Articles tagged with portage
Wed, May 09, 2012
Portage Budget
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) -- Portage City Manager Maurice Evans outlined the city’s tentatively approved budget plan for next year at last night’s public ...
Tue, May 08, 2012
Portage Schools Settle With Teachers
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) -- Portage Public Schools will pay out 432-thousand dollars to four teachers who claimed that some sort of fumes from the new ...
Mon, April 23, 2012
Portage City Council To Decide Fate Of Rate Hikes
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) - The Portage City Council will consider final action on a 5% hike in water and sewer rates at their regular meeting ...
Fri, April 20, 2012
Drunk Driving Charges Have Been Reinstated Against Portage Teacher
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) - The original judge dismissed the charges against Leslie Buscher because the defense argued that he SUV was not on a public ...
Fri, April 20, 2012
Portage Public Safety Officers Have Arrested Two Suspects On Multiple Charges
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO) - During a traffic stop just before 3 p.m. Monday, 22-year-old Ashley Marie Lewark of Portage was found driving while in ...
Wed, April 11, 2012
Portage Budget Avoids Layoffs
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) -- Portage City Manager Maurice Evans presented his 61-million dollar Budget proposal for next year to the City Council last night, saying ...
Wed, March 28, 2012
Resolution To Keep Portage Farm Service Office Open Passes House
PORTAGE, MI ((WKZO) -- The Michigan House of Representatives have approved a resolution urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to keep the County Farm ...
Tue, March 27, 2012
Portage Extends Superintendent’s Contract
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) -- The members of the Portage Board of Education voted last night to approve a two year Contract with Supt. Ric Perry ...
Mon, March 26, 2012
Body Found In Portage Creek
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO) -- Kalamazoo Public Safety has retrieved a body from Portage Creek. They are waiting to notify next of kin before releasing the ...
Mon, March 19, 2012
Portage Man Arrested For Car Theft and Fleeing and Eluding
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) -- A Portage man is facing multiple charges after leading police on a high speed chase after he was spotted driving a ...
Mon, March 12, 2012
Perry Hired As Superintendent In Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) -- The Portage School board has decided to hire Ric Perry to be their Superintendent, giving him a two year contract after ...
Thu, March 08, 2012
Another Hearing For Portage Teacher
VAN BUREN COUNTY, MI (WKZO) -- A Portage teacher who was one of the first to be charged under the state’s new Super Drunk ...
Tue, February 28, 2012
All Day K In Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) -- They don’t know how they are going to pay for it yet, and they don’t have all the details ...
Wed, February 22, 2012
Two Portage Police Officers Gone
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) -- There has been a shake-up in the middle-management of the Portage Police Department after allegations of on-duty dalliances with waitresses, conduct ...
Wed, February 15, 2012
State Rep O’Brien Briefs Portage City On Governor’s Budget
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) -- Republicans are hitting the road, defending their budget this election year. State Representative Margaret O’Brien briefed the Portage City Council ...
Wed, February 15, 2012
State Rep O’Brien Briefs Portage City On Governor’s Budget Proposal
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) -- Republicans are hitting the road, defending their budget this election year. State Representative Margaret O’Brien briefed the Portage City Council ...
Wed, February 08, 2012
Super Drunk Charges Dropped Against Portage Teacher
NEAR HARTFORD, MI (WKZO) -- Charges have been dismissed against a Portage Teacher who was one of the first in the state to be charged ...
Tue, January 31, 2012
Joint Ventures In Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) -- There is strength in numbers and as local governmental budgets shrink, you will be seeing more joint ventures between local governmental ...
Thu, January 26, 2012
Volunteer Climbers Look For Missing Portage Man
MT. FUJI (WKZO) -- The friends and family of missing hiker Matt Johnson are pinning their hopes right now on a team of volunteer climbers ...
Fri, January 20, 2012
Hope To Find Missing Portage Man Dwindles
JAPAN (WKZO) --Concern is growing as the search continues for Portage’s Matt Johnson, who remains missing on Mt. Fuji in Japan. The Eaton ...
