Kalamazoo MI

A stolen pickup truck doesn’t just disappear without a trace. But in this case, it nearly did. Months after a Dodge Ram was reported stolen, it turned up in a place no one was actively searching. Not in a garage, not stripped for parts, but sitting 25 feet underwater at the bottom of Wolf Lake.

PORTAGE, MI -- Portage residents will see higher water and sewer rates starting July 1. The Portage City Commission approved water and sewage rate increases at a meeting on Tuesday, May 12. Water rates will increase from $26.22 to $27.53 per quarter for a typical residential customer, a 4.98% increase,...

MARSHALL, MI (WTVB) – Dark Horse Brewing Co. has consolidated its manufacturing and marketing operations at its Marshall facility, driving a 58% increase in production in 2025 and establishing the site as the primary hub for its diverse portfolio of beer, spirits, and flavored malt beverages. This expansion includes...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — A well-known philanthropic couple around town is receiving prestigious, national recognition. Lynn Chen-Zhang and Charles Zhang are both being recognized for their contributions to business, public service and philanthropy with the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, considered one of nation's most prestigi

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — A fugitive wanted on drug charges was arrested in Kalamazoo on Thursday. Just after 11 a.m., detectives from the Van Buren County Narcotics Unit received information on the whereabouts of a wanted fugitive from a drug case in Kalamazoo County. Local: Roof Sit celebrates 28 years...

PORTAGE, MI -- A locally-owned restaurant that bills itself as “fast fresh food” is closed for remodeling. Blue Kitchella, 8211 Portage Road in Portage, announced the closure on Tuesday, May 12. “We are closing for remodeling and to repair the parking lot,” the restaurant posted on Facebook. “We...

LAGRANGE COUNTY, Ind. — As gas prices near $5 a gallon in parts of Michigan, residents are crossing state lines into Indiana to save money at the pump, where prices are significantly lower due to waived taxes. In Kalamazoo and in Sturgis, gas prices have reached nearly $5 per...

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Teams of federal, state, and local personnel are compiling information in the city of Kalamazoo and 30 other counties in the Michigan, as the state looks to ask for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for aid in the wake of severe flooding and multiple tornadoes this spr

KALAMAZOO, MI — For around a year, Patti Ann McNulty has been turning her Trim Salon into a small concert hall. At the old Downtown storefront on Michigan and Church, she and partner Greg Orr sweep up the day’s hair, haul the chairs and shampoo bowls to the end of the shop, put up a curtain, put up lights, sound equipm

PORTAGE, MI -- Several years after initially being proposed, a $56 million mixed-use development called The Paisley at Portage Creek has received final approval from the city to move forward. The Portage City Council approved new plans for an apartment complex at a Tuesday, May 12, meeting. Plans were last...