Kalamazoo MI

The program provides eligible pregnant residents a one-time payment of $1,500 during pregnancy, followed by $500 each month for six to 12 months after birth

LEONIDAS, Mich. — A residential structure fire was contained without injury Saturday morning. Local: Barricaded subject in Plainfield Township surrenders without incident. Around 11:15 a.m., Leonidas Fire Department (LFD) and Mendon Fire Department crews were called to Jacksonburg Road near Smith Road for a...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A Battle Creek man is facing up to life in prison for possessing over 4,000 fentanyl pills disguised as oxycodone with the intent to deliver. Nazzarie Carmouche-Heath, 29, pleaded guilty on Aug. 21 to possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl, according to a news release...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — A 8-year-old dog at the SPCA of Southwest Michigan is looking for a forever home. Midge is a beagle who's fully trained and very low maintenance, according to SPCA executive director Katie Timber. Timber tells News Channel 3 that Midge's previous owner couldn't keep her because...

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Three pistols have been seized by the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team, and officers arrested four people on Saturday, August 16. KVET led a task force that was focused on finding people accused of using, possessing, or committing crimes with firearms. The first two pistols...

CALHOUN COUNTY, Mich. — Larey Allen McConnell has been found, according to Calhoun County 911 in an update. Authorities launched a search for the 87-year-old man after he went missing Friday afternoon near 20 1/2 Mile Road and T Drive North. McConnell is described to measure five-foot-eight. He also...

KALAMAZOO, MI — Changes are coming to Kalamazoo’s downtown homeless shelter, limiting the number of people who can sleep there for an emergency stay and how long they can stay. Beginning Oct. 6, Kalamazoo Gospel Ministries will limit its emergency shelter beds to 140 beds — 80 for...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Northside Ministerial Alliance hosted the 5th Annual Anti-Gun Violence Northside Community Carnival on Saturday. The free event gave area families a chance to have fun before the school year starts, free of monetary barriers, while standing against gun violence. Crime: Kalamazoo commissioner...

Lansing, Michigan – Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced that Michigan’s economy would get a big lift from the development of almost 200 new jobs in Calhoun, Kent, and Kalkaska counties. The initiatives, which cost more than $31 million in capital, show that manufacturing and innovation continue to be strong across...

KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI — A Schoolcraft man said he feared his neighbor was going to set him on fire, so he shot and killed him. Eric Andrew Newman testified in court on Thursday, Aug. 21, about why he shot and killed his neighbor, Ronald Erickson, on Sept. 29, 2024.