Consumers Energy planned outage to impact 1,200 customers in Kalamazoo County
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI — Overnight work in Galesburg is expected to temporarily impact about 1,200 Consumers Energy customers this weekend. The company will begin making upgrades to substation equipment at around 11 p.m. on Saturday, March 7, company officials announced. The work, which is being performed to improve...
Driver killed as passenger played dead after gunfire from car’s back seat in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI — A man who survived being shot testified in court about a double shooting that killed another man, before a judge ruled there was enough evidence for a trial. Reginald Noble testified he was in the front passenger seat on Nov. 4, 2024, while Paris Powe drove a vehicle and the alleged gunman, Norris...
Local Professor to Represent Kalamazoo College on Jeopardy!
A Kalamazoo College art history professor James Denison will appear on the long-running quiz show Jeopardy! Here’s how to watch!
SNL alumnus Pete Davidson to bring stand-up act to Michigan casino
BATTLE CREEK, MI — “Saturday Night Live” alumnus Pete Davidson will bring his stand-up comedy act to FireKeepers Event Center this spring. “The King of Staten Island” will take the stage at the Battle Creek casino hotel on Saturday, May 23. The stand-up comedian, writer and...
Michigan cites trucking firm that spilled microplastics into river
Environmental regulators call the discharge a “continuing” violation and want to know how much of the truck’s 26,000-pound load was released.
Body cam footage released of wanted man who died by suicide after Mattoon police...
MATTOON, Ill. (WAND) - Illinois State police released body camera footage Monday of a wanted man who died by suicide in February after an encounter with Mattoon police. Mattoon police responded just after 7:30 a.m. Feb. 13 to the 1400 block of East Broadway Avenue after learning a man wanted for armed robbery was...
Kalamazoo getting federal grant for public safety department
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – The city of Kalamazoo is getting a $1.25 million grant from the federal government to beef up manpower in the public safety department. The Community Oriented Policing Services, or “COPS,” grant from the U.S. Department of Justice will allow Kalamazoo Public Safety to add 10 positions.
Happy’s Pizza Makes Saucy Westnedge Comeback With Slider Sidekick
Happy's Pizza, the Detroit-born chain known for smoked ribs and late-night slices, is sliding back into Kalamazoo with a co-branded storefront on South Westnedge Avenue. The move fills a high-traffic gap on a retail strip that has seen its share of turnover in recent years and should give southside diners another...
U.S. 131 closures begin Monday: Work near Kalamazoo includes new lane, noise wall
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI — Work on U.S. 131 will begin Monday, March 2 with a single lane closure between I-94 and Stadium Drive. The Michigan Department of Transportation is adding a lane to the westbound I-94 to northbound U.S. 131 interchange near Kalamazoo. MDOT data shows many drivers in...
M-96 construction to close bridge through August for ‘Marshall Modernization Project’
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The M-96 bridge over I-94 is closing on Monday until the end of August. As part of the $335 million Marshall Modernization Project, a construction project meant to improve I-94, I-69, M-96 and M-311 in Calhoun County, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is closing the Michigan...
