Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Battle Creek man hurt while trying to stop vehicle thief, suspect arrested
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One man is injured and another is in custody after an attempted vehicle theft in Battle Creek, WOOD TV reported Tuesday. The incident occurred just before 10 p.m. Monda...
Sep 21, 2021 Battle Creek Police Cruiser (photo by John McNeill).
City of Portage to start brush pickup collection one week early
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The City of Portage has revised its brush pickup schedule as of Tuesday. To avoid interfering with the Fall Leaf Pickup Program, the City of Portage October Quarterly Curbsi...
Sep 21, 2021 Portage City Hall seal. (Photo by John McNeil).
Broncos Kitchen Foundation to launch capital campaign on Friday, October 1
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Broncos Kitchen Foundation, a nonprofit hunger-relief charity, will kick off its capital campaign from 3 to 6 p.m. on Friday, October 1. The event will take place at t...
Sep 21, 2021 Mason Hutter, Vice-Chairman, left, and Andrew Messecar, Trustee and Fundraising Chairman, both of Broncos Kitchen. (Photo courtesy Broncos Kitchen).
City of Kalamazoo addresses Ampersee Avenue homeless camp evictions
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There are concerns about what will happen to the homeless residents who will soon be forced out of an improvised encampment off Ampersee Avenue in Kalamazoo. Several citiz...
Sep 21, 2021 Ampersee Avenue street sign in Kalamazoo, MI. (Image via Google Maps).
Kalamazoo City Commissioners declare gun violence a public health crisis
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo City Commissioners have declared a gun violence health crisis, and the County Board is expected to issue their own declaration tonight. The city declaration was ...
Sep 21, 2021 Kalamazoo City Hall in the fall. (Photo by John McNeill).
InterAct of Michigan to close after 30 years; ISK to take over programs
KALAMAZOO MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After 30 years of service to those who needed mental health and substance abuse services, InterAct of Michigan is transitioning its programs over to Integrated Services of ...
Sep 21, 2021 InterAct to close after 30+ years; programs to transition to ISK (logo courtesy of InterAct)
WMU head football coach tests positive for COVID
KALAMAZOO MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Western Michigan football head coach Tim Lester has tested positive for COVID. In a statement, Lester had experienced some mild symptoms on Sunday, and that since he has be...
Sep 21, 2021
Suspect in custody after armed robbery in Calhoun County's Athens Township
ATHENS TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Department have a suspect in custody following an armed robbery in Athens Township on Monday night. Deputies were dispatched at about 7:3...
Sep 21, 2021 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
Suspicious death under investigation at Kalamazoo-area apartment complex
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A suspicious death at a Kalamazoo area apartment early Tuesday is under investigation. Kalamazoo Township police say a body was found outside LakeView Apartments...
Sep 21, 2021 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Battle Creek man enters guilty plea in March 2020 death of Allison Sargent
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WTVB) - A Battle Creek man entered a guilty plea to a second degree murder charge on Monday in Calhoun County Circuit Court in connection with the March 2020 death of Allison Sargent...
Sep 21, 2021 Karen Neoh / CC
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