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Two injured in crash at Sprinkle Road and Milham Avenue Thursday evening
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Sprinkle Road in Portage was closed for several hours last night after a crash between a pick-up truck and an SUV. Around 8:30 p.m. Portage Police and Fire personnel were di...
Dec 09, 2022 Portage Police cruiser (photo by John McNeil)
City of Portage receives $500,000 grant for Lexington Green Park improvements
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced on Wednesday, December 7 that the City of Portage would be receiving a $500,000 g...
Dec 08, 2022 Image from googlemaps.com
New head football coach named for Western Michigan University
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Western Michigan University named it's newest head football coach on Thursday, December 8. The announcement comes just ten days after the university fired head coach Tim ...
Dec 08, 2022
Local health officials concerned with national rise in flu cases and urge residents to get vaccinated
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamzoo County Health and Community Services Department is urging residents to get vaccinated now to slow the spread of influenza, especially ahead of the holidays. ...
Dec 07, 2022 NIAID / CC
Ascension Borgess nurses authorize union leadership to call for strike if needed
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Talks are scheduled to resume Thursday, but unionized nurses at Ascension Borgess Hospital have voted to allow their contract bargaining team the ability to call for a str...
Dec 07, 2022 Photo courtesy Ascension Borgess Hospital.
Calhoun County deputy praised for saving elderly man's life in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A Calhoun County Sheriff's deputy is being praised for saving the life of a 69-year-old man on Tuesday morning in Springfield after the man walked away from a local assis...
Dec 07, 2022 Calhoun County Sheriff's Office cruisers. (Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office).
Kalamazoo County deputies recover stolen vehicle during flee and elude incident
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo County Sheriff's deputies recovered a stolen vehicle in Comstock Township on Monday, December 5. Deputies responded to the area of East G Avenue on Nort...
Dec 06, 2022 (Photo by John McNeil).
AUDIO: Porter a tentative pick for new Kalamazoo City attorney position by city commissioners
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo City Commissioners have tentatively picked a local lawyer to be their new City Attorney, over two other candidates from Flint and Detroit. It seems it was James...
Dec 06, 2022
Upton applauds Pfizer's continued expansion and investment in Kalamazoo County
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) -- U.S. Representative Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, on Monday, December 5 released the following statement after Pfizer announced it will invest $750 million and add 300 job...
Dec 05, 2022 (Photo courtesy of fredupton.com)
Pfizer to invest $750 million to expand Portage MI facility and create 300 jobs
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced on Monday, December 5 that Pfizer Incorporated will be investing $750 million in it's Portage, MI facility. Officials say the investme...
Dec 05, 2022 Governor Gretchen Whitmer announcing on Monday, December 5, 2022, the $750 million investment by Pfizer Incorporated to expand the Portage, MI facility. (Photo provided by the Michigan Executive Office of the Governor)
