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Among continuing concern over odors, City of Kalamazoo offers tours of Water Reclamation Plant this week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One thing that became apparent during last week's Town Hall on Kalamazoo's big stink is that the City's Water Reclamation plant is also a source of smelly chemical odors a...
May 22, 2023 (courtesy of John McNeill)
Man in custody after bomb threat at Gull Road restaurant Sunday evening
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office says a suspect is in custody for making a bomb threat at the Applebee's Grill and Bar on Gull Road in Comstock Township aroun...
May 22, 2023 (Photo by John McNeil)
Alcohol suspected in two-vehicle crash injury crash in Cass County
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Authorities believe alcohol to be a factor in a two-vehicle crash in Cass County that sent two people to the hospital on Saturday, May 20. Cass County Sheriff's d...
May 21, 2023 (Photo provided by the Cass County Sheriff's Office)
AUDIO: Despite efforts to curb gun violence, shootings continue to plague Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Several local governmental bodies have declared June 2 to be Gun Violence Awareness Day in Kalamazoo. But despite their efforts, the shootings continue. A possible suspect...
May 19, 2023 (Photo courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety).
Shooting victim pronounced dead at Bronson Methodist Hospital
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Another shooting death in Kalamazoo. Thursday at 10:11 p.m. the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety responded to calls of a shooting victim on the 1400 block of Fox Ridg...
May 19, 2023 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Some residents call for the closing of Graphic Packaging plant because of odors and health concerns
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A concerned and at times angry group of Kalamazoo residents appeared at last night's Town Hall to talk about odors coming from Graphic Packaging, some of them demanding th...
May 19, 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 charge two people with illegally moving body after suspected overdose
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek Police have released more information about a body that was discovered in a grassy area north of the Battle Creek River on on Wednesday, May 17. Authoritie...
May 18, 2023
Tuesday groundbreaking ceremony to start Portage Public Schools' 2021 bond projects
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The official start to the 2021 school bond projects in the Portage Public Schools is scheduled to start next week. The 175 million dollar bond is set to replace five aging b...
May 18, 2023 Portage Public Schools logo courtesy of Portage Public Schools)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County Commissioners allocate millage funding for 2023 affordable housing projects
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners has allocated the money for this year's affordable housing projects. And that funding came from a voter approved millage. $2-mi...
May 18, 2023 Ervins Strauhmanis / CC
BCPS partner with W.K. Kellogg Foundation on new scholarship program
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - What is being called an historic investment in Battle Creek Public Schools graduates was made on Wednesday thanks to a partnership between BCPS and the W.K. Kellogg Foun...
May 18, 2023 Courtesy Battle Creek Central High School Facebook page
