Portage transitioning to single trash hauler system
Neighbors in Portage should have received a letter in the mail about the change to a single, city-wide hauler system. There are a couple steps in the process coming over the next few months.
Significant Police, Fire, and Rescue Response at WMU – Any Insights?
There was a significant emergency response at Western Michigan University, particularly at the new dorm building. A passerby driving on Stadium noticed the large-scale mobilization and took to social media to find out what was happening.
Michigan Roadway Alert: Blackout Wednesday in Detroit – Avoid I-75 and I-94 Tonight
Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Detroit, MI – Drivers across Michigan are being urged to use extreme caution this Blackout Wednesday, as one of the heaviest drinking nights of the year overlaps with early Thanksgiving traffic on major...
Amplify Kalamazoo – Serenity House Opens as New Transitional Home for Kalamazoo Families
Kalamazoo Housing Advocates celebrated the grand opening of Serenity House on November 17, unveiling an 11-bedroom transitional housing facility designed to support families moving from homelessness to long-term stability. During a guided tour of the space, Executive Director Sarah Cain described the purpose behind...
Lovesac To Open New Michigan Location In Kalamazoo
Lovesac allows its customers to customize their own furniture so they can get the perfect piece for them.
Oshtemo Township approves pause on energy storage projects
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI -- A new moratorium is in place to block the construction of battery storage facilities in Oshtemo Township. The decision won’t bring an end to local backlash, though. Residents are pushing for township officials to develop a committee with energy experts, township officials and residents to...
AUDIO: Opposition continues to proposed car wash near Asylum Lake Preserve
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Cities usually bend over backwards to welcome new businesses, but residents in Kalamazoo continue to ask the city to do the opposite on one special parcel. Environmentalists and homeowners in the Winchell area have been fighting a proposal to turn a lot at Stadium...
Michigan appeals court vacates sentence of juvenile lifer convicted of raping and killing 5-year-old...
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Michigan Court of Appeals ordered the trial court on Wednesday to vacate Jason Symond's life sentence without parole. Symonds, now 47, was 16 years old when he raped and murdered 5-year-old Nicole VanNoty in Battle Creek in 1994. The original judge imposed what was...
New Craft Bar Opening In Downtown Kalamazoo
The Kalamazoo couple will be taking over the former space of Ouzos European Grill to introduce the craft bar.
City of Kalamazoo reminding people to keep sidewalks clear of snow and ice
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – The city of Kalamazoo is putting out a reminder to residents and property owners to keep sidewalks in front of their homes clear of snow and ice. The reminder comes as Kalamazoo County is under a winter storm warning through 7 p.m. Thursday with...

















