No one hurt, garage destroyed and home damaged after fire in Portage
PORTAGE, Mich. — A garage is destroyed and no one is hurt after a fire early on Sunday morning. Kalamazoo County | Eight fires in 12 hours over July Fourth weekend in Kzoo, three likely fireworks related. Portage Department of Public Safety (PDPS) crews came out to a garage...
10,000 gallons of wastewater overflows in Kalamazoo, prompting no-contact in creek
About 10,000 gallons of wastewater overflowed into a Kalamazoo street Monday because of a broken pipe that was clogged by rags, the city said.
Casey’s Expansion Could Bring New Stores to Michigan
Casey’s is growing across the Midwest with 400 new stores planned. Could the popular pizza and convenience chain expand in Michigan?
Toddler hospitalized after almost drowning at Versluis Park, bystander gave CPR
KENT COUNTY, Mich. — A 2-year-old girl is in the hospital after almost drowning on Sunday afternoon. Health | MI cases of parasitic infection linked to severe diarrhea more than triple in five days. Plainfield Township Fire Department (PFD) officials said someone pulled a 2-year-old girl from the water...
Now open: Happy’s Pizza returns to Kalamazoo alongside area’s first Savvy Sliders
KALAMAZOO, MI — It’s a happy return to Kalamazoo for a Detroit-area pizza chain. Happy’s Pizza opened Monday, July 6, at a brand new location at 3205 S. Westnedge Ave., bringing with it the area’s first Savvy Sliders. “We’re very excited to be here,” said franchise...
MSP Investigating fatal Barry County crash along M-37
Michigan State Police are investigating a deadly two-vehicle crash that shut down part of M-37 in Barry County for several hours Sunday morning.
Mostly Sunny Skies Open The Week Before Thursday Storms Roll Through Southwest Michigan
Southwest Michigan is heading into a warm week, with Calhoun, Kalamazoo, and Van Buren counties all seeing highs in the mid-to-upper 80s before Thursday storms roll through.
Michigan Data Centers: The Weekly Download
A 12-month data center moratorium in Texas Township is set to take effect on July 5, MLive’s Aya Miller reports. The Kalamazoo County community joins neighboring Portage and Oshtemo Township in putting a pause on data center development, with the Texas Township Planning Commission expecting to use the period to evaluat
Groundbreaking Tuesday for new El Sol Elementary School
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Kalamazoo Public Schools will be breaking ground this week on their latest school construction project. They will be building a new home for their popular El Sol Elementary School, a magnet school that provides an immersive Spanish language education program for students from all o
Kalamazoo church with Frank Lloyd Wright ties sells for $1.3M, to become Hindu temple
KALAMAZOO, MI — A Kalamazoo church designed by a Frank Lloyd Wright protégé has sold for $1.3 million to a global Hindu organization. The former Disciples of Christ Christian Church, 2208 Winchell Ave., was purchased in June by BAPS Kalamazoo LLC, a newly-formed LLC affiliated with Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swami