Wed, January 18, 2012
Portage Police Looking For Burglar
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) -- Portage Police have released a surveillance photo of a man who pulled off a smash and grab burglary at the Speedway ...
Wed, January 18, 2012
Portage Man Missing On Mt. Fugi
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) - A desperate search is underway on Mt. Fuji for a Portage man who remains missing after taking an overnight backpacking trip ...
Wed, January 11, 2012
Outdoor Wood Burning Stove Causing Problems In Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) -- Portage City officials are promising to look into a homeowner’s complaints about his neighbor’s wood burning stoves. Tim Higgley ...
Tue, January 10, 2012
Farm Service Agency In Portage To Close
WASHINGTON D.C. (WKZO) -- The Dept. of Agriculture, the agency in charge of keeping the country’s food safe, has announced its closing more ...
Sat, January 07, 2012
Portage Police Looking For Witnesses
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) -- Portage Public Safety Officers are looking for witnesses who might have seen a car-train collision near the Meijer on Shaver Road ...
Fri, December 30, 2011
Portage Named One Of The Best Housing Markets In US
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) - Portage ranks high as a place to live, but then we already knew that. Bloomberg’s Businessweek Magazine has released a ...
Wed, December 28, 2011
Fatal Accident In Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) -- Portage Police are not sure why yet but a Vicksburg woman lost control of her car last evening just after 7PM ...
Fri, December 16, 2011
Portage Creek Reconstruction Almost Complete
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO) -- Reconstruction of Portage Creek thru the Allied Paper Mill site is almost completed. Where a no-man’s land of crumbling and ...
Thu, December 15, 2011
VIDEO: Toys for Tots Kicks Off "Stuff the Bus" Campaign in Portage
PORTAGE (WKZO) – WIN Country 98.5, Metro Transit, and Toys R Us are teaming up this year for the “Stuff the Bus” campaign put ...
Mon, December 12, 2011
Portage Teacher Contract Expected To Be Approved Tonight
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) -- The Portage Board of Education is expected to ratify a long sought contract with their teachers union this evening. The tentative ...
Wed, November 30, 2011
Tentative Agreement With Teachers Union In Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) -- After months of bargaining and disagreement in some fairly tough talks, Portage Schools has reached a tentative deal with their Teacher ...
Wed, November 16, 2011
New Portage City Council Sworn In
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) -- The Portage City Council made the transition to a new Council last night, saying good- bye to interim Council Member Corey ...
Wed, November 16, 2011
Portage Theatre To Expand
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) -- The City of Portage will be adding a taller building to its skyline, but the best views won’t be from ...
Sat, October 15, 2011
Battle Creek Man Faces Charges In Portage
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO) - A Battle Creek man has been formally charged with fleeing and eluding, drug possession and resisting arrest after a high ...
Fri, October 14, 2011
Portage Teachers Still Without A Contract
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) -- Portage Teachers will still be working without a contract when they report to their chalk boards for the next two weeks ...
Mon, October 03, 2011
Air Care Helps In Rescue Portage Man
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) -- West Michigan Air Care is getting the credit for helping to rescue a man, but not in the usual way. The ...
Fri, September 30, 2011
Portage School Bus Stopped As A Precaution
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) - A Portage Public Schools bus was stopped as a precaution Thursday morning after a tip from a parent. Apparently a student ...
Tue, September 27, 2011
Another Portage School Employee Reassigned After Drunk Driving Arrest
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) -- The Portage Board of Education has replaced their Curriculum Director after she was arrested for drunk driving. Forty-two-year old Denise Bresson ...
Sat, September 24, 2011
Lawsuit Filed Against Construction Firm At Portage Northern
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) - For some time, staff and students at Portage Northern complained of breathing problems and strange rashes during the 2009/10 school ...
Wed, September 21, 2011
Portage Robbery Suspect Arrested
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) - One of the suspects in a botched robbery in Portage back in June has been tracked down and arrested in Monroe ...
Sat, September 10, 2011
Kalamazoo, Portage to Remember 9-11 Anniversary
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO) -- The tenth anniversary of the 9-11 terrorist attacks will be remembered in New York, Washington and Shanksville, and a lot of ...
