Kalamazoo MI

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Teams of federal, state, and local personnel are compiling information in the city of Kalamazoo and 30 other counties in the Michigan, as the state looks to ask for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for aid in the wake of severe flooding and multiple tornadoes this spr

KALAMAZOO, MI — For around a year, Patti Ann McNulty has been turning her Trim Salon into a small concert hall. At the old Downtown storefront on Michigan and Church, she and partner Greg Orr sweep up the day’s hair, haul the chairs and shampoo bowls to the end of the shop, put up a curtain, put up lights, sound equipm

PORTAGE, MI -- Several years after initially being proposed, a $56 million mixed-use development called The Paisley at Portage Creek has received final approval from the city to move forward. The Portage City Council approved new plans for an apartment complex at a Tuesday, May 12, meeting. Plans were last...

ALAMO TOWNSHIP, Mich. — The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office is asking the public for help in finding a woman who went missing Wednesday afternoon in Alamo Township. Jennifer McCormick, 55, is believed to have walked away from her home on West AB Avenue near Ravine Road, deputies said. She was last seen around 5:30 p.

Emmett Township Public Safety Officer Victor Pierce enrolled at Western Michigan University after graduating from Loy Norrix High School in Kalamazoo in 1976. Unsure of his career path, he dropped out after two years, but quickly found a job as a security officer at Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo. It was this job that s

ALLEGAN COUNTY, Mich. — Plans are moving forward to bring a battery energy storage system (BESS) to Allegan County. The BESS, proposed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), would be located off Riverview Drive in Plainwell. BESS facilities store electricity, similar to how a phone battery stores power, deliverin

The 75th anniversary of National Day of Prayer was marked Thursday, May 7, with the Greater Paw Paw Area National Day of Prayer Gathering at the County Park in downtown Paw Paw. Several prayers were lifted by area residents, focusing on government, law enforcement, military, media, the arts, business, education, church

The Battle Creek Police Department is unable to process fingerprint requests until further notice, due to an equipment failure, the department said in a Wednesday, May 13 news release.BCPD is working through support assistance to replace the equipment needed, and is hopeful that thie equipment issue will be resolved so

Black Bear Sports Group was at one point talking with Western Michigan University about buying or otherwise playing a role in the future of Lawson Ice Arena. That’s according to WMU spokesperson Paula Davis, who told WMUK in March that there had been discussion between the parties. Davis declined...

There are three lions at Binder Park Zoo: Enzi, the male, and Shleby and Salem, who are sisters. You can usually find them out on exhibit, lazing in the sun or playing with their toys. They’re a lot like housecats, that way. But what goes on when they’re not...