Board of Review Meetings Notice (March 4-18)
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Review will meet at City Hall located at 333 W. Michigan Ave., Three Rivers, MI 49093 to examine and review the 2025 assessment roll. The board will convene on the following dates for the hearing of appeals of assessments or taxable values,...
Father who smothered 6-month-old child while sleeping sentenced to 15 years
KALAMAZOO, MI — A Kalamazoo man was sentenced Monday, Feb. 3, to serve up to 15 years in prison after accepting responsibility for the 2023 death of his 6-month-old daughter, Faith Roldan. Jose Roldan Jr., who rolled over on top of his daughter while asleep on Dec. 13, 2023...
Icy conditions develop Wednesday night
Kalamazoo, Michigan — We haven't had a true ice storm or an ice event so far this winter. We're not really asking for one either. But, and it's a big but, Mother Nature has other plans for the Mitten late Wednesday night into Thursday morning. If there is one...
Kalamazoo’s gun amnesty program has collected five firearms since its launch
You’re cleaning your child’s bedroom, and in a shoebox under their bed, you find a gun. You don’t want to get your child in trouble with the law, but you don’t want the gun in the wrong hands. That’s the type of situation that KDPS’ Gun Amnesty Program aims to address,...
One of Michigan’s Most Unique Historic Homes Has Awesome Backstory
One of the most iconic homes in Michigan has so many fond memories attached to it, even though it gives off strong Halloween vibes. Recently someone highlighted the Chappell-Stewart Home on Elm St. in the Stuart Neighborhood Historic District in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The Stick...
Legendary Bob Dylan to roll into Kalamazoo this spring
KALAMAZOO, MI — Bob Dylan lovers across Michigan are being greeted with lots of good news this week. One day after Willie Nelson announced Dylan would be joining him on his Outlaw Music Festival circuit as the tour stops at Pine Knob this June, Dylan announced an additional...
West Michigan businesses join ‘A Day Without Immigrants’ national protest
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Businesses across the nation closed Monday to showcase what "A Day Without Immigrants" would be like. The social media-driven campaign calls on immigrants to stay home from work, not take their children to school, and to close places of business Monday,...
AUDIO: Kalamazoo Candle Company moving to former V & A Bootery building
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – The Kalamazoo Candle Company is moving next door to their current location as owners Adam McFarlin and his wife Kelly Robertson have purchased the historic V & A Bootery building. McFarlin says they are moving to 202 South Kalamazoo Mall, which is...
Did Kid Rock Kill Faster Horses?
Michigan's Faster Horses Music Festival will not happen in 2025, and some fans think Kid Rock may be the reason. Speculation began to form in late fall of 2024 that trouble was brewing for Faster Horses. Longtime festival-goers got suspicious when Faster Horses failed to list...
Kalamazoo city commission to vote on $12.4 million plan to get rid of bio-solid...
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – It’s a big, smelly, wet mess and the city of Kalamazoo is searching for a new, more affordable way to get rid of it. It’s the bio-solid waste that comes out of the city’s Regional Wastewater Treatment plant. Utilities director Jim...