Fri, September 02, 2011
Portage Department Of Public Safety
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) -- Same name, different meaning. The Portage Police and Fire Departments will now be called the Portage Department of Public Safety, but ...
Wed, August 31, 2011
Another Portage School Employee Charged With Drunk Driving
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) -- A high ranking administrator in the Portage Public School system has been arrested and charged with a second drunk driving offence ...
Fri, August 26, 2011
VIDEO: Portage Central Falls 24-0 to Harper Creek in Season Opener
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) -- The Portage Central Mustangs fell 24-0 to the Battle Creek Harper Creek Beavers Friday night at McCamely Field in front of ...
Tue, August 23, 2011
Portage Teachers Still Without A Contract
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) -- The Portage Teachers union filled the few dozen seats at last night’s Board of Education meeting, to deliver a message ...
Mon, August 22, 2011
Portage School Officials Are Getting Ready For A Difficult School Year
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) - Portage Schools will be sending out letters today to about a dozen or more of the 26 teachers pink slipped in ...
Thu, August 18, 2011
Portage Teacher Will Stand Trial
VAN BUREN COUNTY, MI (WKZO) -- A Portage elementary teacher who was allegedly so drunk that she passed out behind the wheel of her SUV ...
Mon, August 08, 2011
Portage Woman Injured In Accident
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO) -- A 60-year-old Portage Woman was nearly killed by a hit and run driver who has been identified, and may face charges ...
Wed, July 27, 2011
New Jobs In Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) -- More jobs are coming to the area. Stryker Corporation is moving into a portion of the Quads Office Complex on Romence ...
Wed, July 27, 2011
Portage Has New Medical Marijuana Ordinance
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) -- After 2 hours of debate and alterations, the Portage City Council has adopted a new ordinance for regulating Medical Marijuana. Council ...
Mon, July 25, 2011
Swimmers Saved Portage Man And Daughter
BERRIEN COUNTY, MI (WKZO) -- Nate Waller of Portage and two Indiana men were just there for a swim, but became heroes when other swimmers ...
Mon, July 25, 2011
Swimmers Saved Portage Family
BERRIEN COUNTY, MI (WKZO) -- Nate Waller of Portage and two Indiana men were just there for a swim, but became heroes when other swimmers ...
Tue, July 19, 2011
Portage Teacher Charged With Being A Superdrunk
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) - A woman who has been charged with being a Superdrunk has turned out to be a school teacher from Portage. Deputies ...
Thu, July 14, 2011
More Medical Marijuana Questions In Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) -- The Portage City Council debated their proposed Medical Marijuana ordinance for two hours Tuesday night, but they were unable to get ...
Wed, July 13, 2011
Representatives From Kalamazoo, Portage and Kalamazoo County Looking At Some Consolidation
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO) -- The leaders of Kalamazoo County’s three largest governments have the urge to merge, at least some of the public services ...
Wed, July 13, 2011
A Special Brush Pick-up Scheduled In Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) -- Streets in Portage remain blocked by down lines and debris, homes were damaged and power is out to entire neighborhoods, because ...
Tue, July 12, 2011
Portage Teachers Asked To Take A Pay Cut
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) -- It was a good news-bad news night for the Portage Board of Education as they picked new leadership and began the ...
Mon, July 11, 2011
Portage Woman Being Held On Attempted Murder Charges
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) -- A Portage woman will be charged today with blasting her husband with a shotgun at close range early Sunday morning. The ...
Wed, June 29, 2011
New Development For Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) -- The Portage City Council has approved improvements to Trade Center Way that will allow developers to build a 12-milion dollar motel ...
Mon, June 27, 2011
Portage Fire Puts Out Blaze At Walnut Trails
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) -- A quick response by the Portage Fire Department Sunday afternoon to a fire in a third floor apartment at Walnut Trails ...
Fri, June 24, 2011
Portage Schools Named One Of The Top 500 In The Country
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) -- For all the turmoil and unhappiness with the folks running Portage Schools, you would think that there were problems in the ...
Wed, June 22, 2011
Portage Central High Dismantled
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) -- A wrecking crew of two has begun to dismantle the Old Portage Central High School, using an excavator to take down ...
