Kalamazoo MI

BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – A man who was babysitting at a Battle Creek home is charged with child abuse after a five-year-old he was caring for opened the door with a loaded handgun when a police cadet was serving a subpoena on Saturday. 21-year-old Blayke Yorks was...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — American Airlines will add a larger aircraft to its rolodex of daily fliers at Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport (AZO). Starting June 5, the Embraer 70 (E70), with 53 main cabin seats and 12 first class, will fly all daily departures and arrival...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — A new mural is coming to a neighborhood in Kalamazoo. The Edison Neighborhood Association (ENA) and city of Kalamazoo announced the upcoming Washington Square Pedestrian Scramble Mural. Designs for the mural were submitted to ENA and voted upon by a committee...

KALAMAZOO, MI — The city of Kalamazoo received $714,400 for work on three city bridges. Come 2027, the city will use the Michigan Department of Transportation funds for “structural improvements” to bridges crossing Portage Creek at Stockbridge Avenue and Lovers Lane. In the...

BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Battle Creek police have arrested the third suspect in the February 2023 murder of 17-year-old Battle Creek Central High School student Jack Snyder. 20-year-old Marcus Parsons was arrested Monday at a home in the first block of Tennyson Avenue in...

KALAMAZOO, MI — Travelers will soon have the option to fly first class between Kalamazoo and Chicago on American Airlines large, dual-class Embraer 170 aircrafts. Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport (AZO) announced Wednesday that the airline will operate the dual-class...

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A Battle Creek man has been charged after five children were removed from an "unsafe" home Saturday morning. Wednesday, Blayke Yorks, 21, was charged with two counts of third-degree child abuse and one count of fourth-degree child abuse in the case. Four...

VAN BUREN COUNTY, MI — Fire destroyed three buildings after neighbors reported hearing an explosion and saw flames, South Haven Area Emergency Services reports. It happened around 6:05 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29, on County Road 687 near 63rd Street in Van Buren County’s Geneva...

VAN BUREN COUNTY, MI – A 96-year-old Mattawan-area man died Tuesday, Jan. 28, in a three-vehicle crash. His name has not been released. The crash happened around 3:15 p.m. on 58th Avenue at County Road 657 in Antwerp Township, Van Buren County sheriff’s deputies said. The...

LEE TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Another major solar project is underway in Calhoun County. Consumers Energy and Hecate Energy announced Wednesday that initial site work has begun on the 360-megawatt Sunfish Solar 2 project in Lee Township, with completion scheduled for the...