Category Archives: Top News Stories
Bronson updates visitor guidelines to slow the spread of COVID-19
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- With the continued rise of COVID-19 cases across the state, Bronson Healthcare has updated it's visitor guidelines. Effective Saturday, April 10th, Bronson hospitals will...
Apr 10, 2021 Bronson sign in Kalamazoo. (Photo by John McNeil)
Portage Public Schools decides to continue in-person instruction, not suspend spring sports
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Portage Public Schools officials say after carefully considering Governor Gretchen Whitmer's latest recommendation for high schools to shift to remote learning and to suspen...
Apr 09, 2021 Portage Central High School (courtesy of Portage Public Schools)
Mills Street encampment to be closed by the City of Kalamazoo next week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A homeless encampment on Kalamazoo's northeast side will officially be dismantled next week. The City of Kalamazoo Friday announced that it would close the Mills Street en...
Apr 09, 2021 Mess from homeless encampment on the Kalamazoo River - Courtesy Kalamazoo River Alliance
Whitmer and MDHHS urge volunteer measures over next 2 weeks to slow surge
LANSING, MI (WTVB/WNWN) - With Michigan becoming the COVID-19 hotspot of the nation, Governor Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services urged several volunteer measures on Frida...
Apr 09, 2021 Governor Whitmer prepares to receive COVID-19 vaccine on 4/6/21. (Photo courtesy of the Office of Governor Whitmer).
Major two-year construction project on I-94 in Kalamazoo begins on Tuesday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- M-DOT will be starting a two-year project to widen I-94 from four to six lanes in an area of Kalamazoo County next week. The work involves an area of the freeway from Lov...
Apr 09, 2021 I-94 Portage Rd. exit sign - Google Street View
Kalamazoo police officers assaulted by two suspects during felonious assault investigation
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo police say two suspects began fighting with officers, including biting one of them, while being arrested Wednesday night. Police responded to an area in the 120...
Apr 09, 2021
Suspicious house fire and fatal car crash in Kalamazoo Township linked together
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Officers from the Township of Kalamazoo Police Department are investigating a suspicious house fire and a fatal car crash that occurred moments apart around 10:30...
Apr 08, 2021
Suspect in custody after early morning Oshtemo Township homicide
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office says a homicide suspect is in custody, after they discovered 23-year-old Kalamazoo resident dead in the 5500 block of Redcoat ...
Apr 08, 2021 (Photo by John McNeil)