Wed, June 15, 2011
Public Hearing Set In Portage On Medical Marijuana Restrictions
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) -- Portage may offer every kind of retail outlet under the sun, but Medical Marijuana Dispensaries are one business that does not ...
Wed, June 15, 2011
Two Portage Men Injured In Gas Can Explosion
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) -- Bad judgment and bad luck turned a mini-van into a rolling bomb that nearly took out Portage Fire Station #2 on ...
Tue, June 14, 2011
Portage Schools Interim Superintendent Hired
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) -- It’s official. Dr. Ric Perry has been promoted to Interim Superintendent of Portage Schools, and he has his work cut ...
Fri, June 10, 2011
Still No Decision On Portage Superintendent
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) -- There is still no decision in Portage on an Interim School Superintendant. Trustees finished up their second interviews and decided afterward ...
Thu, June 09, 2011
Two Candidates Left For Portage School Superintendent
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO) -- There are just two candidates left in the running for Interim Superintendent Of Portage Public Schools, after the third candidate had ...
Thu, June 02, 2011
Three Called Back By Portage Schools For Second Interviews
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- The Portage Board of Education has interviewed its four candidates for Interim Superintendent and after an hour and a half of discussion ...
Thu, June 02, 2011
Portage Robbery
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- A Portage man got mugged in his own living room last night. Apparently two black males working with some bad information forced ...
Tue, May 31, 2011
Superintendent Interviews In Portage
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- They won’t take office for another month, but Portage School trustees elect Tom Eddy and Ted Hartridge will have some say ...
Fri, May 20, 2011
Portage Schools Looking For Interim Superintendent
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- The Portage Board of Education is looking for an interim Superintendent to get them thru the next school year, but some of ...
Tue, May 17, 2011
Was It A Hate Crime In Portage?
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- Michigan Chapter Of The Council On American-Islamic Relations is calling for an investigation after a Muslim's car was vandalized with profanity ...
Wed, May 11, 2011
Portage City Council Approves Higher Water, Sewer Rates
PORTAGE -- The Portage City Council has approved new higher water and sewer rates that will cost the average homeowner about $82 a year, or ...
Wed, May 11, 2011
Water And Sewer Rate Hikes In Portage
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- The Portage City Council has approved new higher water and sewer rates that will nick the average homeowner about $82 a year ...
Fri, May 06, 2011
Portage Group To Begin Drive To Oust School Trustees
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- An effort to boot three Portage School Trustees out of office will begins exactly one week after voters voted two incumbents out ...
Wed, May 04, 2011
Portage Voters Unhappy
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- The Portage Board of Education now has a clearer idea just how unhappy the community is with them, after voters swept the ...
Tue, May 03, 2011
ELECTION RESULTS: Portage Schools Incumbents Out; School Millage Renewed
Wed, April 27, 2011
Seven Hurt In Portage Lightening Strike
UNDATED (WKZO) -- Scattered but intense storms raked across southwest Michigan yesterday afternoon, triggering tornado watches and warnings, dropping quarter sized hail and buckets of ...
Mon, April 25, 2011
On The Chopping Block In Portage
PORTAGE (WKZO) - Portage School Trustees plan a special meeting this evening to review the cuts they may have to make if proposed funding cuts ...
Fri, April 15, 2011
Meth Fire In Portage
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- Portage Police are looking for two men, one of them possibly badly burned, after they fled a meth lab explosion at a ...
Mon, April 04, 2011
Missing Portage Man Found
KENT COUNTY (WKZO) -- Hopefully a happy ending to the story of a missing Portage man who disappeared on Friday and apparently spent the weekend ...
Fri, March 18, 2011
Portage Schools Superintendent Wells Resigns
The following statement was released by Portage Public Schools following Thursday night's special meeting of their school board:
"The Board of Education accepted ...
Wed, March 16, 2011
Portage Police Still Seeking Impersonator
PORTAGE -- Portage Police are still investigating a police impersonation. They've now released a sketch of the suspect. The most recent sighting was last ...
