Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Acrisure Amphitheater officially opens tonight in Grand Rapids
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Tonight is the opening night officially for Grand Rapids' Acrisure Amphitheater. Brian Vander Ark, the lead vocalist of the local band The Verve Pipe, will open the sho...
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Police capture drug fugitive at Kalamazoo hotel
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A fugitive wanted for drug charges has been arrested at a Stay Bridge Suites hotel in Kalamazoo by the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office. Detectives arrested Bruce Smith J...
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Portage couple to receive Ellis Island Medal of Honor
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Charles Zhang and Lynn Chen-Zhang of Portage will receive the Ellis Island Medal of Honor for their contributions to business, public service, and philanthropy. The two are ...
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House Speaker Hall sets June 1 deadline for Selfridge ANG Base funding
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall of Richland has set a firm deadline of June 1st for lawmakers to approve funding for Selfridge Air National Guard Base to build a new runway...
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Mike and Sharon Seelye Family Foundation gives $6,000 grant to Broncos Kitchen Foundation
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Broncos Kitchen Foundation has received a $6,000 grant from the Mike and Sharon Seelye Family Foundation. The money will help provide operational resources and free, n...
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Woman dead, other driver hospitalized after Allegan County crash
OVERISEL TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Allegan County Sheriff's Office says a woman has died after she was ejected from her SUV in a crash with a pickup truck Wednesday evening in Overisel Township....
May 14, 2026 Allegan County Sheriff's Patch (image courtesy Allegan Co. Sheriff's Dept.)
Portage City Manager to retire in July
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After nearly four years on the job in Portage, City Manager Pat McGinnis announced Wednesday that he will retire effective July 3, 2026. McGinnis started his position with t...
May 13, 2026 Portage City Manager Patrick McGinnis
Assessment underway in Kalamazoo and other regions in the state to possibly free up FEMA funds
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Teams of federal, state, and local personnel are compiling information in the city of Kalamazoo and 30 other counties in the Michigan, as the state looks to ask for assist...
May 13, 2026 EpicTop10.com / CC
No gloating as Portage officials thank voters, staff for election night
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Portage city council members didn't gloat Tuesday night at their first meeting since voters rejected a challenge of their new single hauler waste system, but they did thank ...
May 13, 2026 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
Kalamazoo changes on-street parking rules again
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Kalamazoo is changing on-street parking rules again. The first 30-minutes someone is parked anywhere in the city is free through the fall of 2027. The maximum ...
May 13, 2026 (courtesy Discover Kalamazoo)
