Category Archives: Top News Stories
VIDEO: Firefighters make dramatic rescue before train hits vehicle on tracks in Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man involved in a two vehicle crash that left his Jeep straddling railroad tracks in Portage Friday morning was rescued from his vehicle just before it was hit by a train....
Jan 20, 2023 (courtesy of the City of Portage)
Front porch of a house in Kalamazoo destroyed as two vehicle crash
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two people were hurt and a house was damaged after a pair of vehicles collided and smashed into the home in the 300 block of Hopkins Street in Kalamazoo Thursday evening. ...
Jan 20, 2023 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
Murder trial begins for man accused of killing Schoolcraft couple in 2021 crash
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A jury is set to decide the fate of a man accused of killing a Schoolcraft married couple in a car crash over a year-and-a-half ago. According to Kalamazoo County Assista...
Jan 19, 2023 Rumble Press / CC
Lansing man accused in fatal Kalamazoo shooting last November headed to trial
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Lansing man will stand trial for open murder and gun charges in the shooting death of a Kalamazoo man last November. 29-year-old Damien Lang was ordered to stand trial W...
Jan 19, 2023 Kalamazoo County Courthouse. (Photo by Jeana Gondek).
Two to face murder charges for fatal stabbing of Kalamazoo Township man
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Prosecutors filed open murder charges on Tuesday, January 17 against two suspects accused of fatally stabbing a Kalamazoo Township man before setting his home on fire in ...
Jan 18, 2023 Best Law
Online applications now available for Kalamazoo County housing millage funding to address affordable housing crisis
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Housing developers and nonprofits working to combat the affordable housing crisis can now apply for funding from the Kalamazoo County housing millage levied on December 1...
Jan 18, 2023 An artist's rendering of a new senior housing complex at 530 South Rose Street, Kalamazoo, MI (courtesy of the City of Kalamazoo)
Kalamazoo County leverages local investment to receive large grant for housing development
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Both the Kalamazoo City Commission and the Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners received updates last night on efforts to secure more affordable housing in the communit...
Jan 18, 2023 Screenshot of Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners meeting Jan. 17, 2023
Kalamazoo City Commission approves record $300 million 2023 budget
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo City Commissioners unanimously approved their 2023 city budget last night. Mayor David Anderson says at $300 million, it's the largest in city history, with most...
Jan 18, 2023 Screenshot of the Kalamazoo City Commission meeting Jan. 17, 2023
Marshall City Council approve land transfer for "Marshall Megasite", residents express anger
MARSHALL, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Much to the chagrin of a majority of residents who attended Tuesday night's Marshall City Council meeting, the Council voted to approve a land transfer to build utilities on...
Jan 18, 2023
Two separate shooting incidents lead to two arrests in Kalamazoo Tuesday night
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 22-year-old Kalamazoo woman is facing felonious assault and weapons charges after allegedly shooting at people in the 1000 block of Interfaith Blvd Tuesday night. The Ka...
Jan 18, 2023 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