Wed, March 16, 2011
Portage Massage Therapist Arrested on Criminal Sexual Conduct Warrant
PORTAGE -- Portage Police have arrested massage therapist James Wells on Criminal Sexual Conduct warrant with multiple counts. They say an investigation lead to the ...
Tue, March 15, 2011
Portage Man in Critical Condition After Crash
PORTAGE -- A rollover accident late Monday in Texas Township has left a Portage man in critical condition. The Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s department says ...
Tue, March 08, 2011
Portage Man Sentenced
PORTAGE (WKZO) - Twenty-year-old Jamar Stegall was sentenced to 20 to 40 years in prison Monday. Stegall apologized to the family of Brian Arra, the ...
Wed, March 02, 2011
New Program In Portage Offers Assistance For Home Rehab
PORTAGE (WKZO) - The City of Portage wants to encourage people to buy homes in the northern part of the city and fix them up ...
Wed, March 02, 2011
Portage Expands Allowable Debris for Pickup
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- The city of Kalamazoo has already begun clean-up in the aftermath of last week's storm, picking up debris that residents have ...
Thu, February 10, 2011
Portage Superintendent Still On The Job
PORTAGE (WKZO) - It looks like Portage Superintendent Marsha Wells will be keeping her job for now. The Portage Board of Education planned to meet ...
Tue, February 08, 2011
Portage School Superintendent Debate Continues
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- The debate whether to keep Superintendent Marsha Wells may be coming to a head. It’s likely a lively debate but its ...
Wed, February 02, 2011
Kalamazoo, Portage Pub Schools Closed Thursday
Kalamazoo and Portage Public Schools will be closed Thursday, February 3 as the area continues to shovel out from under the foot of snow ...
Mon, January 31, 2011
Several Will Run For Portage School Board
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- Given the current conflicts between the Portage Board of Education and Superintendent Marsha Wells, you might think that finding candidates willing to ...
Tue, January 25, 2011
Portage School Board Takes No Action On Superintendent Issue
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- Portage School Board members may have a problem with Superintendent Marsha Wells, but her staff, the community, and her peers strongly support ...
Tue, January 25, 2011
Funeral Services Set For Portage Doctor
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- Funeral services have been set for long time Portage physician Thomas Berglund, who died last week at Snowmass in Colorado. He had ...
Mon, January 24, 2011
Portage School Superintendent Job May Be Discussed Again Tonight
PORTAGE (WKZO)-- The Portage School board is once again expected to discuss their troubled relationship with Superintendent Marsha Wells tonight when they hold one ...
Thu, January 20, 2011
Portage School Superintendent May Be On The Way Out
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- It appears to be nearly unanimous that Portage Schools Superintendent Marsha Wells is on her way out, it’s just a matter ...
Wed, January 19, 2011
Portage School Superintendent Under Fire
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- Portage Schools Superintendent. Marsha Wells has issued a statement after several Trustees announced they would like to fire her this week. Board ...
Thu, January 13, 2011
Man Arrested In Portage Burglary
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- It was just one of dozens of burglaries in December in the area, but this one, on Timbercreek in Portage is memorable ...
Wed, January 12, 2011
Many In Portage Unhappy With Assessments
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- Portage City Officials thought they put allegations about poor practices in the tax assessor’s office to rest last year when they ...
Wed, January 12, 2011
Medical Marijuana Moratorium In Portage
PORTAGE -- You won’t see a medical marijuana dispensary popping up in the shopping district along Westnedge in Portage, at least not for now ...
Mon, December 27, 2010
Portage Police Have A Mystery On Their Hands
PORTAGE (WKZO) - Portage Police aren’t sure why two cars were speeding past other cars headed east on W. Centre Avenue, just before 1PM ...
Thu, December 16, 2010
Portage Man Cleared Of Negligent Homicide Charges
PORTAGE -- A Portage man who ran over an elderly woman with a garbage truck in Wyoming in September has been cleared of a negligent ...
Tue, December 14, 2010
Parents Satisfied With Portage Schools
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- The Portage Public Schools got high marks from parents in their annual survey. About three out of four are satisfied with the ...
Wed, November 24, 2010
City Council Member Needed In Portage
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- Wanted, City Council member - experience necessary. That was the word they put out as they took applications to fill a vacancy on ...
