Kalamazoo MI

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Pine Trails ready to welcome Dix Street elementary students after fire

Students at Dix Street Elementary will officially begin at Pine Trails Elementary on Wednesday following a fire last week.
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Animal Rescue Center looking to raise over $100,000 to address emergency situation

COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – A Kalamazoo area animal shelter and adoption program has ramped up a fundraising effort to keep their building open. For the past three months, Animal Rescue Project has been dealing with a water crisis at their Charles and Lynn Zhang Animal Rescue Center. Executive Director Jack Fr
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7,000+ Kalamazoo County elementary students getting new shoes for fall at no cost

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — More than 150 students in grades K-5 were fitted for and gifted a brand new pair of shoes Monday morning at Woodward Elementary School in Kalamazoo. It is part of the First Day Shoe Fund, a nonprofit that will reach every public elementary school in Kalamazoo County by the end of next week, according
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Police chief in Vicksburg to retire

The police chief for the village of Vicksburg will soon retire.
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Man gets 7 years in prison for 2023 fatal shooting of Battle Creek senior...

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A man who texted two teens to steal a car for money will spend 7 years in prison for his role in a fatal Battle Creek carjacking. Marcus Parsons, 21, was sentenced Monday, just over a month after he pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the 2023 shooting death of Jack Snyder.
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Teens arrested, 12-year-old sent home after gun-related incidents in Battle Creek

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Officers with the Battle Creek Police Department (BCPD) said they responded to a variety of incidents involving firearms over the weekend, with some including minors as young as 12. Friday, a school resource officer reached out to the BCPD Gang Suppression Unit after hearing about...
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Woman, 49, identified as victim of fatal weekend shooting in Kalamazoo

KALAMAZOO, MI — A 49-year-old Kalamazoo woman shot and killed early Sunday morning inside a Reed Avenue home has been identified as Latraysa Dayon Brown. Police responded to the home, in the 100 block of Reed Avenue, near South Burdick Street, at 4:13 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 27, where they found Brown suffering from multipl
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Boil water advisory issued in Battle Creek

A water main break has prompted a boil water advisory in Battle Creek.
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Police: More kids found with guns in Battle Creek

Multiple kids were found with guns in Battle Creek over the last few days, police say, prompting at least one safe storage violation charge.
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Quincy wins three races at Pittsford Invitational; Bronson runs at Vicksburg

PITTSFORD, MI (WTVB) – Quincy’s cross country teams brought back three first-place trophies from Saturday’s Pittsford Invitational. The Orioles won the freshman/sophomore boys race with 18 points, the freshman/sophomore girls race with 6 points, and the junior/senior boys race with 11 points. They also took third in th

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