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Kalamazoo Commission goes ‘closed door’ for hours late Monday over differences about City Manager Kalamazoo, MI, USA / The Touch | Today's R & B and Old School | 95.5 FM · 1560 AM Feb 2, 2021 7:16 AM Kalamazoo City Manager Jim Ritsema speaks about the budget during a meeting on Dec. 12th, 2019. (Photo courtesy of Josh Scott). KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Kalamazoo City Commissioners went behind closed doors Monday night for hours to try to hash out differences over their em...

Kalamazoo leaders seek investigation of former public safety chief’s departure Updated Jan 20, 2021; Posted Jan 20, 2021 Kalamazoo Public Safety Chief Karianne Thomas apologizes for the arrest of MLive Reporter Samuel Robinson at a protest on Saturday during a press conference at City Hall in Kalamazoo, Michigan on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020. The press conference was held after protestors and counter protestors clashed in downtown Kalamazoo on Saturday, Aug. 15. (Joel Bissell | MLive.com)Joel Bi...

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2020 was a year of protests, police and change in Kalamazoo Updated Dec 30, 2020; Posted Dec 30, 2020 2020 in Kalamazoo was a year marked with protests, change and deeper looks at race, policy and those who lead. (Joel Bissell | MLive) Facebook Share KALAMAZOO, MI — Kalamazoo in 2020 mirrored much of what was going on across the nation. The varying affects of the coronavirus pandemic. Protests. A deeper look at racism in America. Contention in the political sphere. And changes in leadership...

The Halifax County Schools Vikings Information Technology (IT) Help Desk, based on the campus of Northwest Collegiate and Technical Academy, will prepare students for a career pathway in Computer Engineering and other Information Technology pathways, according to a press release. The IT Help Desk is an internship work-based opportunity, which offers skilled students an opportunity to get paid for working the Help Desk while in school and a chance for employment in a technological occupation upo...

Toys, coats and more headed to Kalamazoo families thanks to $8K in donations from Meijer Updated Dec 24, 2020; Facebook Share KALAMAZOO, MI — Two efforts to support youth in Kalamazoo in the holiday season this year took the place of the annual “shop with a public safety officer” program championed by local police. In addition to a $5,000 donation secured from Meijer to support the Boys and Girls Club of Kalamazoo, volunteers also worked with the retailer and Kalamazoo Department of Publ...

Commissioners learned police chief was fired months after the fact Updated Jan 19, 2021; Posted Dec 23, 2020 After 23 years with the department, Karianne Thomas is set to be sworn in as the sixth chief of the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety. Police and firefighters have been a combine, cross trained department since 1982. Photo taken in December of 2017. (MLive.com file photo) Facebook Share KALAMAZOO, MI — Two Kalamazoo City Commissioners said they only found out that Public Safety C...

Kalamazoo city manager apologizes for not disclosing that police chief was fired Updated Dec 21, 2020; Posted Dec 21, 2020 Kalamazoo City Manager Jim Ritsema listens as community activists ask question during a press conference at City Hall in Kalamazoo, Michigan on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020. The press conference was held after protestors and counter protestors clashed in downtown Kalamazoo on Saturday, Aug. 15. (Joel Bissell | MLive.com)Joel Bissell | MLive.com Facebook Share KALAMAZOO, MI — K...

Thomas had served with KDPS as the Chief since 2017. During a virtual meeting Monday night, City Manager Ritsema spoke on the matter, explaining why it had previously been said that she had resigned. The conversation began earlier in the meeting when an item was presented for approval, which would allow KDPS Assistant Chief of Investigations David Boysen to enter the Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP). According to city documents, KDPS members are eligible to retire with an unreduced pen...

Kalamazoo, MI, USA / WKZO | Everything Kalamazoo | 590 AM · 106.9 FM Dec 21, 2020 9:12 PM Kalamazoo City Commissioners speak with Andrew Haan of the Kalamazoo Downtown Partnership during a virtual meeting on December 21, 2020. (Photo via City of Kalamazoo Zoom Meeting via YouTube stream). KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Kalamazoo’s established outdoor drinking district downtown will be expanded to include Bronson Park, Kalamazoo City Commissioners voted Monday. During a virtual meeting, Commi...