Category Archives: Top News Stories
Winchell Avenue pilot program a "No Go"; City of Kalamazoo announces new plan
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Remember the one-lane pilot program for Kalamazoo's Winchell Avenue to allow cars share one lane of traffic to make way for bikers? Well that plan, which was announced in ...
Aug 07, 2023 A diagram of the proposed Edge Lane Road for Winchell Ave (courtesy City of Kalamazoo)
Pension investment committee gets high praise, City Commissioners look to reappoint Robert Salisbury tonight
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A special group of local experts that oversees the investment of the separate pension funds for the City of Kalamazoo and Kalamazoo County employees has been very good at ...
Aug 07, 2023
Otsego and Gull Lake school district voters face millage renewal votes in relatively quiet election Tuesday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Tomorrow is an election day in Michigan, but ballot items are few and far between in Kalamazoo County. Voters in the Otsego Public Schools district and the Gull Lake Commu...
Aug 07, 2023 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
UPDATE: Suspect in multiple homicides in St Joseph County shot and killed in Branch County Sunday
CENTREVILLE MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A suspect wanted in connection with two homicides in St Joseph County has been killed. 30 year old David Algarin, Jr., was suspected in connection with two shooting incid...
Aug 06, 2023 David Keith Algarin, Jr., a suspect sought in connection with at least one homicide, has been killed after fleeing from authorities.
Former LiUNA labor leader bound over on CSC charges
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - 40-year-old Jonathan Byrd, 40, of Battle Creek was bound over on one count of fourth degree Criminal Sexual Conduct on Thursday, August 3. Michigan's Attorney General Dana N...
Aug 04, 2023 Best Law
KPS Board of Education selects Takisha Johnson to fill trustee vacancy
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education unanimously selected Takisha Johnson as their new trustee in a special board meeting on Thursday, August 3. Johnson is the ...
Aug 04, 2023
One dead after several shootings in Battle Creek over the last 48 hours
BATTLE CREEK MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Numerous shooting incidents in the city of Battle Creek over the last two days have claimed one victim. A spokesperson for the city's police department stated that polic...
Aug 03, 2023
AUDIO: Property negotiations for new downtown Kalamazoo parking ramp ongoing
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Board has authorized talks with the owner of a building across the street from their downtown headquarters, and during a meeting held Wednesday night,...
Aug 03, 2023
Beam work at new Capital Avenue bridge over I-94 expected to snarl traffic this weekend
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - This will not be a good weekend for Type A drivers in the area of I-94 and Capital Avenue in Battle Creek. The Michigan Department of Transportation has announced that c...
Aug 02, 2023
Suspect charged in fatal shooting of 17-year-old Kalamazoo teen to go to trial
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man charged in the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old Kalamazoo boy in July was bound over to circuit court Tuesday, August 1. According to court documents, 46-year-old Tie...
Aug 02, 2023 (Photo provided by the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office)
