OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Authorities say concrete work at a Kalamazoo County intersection was significantly damaged Monday night, which could delay the entire project. It happened at Squires Drive and Drake Road, near Kalamazoo Central High School, where crews are working to construct a roundabout. A photo released by the Road Commission of Kalamazoo […]
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — After nearly a three-decades-old problem, the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety may have just found the solution to these so-called mobile nuisance parties commonly referred to as the “X-train.” Chief David Boysen told News 8 that this is a long-term problem for the city of Kalamazoo, but in the past decade, […]
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — Two people were hospitalized after a shooting Sunday night in Kalamazoo, police said. Just after 10 p.m., officers with the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety were called to Portage Street near Banbury Road for reports of shots fired. They arrived to find an 18-year-old and 19-year-old, both from Kalamazoo, with gunshot […]
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — A video circulating on social media this week shows a security guard pulling a gun out during a vehicle repossession attempt Sunday at a church in Kalamazoo. Jesse Carter, who works for a local repossession company that he did not want named, said he spotted a vehicle backed into a parking […]
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — A large fire ripped through three buildings near downtown Kalamazoo Tuesday morning. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety said the fire was reported around 4 a.m. on Allen Boulevard near the intersection of W. Main Street and Westnedge Avenue. Authorities respond to a fire on Allen Boulevard in Kalamazoo on Tuesday, […]
ALBION, Mich. (WOOD) — A body was found in the Kalamazoo River in Albion Tuesday afternoon, police say. Around 1:30 p.m., officers with the Albion Department of Public Safety were called to the river at the waterfall near Haven Road. Police arrived to find a body. Several surrounding fire departments and the Calhoun County Dive […]
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — A development planned for downtown Kalamazoo will turn an empty building into housing and a restaurant. Project leaders are working to turn a vacant building at 203 Rose St. into a mixed-use building with 82 housing units and a restaurant. The building used to be an office building, according to a […]
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — A man was arrested after officers found guns, cocaine, fentanyl and equipment to make drugs at a home in Kalamazoo, police say. On Wednesday, the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team and Crime Reduction Team searched a home on Maple Street near S Burdick Street for an investigation into drug sales. Officers found […]
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — A driver died Monday after a rollover crash in Kalamazoo, police say. It happened around 2 p.m. on the 1100 block of Gull Road, near Riverview Drive, according to the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety. When officers arrived, the vehicle was on fire. After extinguishing the fire, police found that the […]