Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Gilmore Car Museum will offer free frozen custard to visitors August 16 - 20
HICKORY CORNERS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - This week, the Gilmore Car Museum will offer free frozen custard to visitors between Monday, August 16, through Friday, August 20. The free small custard cone is off...
Aug 15, 2021 Frozen Custard at Gilmore Blue Moon Diner. (Photo courtesy Gilmore Car Museum).
UPDATE: Lake Michigan drowning victim found, identified
SAUGATUCK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 51 year old woman who went missing in Lake Michigan near Saugatuck Saturday night was found drowned Sunday morning. Mary Claire Dice-Grooters of Grandville, Michigan was...
Aug 15, 2021 Allegan County Sheriff's Office Marine Unit (File Photo by John McNeil)
Cass County Sheriff's Department - Five injured in Jefferson Township crash
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Cass County Sheriff's Office is reporting that five people were injured in a crash that occurred Saturday in Jefferson Township. The crash occurred just befor...
Aug 15, 2021 This crash occurred on 08/14/2021in Jefferson Township, located in Cass County. (Photo courtesy Cass County Sheriff's Office).
Kalamazoo residents can dispose of tires through new city program starting in September
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A pilot program this fall will help city residents get rid of unwanted tires at no cost, the city of Kalamazoo announced Wednesday. During the drop-off events, known as "T...
Aug 14, 2021 Dean Hochman / CC
WMU mandating COVID testing for students/staff/faculty who are not vaccinated
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Western Michigan University officials have announced that the school will require weekly COVID-19 testing of students and staff that are not vaccinated. Starting the week ...
Aug 13, 2021
Portage parents stage meeting on mask policy in district
PORTAGE MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Those for and against the Portage Public Schools policy of not mandating masks when school begins gathered Friday at the district's administration building to emphasize their...
Aug 13, 2021 Parents for/against district mask policy meet outside administration building
Essential workers in Kalamazoo County could benefit from the American Rescue Plan
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Essential workers in Kalamazoo County could have some bonus pay coming from the American Rescue Plan. County officials say they will have about $50-million in COVID-19 re...
Aug 13, 2021 Pictures of Money / CC
Woman and her horse injured after being struck by vehicle in Van Buren County
VAN BUREN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A woman and a horse she had been riding were both struck by a vehicle Wednesday evening in Van Buren County. Sheriff's deputies say she was on the side of the road...
Aug 13, 2021 (Photo by John McNeil)
Toddler in Mattawan in intensive care after nearly drowning in a swimming pool
MATTAWAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Police in Mattawan say a toddler was taken to a hospital Thursday morning after nearly drowning in a swimming pool. The 2-year-old girl was reportedly not breathing when s...
Aug 13, 2021 Kevin Doncaster / CC
Investigators say generator caused fire at a Hastings home Thursday morning
HASTINGS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Investigations into a fire at a home in Hastings Thursday morning show it was caused by a generator. Fire crews responded to the residence on Redwood Drive in the Meadowst...
Aug 12, 2021 Arseni Mourzenko
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