Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Calhoun County health officials support CDC COVID-19 recommendations
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Based on evidence regarding transmission of the COVID-19 Delta variant, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its guidance that states face co...
Aug 04, 2021
Complete August 2021 Special Election results for southwest Michigan
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The polling locations for the August 3 Special Election closed at 8:00 p.m. Tuesday and results are in for communities and school districts in southwest Michigan. K...
Aug 04, 2021 GPA Photo Archive
UPDATE: Second suspect in Battle Creek apartment shooting said to be cooperating with police
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - UPDATE: The second suspect in a recent shooting at the Arbors Apartments in Battle Creek is said to be cooperating with police, according to an update from WWMT Tuesday...
Aug 03, 2021
Kalamazoo City Leaders, KDPS Deputy Chief Boysen discuss spike in gun violence
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The City of Kalamazoo is experiencing a spike in gun violence, and concern among residents is growing. During a virtual Commission meeting Monday night, several people cal...
Aug 03, 2021 Kalamazoo City Commissioners meet with Deputy Chief Boysen of KDPS on 8/2/21. (Photo via City of Kalamazoo YouTube page through Zoom meeting).
City of Portage announces sanitary sewer overflow at Romence Road Tuesday
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The City of Portage is confirmed that a sanitary sewer overflow took place Tuesday behind 525 Romence Road. Officials say it occurred around 3 p.m., adding that it was cause...
Aug 03, 2021 Portage City Hall seal. (Photo by John McNeil).
Kalamazoo County updates COVID-19 public health recommendations
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Following an update on COVID-19 health recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last week, the Kalamazoo County Health Department u...
Aug 03, 2021 Jernej Furman / CC
Kalamazoo neighborhoods to host National Night Out events Tuesday, August 3
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Residents in Kalamazoo are invited to several different National Night Out events on Tuesday, August 3, according to the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety (KDPS). The ...
Aug 03, 2021 KDPS Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety cruiser (Photo by Jeana Gondek)
Experience of a lifetime as plane that made history in World War II visits Kalamazoo
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- "That's All, Brother". That is the name of the plane, and the specific reason the plane was chosen for a mission that changed the world during the depths of World War II. T...
Aug 03, 2021 C-47 Airtrain that led D-Day invasion in World War II - Brandon James WKZO
Off-road vehicle crash in Van Buren County leaves one dead, another in critical condition
PORTER TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- One person has died and another is in critical condition after an off-road vehicle crashed in Van Buren County. Sheriff's Deputies responded to the 76000 block of 3...
Aug 03, 2021 ORV fatal crash - Courtesy Van Buren County Sheriff's office
Report on police response to protests, unrest in Kalamazoo last year to be released soon
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A report by an independent company that investigated the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety's response to several protests and unrest in the city last year is expected...
Aug 03, 2021 Black Lives Matter protest in downtown Kalamazoo (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
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