanopol / CC
Kalamazoo Pubic Schools student reportedly brought an aerosol gun onto a school bus Tuesday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo Public Schools student reportedly brought an aerosol gun onto a school bus Tuesday, and now faces suspension. WWMT-TV reports that parents of Maple Street Magn...
Dec 16, 2021 Bill McChesney / CC
Special checkout lane conveyer belts will help Hardings raise money for The Salvation Army again Christmas
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Building off a successful partnership last Christmas season that saw over $9,000 raised for The Salvation Army at two Harding's Markets locations, the organization and gro...
Dec 16, 2021 A checkout lane conveyer belt equipped with Salvation Army QR-coded red kettles imprinted on patented covers called MessageWrap® (courtesy of The Salvation Army of Kalamazoo)
Updated - One injured in officer-involved shooting in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - UPDATE (5:00 p.m.) - The Battle Creek Police Department (BCPD) has released new information regarding an officer-involved shooting Wednesday. The incident took place jus...
Dec 15, 2021 Battle Creek Police Cruiser (photo by John McNeill).
Pfizer touts COVID-19 pill following one-year anniversary of vaccine shots
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Following the one-year anniversary of the first COVID shots, Pfizer has announced that it has a pill that will greatly reduce the number of hospitalizations that result fr...
Dec 15, 2021 Jernej Furman / CC
Governor Whitmer awards grants to "Fix the Damn Roads" in 9 communities, including in SW Michigan
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Wednesday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced that the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is awarding nine state Transportation Economic Development Fund (TEDF) C...
Dec 15, 2021 Three Rivers, MI water tower (Photo by John McNeil)
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