Fri, November 12, 2010
Portage Man Critical
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- A Portage man is in critical condition after his motorized wheelchair was struck on east Centre Avenue in Portage just before 10AM ...
Tue, October 26, 2010
Nerdmobile In Portage
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) - -- Rick Snyder’s Nerd-mobile rolled into Portage one last time yesterday before the election which is now one week away. Snyder addressed ...
Mon, October 25, 2010
Snyder In Portage
KALAMAZOO -- Rick Snyder’s Nerd-mobile will roll into Portage late this afternoon for what may be his last campaign stop in the Kalamazoo area ...
Fri, October 08, 2010
Road Construction Continues In Portage
KALAMAZOO -- After months and months of construction drivers may be convinced that the City of Portage has been renamed “Detour”, judging from all the ...
Thu, September 30, 2010
Bank Robbery In Portage
PORTAGE (WKZO) - Portage Police are investigating an armed robbery at the Michigan Commerce bank on East Milham. A man entered the bank around quarter ...
Wed, September 22, 2010
Portage Officials Say They Have Tight Investment Policies
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- Portage City officials say they are not likely to get stung by a Ponzi scheme or a crooked broker with the investment ...
Wed, September 22, 2010
Portage Council Member Continuing Investigation
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- Portage City Council Member Patricia Randall appears to be continuing her investigation of the city’s property assessment department and its practices ...
Fri, September 10, 2010
Bomb Threat At Portage Central
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- It only took a few days into the school year for a local school district to experience its first bomb threat. Portage ...
Thu, September 09, 2010
Portage Central High School Given All-Clear
PORTAGE -- Portage Police have given the all-clear to a phoned-in report of possible danger at Portage Central High School.
Around 11:00 a.m ...
Wed, September 01, 2010
Assault Warrants Issues In Stabbing In Portage
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- Portage police are making arrangements for a suspect in a stabbing to turn himself in, now that 2 felony assault warrants have ...
Thu, August 26, 2010
Will Smoking In Parks Be Banned In Portage
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- Smoking raises a stink, but a proposal in Portage to ban smoking from playgrounds and park shelters also raises a lot of ...
Fri, August 20, 2010
Portage Woman Attacked By Dog
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- A Portage woman is recovering in the Hospital after she was attacked by a neighbor’s Rottweiler late yesterday morning. Kristy Koetje ...
Thu, August 19, 2010
Advisory For Long Lake In Portage Lifted
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- The body contact advisory on Long Lake has been lifted by the Kalamazoo County Health Department. They say e-coli and other bacteria ...
Wed, August 18, 2010
High E-coli Count Closes Ramona Park Beach In Portage
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- Signs have been posted at the Beach at Ramona Park in Portage, declaring the water off limits to swimmers until the bacteria ...
Mon, August 16, 2010
Portage Teens Arrested After Car Burglaries
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- For the second time in the past few days, a couple of teenaged burglars targeting unlocked cars have been foiled by observant ...
Wed, August 11, 2010
Another Attempted Abduction Reported In Portage
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- Another attempted kidnapping has been reported at the Colonial Acres Mobile Home Park in Portage. This time a 13-year-old girl claims a ...
Thu, August 05, 2010
Portage Child Reports Near Abduction
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- Portage police are looking for a man who may have tried to abduct a young girl from the Colonial Acres Trailer Park ...
Wed, July 28, 2010
Man Arrested In Portage
PORTAGE -- They are lucky a police officer came along, or a number of Portage Residents would be wondering where all the stuff in their ...
Tue, July 20, 2010
Drug Raid In Portage
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- Portage’s Critical Response Unit executed a warrant for a drug raid at about 10 last night at a home in the ...
Tue, July 13, 2010
Vermuelen’s To Close Portage Store
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- Vermuelen’s has announced they will be closing their Portage store after a blow-out going out of business sale at the end ...
Wed, July 07, 2010
Portage Teen Sentenced
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- A Portage teen will spend at least 3 and a half years in prison after a Kalamazoo Circuit court Jury found him ...
