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Coat drive in Kalamazoo will be part of September 11th National Day of Service and Remembrance
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Over 200 volunteers from AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP and Milestone Senior Services in will commemorate the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks by joining in patriotic acts of volu...
Sep 03, 2023 (courtesy onewarmcoat.org)
Fatal crash in Allegan County's Overisel Township remains under investigation
ALLEGAN MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An accident Friday morning in Allegan County's Overisel Township has claimed the life of a 14-year-old Zeeland area youth. Allegan County Sheriff's Deputies were summoned to ...
Sep 01, 2023 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education hopes for normalcy for 2023-2024 school year
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After the COVID-19 pandemic and last year's Superintendent controversy, members of the Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education hope they have turned the corner. A new ...
Sep 01, 2023 Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education meeting Aug. 31, 2023
EGLE looking for public comment on proposed air clean-up plan for Graphic Packaging Inc.
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The state of Michigan's environmental watchdog agency has issued an order to Graphic Packaging Inc. to clean up its act and Kalamazoo's air, and they are asking for public...
Sep 01, 2023 A Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Town Hall on Graphic Packaging in Kalamazoo May 18, 2023 (courtesy John McNeill)
Battle Creek Police conducting murder investigation on North Union, few details released
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Battle Creek Police Department is not releasing a lot of information at this time about a murder investigation. The Detective Bureau and Crime Lab were at the scene ...
Sep 01, 2023
Kalamazoo officials say downtown "Streets for All" improves infrastructure and safer streets
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - City of Kalamazoo officials say a more lively and vibrant downtown Kalamazoo is on the way, thanks to the street infrastructure work that is ongoing throughout the city, w...
Aug 31, 2023 Kalamazoo Avenue at Rose Street, Kalamazoo, MI (courtesy of imaginekalamazoo.com)
Kalamazoo County Veterans Affairs Committee pushing for yes vote on November millage question
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County has special millages to provide funding for senior citizen services, for law enforcement, and to create more affordable housing. Now veterans groups say t...
Aug 31, 2023 (courtesy Kalamazoo County Veterans Services Office)
Brayton steps down from the Portage City Council, says she will withdraw from the Mayor's race
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The controversy over the residency of a member of the Portage City Council may be over, as Lisa Brayton announced she will not be running for Mayor and is stepping down from...
Aug 30, 2023 Portage City Hall seal. (Photo by John McNeil).
Police to use "Connect Kalamazoo" video to help fight crime
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A digital network that can connect the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety to private video security systems that was initially planned for the downtown is now being mad...
Aug 30, 2023 (courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
Shooting suspect shot at by police, hit by vehicle as KDPS officers apprehend him
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A suspect is in custody for allegedly shooting a 17-year-old early Wednesday morning, and two Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officers involved in his apprehension h...
Aug 30, 2023 Officer Involved Shooting graphic (courtesy Michigan State Police)
