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Van Buren County worker struck, killed on job site
BANGOR TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A worker for the Van Buren County Road Commission was killed after being struck by a vehicle in a construction zone northwest of Lawrence Friday morning. Michigan St...
Mar 03, 2023 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Just over a week after devastating ice storm, area faces heavy snowfall, Winter Storm Warning
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Old Man Winter is not done yet, with heavy snow is predicted from the Upper Midwest to New England today. Kalamazoo County and the surrounding area is under a Winter Storm...
Mar 03, 2023 (courtesy National Weather Service Grand Rapids)
VIDEO & AUDIO: Suspect sought in parking lot shooting near busy Kalamazoo area intersection
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office is searching for a suspect involved with a shooting at an Oshtemo Township Liquor Store that took place a week ago on Thursday, Febr...
Mar 02, 2023 Suspect 1 has already been arrested and is in custody. Police are still looking for Suspect 2. (Image provided by the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County Commissioners set priorities for the year at annual retreat
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamazoo County Board held it's annual retreat Tuesday night, and they plan on focusing their attention on fewer priorities this year. Their biggest priority will be...
Mar 02, 2023 The retreat was held at the Catalyst Center Downtown, just a few blocks from the County Administration Building. (Photo from John McNeill)
Local state of emergency to end for Kalamazoo County
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamazoo County Office of Emergency Management announced on Tuesday, February 28 that all essential services are operating normally ahead of the local state of emerg...
Mar 01, 2023 Jon Evans / CC
Another potential winter storm on the docket for Friday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Looks like another powerful winter storm is making it's way toward West Michigan for Friday according to weather forecasters. This possible weather event is coming on the...
Mar 01, 2023 lina smith / CC
$12 million federal grant slated for City of Kalamazoo to improve downtown streets
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The City of Kalamazoo is getting set to receive more than $12 million dollars from the federal government to improve it's downtown streets. The $12.27 million will go tow...
Feb 28, 2023 Ervins Strauhmanis / CC
Location picked for Kalamazoo Pod housing community
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Housing Resources Incorporated, also known as HRI, has chosen a location for it's tiny home Pod community. The announcement was made by HRI in a news release on Tuesday, ...
Feb 28, 2023 Pods are very small shelters that have been used to provide emergency and transitional shelter in other communities. (Photos courtesy HRI)
UPDATE: Cassopolis bank robber suspect sought by police arrested in Indiana
CASSOPOLIS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A suspect sought in a February 27th bank robbery in Cassopolis has been arrested in Indiana. Village of Cassopolis Police Chief Todd McMichael reports that the man was ta...
Feb 28, 2023 Photo provided by the Village of Cassopolis Police Department.
KPS Board of Education gets report card on progress of elementary and middle school students
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There were some interesting findings in a new assessment of how Kalamazoo Public Schools students are doing halfway through the new school year. The KPS Board of Education...
Feb 28, 2023 A chart showing how various demographic groups in the Kalamazoo Public Schools high Schools are performing since the COVID-19 pandemic (courtesy KPS)
