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2 hospitalized, one listed in critical condition following Sunday shooting in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A shooting in Kalamazoo left two men hospitalized on Sunday afternoon, July 23. Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officers were called to Portage Street near Phillips ...
Jul 24, 2023 KDPS Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety cruiser (Photo by Jeana Gondek)
Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners to discuss budget priorities at retreat Tuesday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners will be holding a retreat this week to focus on their next budget. They talk about finances at every meeting, but there are ove...
Jul 24, 2023 Kalamazoo County Courthouse. (Photo by Jeana Gondek)
One injured in shooting at Concord Place Apartments Sunday evening
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A shooting Sunday evening at Concord Place Apartments has left one man injured. The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office says the one male was struck during the shooting arou...
Jul 24, 2023 Alan Cleaver / CC
Plane on it's way to NYC makes emergency landing in Kalamazoo due to fuel leak
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An American Airlines flight on it's way to New York's LaGuardia Airport made an emergency landing in Kalamazoo Saturday morning, July 22. According to Kalamazoo-Battle Cre...
Jul 23, 2023 Image from Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport's Facebook page.
Man to spend life in prison for toddler's 2020 murder
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man was sentenced on Friday, July 21 in Calhoun County Circuit Court for the death of his girlfriend's son. Court records show that 21-year-old Henry Jones Jr. was se...
Jul 23, 2023 (Photo of Henry Jones Jr. provided by the Calhoun County Jail)
Area state representative says 2020 Trump electors are innocent
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A local state lawmaker who is also the Minority Vice Chair of the Michigan House Elections Committee is calling out Attorney General Dana Nessel after she filed forgery, ele...
Jul 21, 2023 Republican State Representative Rachelle Smit (courtesy Michigan House)
Bus drivers and other support staff for Kalamazoo Public Schools getting pay raises for 2023-2024
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools bus drivers, custodians, and food service managers will be getting substantial raises in the coming year. The Board of Education approved their co...
Jul 21, 2023 JohnPickenPhoto / CC
Series of anti-gun violence rallies kicks this weekend in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - 2023 started with a sharp decline in homicides in the City of Kalamazoo, but all that has changed since early April, and the city is are once again on pace for a bad year....
Jul 21, 2023 Tony Webster / CC
West Nile virus detected from mosquito pool in Kalamazoo County
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Health & Community Services Department's Environmental Health Division is reporting the first positive detection of West Nile Virus in Kalamazoo C...
Jul 20, 2023 Enrique Dans / CC
Kalamazoo County Commissioners to add staff for administration of County's share of national opioid settlement
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County is set to add two new staffers to it's ranks: One to administer the millions coming from the National Opioid Settlements, and the other to extend drug tre...
Jul 20, 2023 Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners at their meeting April 4, 2023 (courtesy John McNeill)