Thu, July 01, 2010
Portage Cable Access Merges
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- It’s another case of the media downsizing, but in this case the end result will make it bigger than it was ...
Wed, June 30, 2010
Careless Smoking May Be The Cause Of Portage Fire
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- Fire investigators now say it appears that careless smoking may have been responsible for a blaze at 2626 Bach St. in Portage ...
Tue, June 22, 2010
Portage School Budget Approved
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- The Portage Board of Education has approved their budget for the coming school year, without controversial plans to charge fees for extracurricular ...
Mon, June 21, 2010
One Last Budget Hearing For Portage Schools
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- After months of public input, The Portage Board of Education will hold one last public hearing and take a vote on their ...
Fri, May 28, 2010
WATCH: Karl Rove in Portage for Book Signing
PORTAGE, MI -- (WKZO) Karl Rove, George W. Bush's former Campaign Manager held a brief press conference before signing copies of his new book ...
Thu, May 27, 2010
Satisfied With Portage Schools
PORTAGE WKZO) - Aside from all the turmoil on the Portage Board of Education, the early retirements, the money issues, the busing problems, and conflicts ...
Thu, May 27, 2010
Rove In Portage
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) - Carl Rove, the Campaign manager for George W. Bush, who was nicknamed “Bush’s Brain”, will be in Portage today for a ...
Wed, May 26, 2010
Portage City Budget Approved
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- Battle Creek has imposed furloughs. Grand Rapids has raised its income tax, laid off staff, closed pools and is considering a number ...
Tue, May 25, 2010
Portage Man Charged With Open Murder
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- A Portage man has been formally arraigned for the killing of his 19 year old girlfriend. Rollon Marco faces 4 counts including ...
Tue, May 25, 2010
Portage Schools Bus Involved in Accident After Mini-Van Fails to Stop
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- A man in a mini-van who failed to stop at a red light collided with a Portage School bus yesterday morning at ...
Fri, May 07, 2010
Pay To Learn In Portage
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- A group of parents in Portage are putting their money where their hearts are and hoping other parents will too, The goal ...
Tue, April 27, 2010
Portage, Kalamazoo to Hold Elections Next Week
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- Election Day is one week from today and voters in the cities of Portage, Kalamazoo and Kalamazoo County will all have money ...
Fri, April 09, 2010
Portage Hold Up
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- It’s believed that two men working as a team held up the Portage City Wine Cellar on Oakland Drive Wednesday night ...
Tue, April 06, 2010
Hollenbeck Appointed To Portage School Board
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- The embattled Portage Board of Education wanted a replacement with some experience and boy did they find one. Kevin Hollenbeck spent 12 ...
Tue, March 23, 2010
Portage School Board Told To Get Along
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- The Portage Board of Education got verbally roughed up by teachers, former board members and parents last night. It was what one ...
Tue, March 23, 2010
Science Wing At Portage Northern To Re-Open
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- A Portage schools task force says the Science Wing of Portage Northern High appears to be safe now. They have tested the ...
Tue, March 23, 2010
Home Invasion In Portage
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- The Portage Police Department is investigating a Home Invasion in the 3300 block of Hampstead late yesterday morning. The homeowner surprised the ...
Tue, March 23, 2010
Portage Department To Set Fire
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- They are normally in the business of putting fires out, but next Monday the Portage Fire Department may be starting one in ...
Mon, March 22, 2010
Portage School Board Looking Two To Fill Vacant Positions
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) - The embattled and depleted Portage School Board will meet in special session for an undisclosed reason this evening, before their regular bi-weekly ...
Mon, March 15, 2010
Portage Police May Seek More Charges
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- Portage police may seek charges this week against some of the others involved in a mugging at the Foxwood Apartments a week ...
Fri, March 12, 2010
Tension Between Portage Superintendent and School Board
KALAMAZOO/PORTAGE (WKZO) -- It appears that tension between Portage Superintendent Marsha Wells and School trustees have apparently led to the resignation of a second ...
Thu, March 11, 2010
Portage Schools Facing Tough Times
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- Times are tough in Michigan Schools and particularly in Portage where they are reconstructing the high schools, facing millions in budget cuts ...
