Kalamazoo MI

ASSYRIA TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Multiple people were hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash on South M-66 and Tasker Road in Assyria Township Thursday. An preliminary investigation indicates a Toyota Camry was traveling northbound at a high rate of speed while a GMC Acadia was traveling southbound, according to the Barry County Sheriff's Office (BCSO).

Downtown Kalamazoo has been called a spaghetti bowl, with a traffic pattern motorists compare to tangled pasta. One knot of noodles is at the west end, where two major streets cross; West Main Street and West Michigan Avenue, which becomes Stadium Drive when you travel Southwest. A railroad track runs...

BARRY COUNTY, Mich. — Barry County was hit with significant floods last week after torrential rainfall. Many areas of West Michigan picked up over a month's worth of rain in the first four days of April. According to a release from the Barry County Emergency Management Department, upwards of...

VAN BUREN COUNTY, Mich. -- A 45-year-old man in Van Buren County has been arrested after a SWAT raid uncovered drugs, weapons, and more. The raid happened yesterday, April 9. Detectives located multiple controlled substances, digital scales, packaging materials, and several firearms. The majority of the narcotics were concealed within a hidden compartment inside a bedroom wall. Detectives recovered approximately 10 grams of...

Michigan has the highest rate of chronic absenteeism in the Midwest. Schools in southwest Michigan are using research-backed tactics to try to get kids back in class. Districts are doing things like celebrating attendance, sending extra buses to pick up kids and more. VAN BUREN COUNTY ― A lot of...

Residents in West Michigan can expect to see low-level helicopter flights beginning next week. The flights are part of a U.S. Geological Survey water-monitoring project to image geology and aquifers using airborne geophysical technology, USGS said in a release. Beginning April 13 and lasting roughly four months, weather permitting, the...

PENNFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) – Four individuals were arrested early Thursday morning following a violent assault and robbery in Pennfield Township involving a gel-pellet blaster. After responding to a shooting report on NE Capital Avenue, Calhoun County deputies discovered an adult male was struck with Orbeez-style projectiles, physically assaulted,...

TEXAS TOWNSHIP, Mich. — The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) launched an investigation into a crane that tipped over in Texas Township on Wednesday. News Channel 3 crews were at the crane on 5th Street on Wednesday, and observed crews with Frontline Tree Service, Consumers Energy and...

PENNFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Four people from the Battle Creek area are in the Calhoun County Jail on charges of robbery and aggravated assault with a weapon. The suspects are accused of shooting a man with an Orbeez-style gel blaster and stealing his cellphone just after 12:30 Thursday morning in the 1600 block of NE Capital Avenue in Pennfield Township...

HARTFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — One man was arrested after a search warrant was executed Thursday morning in Hartford Township, yielding guns and drugs. Just before 8:45 a.m., detectives with the Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office (VBCSO) Narcotics Unit and SWAT Team executed a search warrant on 62nd Street near 66th Avenue.