Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
UPDATED - Portage Police Department treating suspicious death as homicide, victim ID'd
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - UPDATE: The Portage Police Department is treating the death of an elderly resident as a homicide, according to an update released Tuesday. Previously, police had reported th...
Jul 27, 2021 Accident in Portage Tuesday seriously injures Kalamazoo man (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
Police searching for missing person in Barry County
BARRY COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Barry County Sheriff's Office is asking the public for assistance with locating a missing person. The person is identified as 41-year-old Rachel Lynn Hazen, who was...
Jul 27, 2021 Police are searching for Rachel Lynn Hazen, a missing person in Barry County. (Photo courtesy Barry County Sheriff's Office).
Haulman charged in 2005 BC murder of Ashley Parlier, suspect held in Pennsylvania for 2 other murders
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Calhoun County Sheriff Steve Hinkley announced on Tuesday that detectives from his department have submitted a request to the Calhoun County Prosecutor's Office to charg...
Jul 27, 2021 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
WOOD-TV's Ellen Bacca becomes first female Chief Meteorologist ever in West Michigan
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A television personality is making history in West Michigan. WOOD-TV's Ellen Bacca was named Chief Meteorologist in an announcement from the station on Monday. This ma...
Jul 27, 2021 Chief Meteorologist Ellen Bacca - Credit WOOD-TV
CCPHD reports first Delta variant COVID-19 case in Calhoun County
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Delta COVID-19 variant is now in Calhoun County. The Calhoun County Public Health Department has confirmed the variant was identified in a case of an individual livi...
Jul 27, 2021
Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist makes visit to Battle Creek Monday
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Monday, Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist II spoke with a series of small business owners, small manufacturers and advocacy organizations in Battle Creek as part of the ong...
Jul 26, 2021 Lt. Governor Gilchrist (photo courtesy of the office of Governor Gretchen Whitmer).
Kalamazoo Astronomical Society will dedicate new telescope in August
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Astronomical Society (KAS) is inviting the community to attend a special dedication ceremony for its new telescope in Owl Observatory, located on the grounds...
Jul 26, 2021 The Kalamazoo Astronomical Society will dedicate its new telescope during a special event on Saturday, August 14, 2021. (Photo courtesy Richard S. Bell).
UPDATE: New details in deadly Kalamazoo shooting of Decatur man, suspect ID'd
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Township of Kalamazoo Police Department has released new details in a shooting over the weekend that resulted in the death of a Decatur man. Previously, police had res...
Jul 26, 2021 Township of Kalamazoo police cruiser (Photo by John McNeil)
UPDATE: Suspect in Three Rivers shooting arrested
THREE RIVERS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - UPDATE: A suspect accused in a recent Three Rivers shooting has been arrested, according to an update from the Three Rivers Police Department Monday. Previously, police...
Jul 26, 2021 Three Rivers Police Department (Photo by John McNeil)
MDOT explains future I-94 rebuilding project in Berrien County, seeks public input
BERRIEN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is planning a three-year project to rebuild 11 miles of I-94 in Berrien County from I-94 Business Loop (BL) (Red Arro...
Jul 26, 2021 I 94 road project completion date revised (Photo by John McNeil)
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