Thu, March 11, 2010
Home Expo Coming To Portage
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- Another sign of spring in the Kalamazoo area has arrived. It's time for the Home Expo. It will be easy to ...
Wed, March 10, 2010
Active Home Business Ordinance In Portage Shelved For Now
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- Your home may be your castle but in Portage, it’s not supposed to be your business too unless you have registered ...
Tue, March 09, 2010
Another Charged In Bousfield Death In Portage
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- A third suspect in the heroin death of 19 year old Amy Bousfield has cut a deal with prosecutors as police work ...
Fri, March 05, 2010
Task Force Appointed At Portage Northern
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- The Portage Public schools has appointed a task force to study claims that the air quality problems at Portage Northern has been ...
Wed, March 03, 2010
Another Clean Bill Of Health For Portage Lab
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- Another test, another clean bill for the air at Portage Northern High School. This time Michigan’s OSHA responded to complaints that ...
Thu, February 25, 2010
Task Force Established At Portage Northern
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- Portage Schools are putting together a special task force to take a look at why some students and teachers at Portage Northern ...
Wed, February 24, 2010
Testing Found Nothing At Portage Northern
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- If something at Portage Northern High School is making kids sick, then sophisticated testing has failed to detect it. Parents swear its ...
Tue, February 23, 2010
New Construction May Be Causing Health Issues At Portage Northern
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- A mystery illness has struck at Portage Northern High, or has it? The Portage Public Schools have scheduled a meeting to give ...
Wed, February 17, 2010
Science Lab Closed At Portage Northern
Portage Northern High has vacated their science annex after complaints from teachers and students about headaches, nausea and other problems. They blame it on ...
Tue, February 16, 2010
Blood Collection Center Opens In Portage
KALAMAZOO -- Michigan Blood will hold a Grand Opening for their new offices and Collection Center on Milham Road in Portage this afternoon. The non-profit ...
Thu, February 04, 2010
Portage County executive candidates to meet at forum tomorrow
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) – The Stevens Point Business Council will be hosting a candidate's forum tomorrow morning for the three people running for ...
Fri, January 29, 2010
Suspect Arrested In Portage Robbery
PORTAGE -- A man believed responsible for a mini-crime spree on Portage’s North east side is in custody. Police investigating one crime, discovered their ...
Tue, January 26, 2010
Portage Schools Finance Director Says There May Be Layoffs Next Year
PORTAGE -- The Finance Director for Portage Schools says he is glad to hear that the state’s economists aren’t predicting that the schools ...
Mon, January 25, 2010
Information Sessions Held Today In Portage and Kalamazoo
Anyone interested in serving as a Trustee in the Portage or Kalamazoo Public School districts will have 2 opportunities today. Both boards will be ...
Wed, January 13, 2010
Portage Newsletter Will Be Published Every Two Months
PORTAGE -- Like most publications, The Portager is not the only way to get the word out anymore, and the City of Portage has decided ...
Tue, January 12, 2010
Portage School Board Agrees To Participate In Race To The Top
PORTAGE -- Portage School trustees have agreed unanimously to participate in the Race to the Top, but have an escape clause written into their memorandum ...
Fri, January 08, 2010
Portage Man Hurt In Meth Explosion
PORTAGE -- It’s an occupational hazard for a Meth addict, sometimes you get burned. A 26 year old Hartford man is being treated for ...
Mon, November 30, 2009
Portage County free to distribute vaccine to students; public
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) Students in Portage County will start getting the first rounds of H1N1 vaccinations this week after the health department was ...
Wed, November 04, 2009
Portage Attorney Sentenced to Federal Prison
GRAND RAPIDS -- A prominent Portage attorney is going to jail for 5 years, for conspiring to defraud the United States.
U.S. Attorney Donald ...
Wed, November 04, 2009
WATCH: WKZO.COM'S John McNeill Speak with Portage City Councilwoman Patricia M. Randall Following Her Victory Tuesday
KALAMAZOO -- Patricia M. Randall is the newest elected member of the Portage City Council. Randall spoke with WKZO.COM's John McNeill outside Cityscape ...
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