Category Archives: Kalamazoo News

Battle Creek man charged in connection to assault on repo agent
PENNFIELD TOWNSHIP (WKZO AM/FM) - A Battle Creek man is in custody for allegedly trapping a repo agent between two vehicles. The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office says deputies responded to the 2100 blo...
Brett Briscoe Sep 19, 2025

Republican state representative says her committee stripped of bills in retaliation
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Republican state Representative Jaime Greene of Richmond says she is being punished by House Speaker Matt Hall of Richland for taking a bipartisan diplomatic trip to Israel....
Michael Arney Sep 19, 2025 Exterior of Michigan Capitol building (courtesy State of Michigan)

South Haven gets governmental immunity in 2020 drowning lawsuit
SOUTH HAVEN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of South Haven has received governmental immunity from an appeals court in a wrongful death lawsuit from a 2020 drowning. The mother of Brandon Chambers, who di...
Michael Arney Sep 19, 2025 (Photo courtesy of South Haven Area Emergency Services via Facebook)

West Michigan drought worst since 2012
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - From Holland to the Muskegon County line and east to Grand Rapids, the summer's drought is the most significant since 2012. The U.S. Drought Monitor says that part of t...
Michael Arney Sep 19, 2025

Kalamazoo authorities arrest 15-year-old with gun
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 15-year-old boy has been arrested this week by Kalamazoo Public Safety officers when he was found carrying a gun with an extended magazine. Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement ...
Michael Arney Sep 19, 2025

Man arrested for pinning repo agent with vehicle
PENNFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office has arrested a man for pinning a repossession agent between two vehicles in Pennfield Township. It happened just before 10:30 ...
Michael Arney Sep 19, 2025 Calhoun County Sheriff's Office cruisers. (Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office).

MDOT: West Main Street construction project wraps up
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Transportation and contractor Hoffman Brothers Incorporated have wrapped up work on West Main Street between Drake Road and US-131 in Kalamazoo....
Michael Arney Sep 19, 2025

Battle Creek man arrested in drug raid
PENNFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Battle Creek man is facing multiple charges following a drug bust on Thursday in Pennfield Township. According to the Michigan State Police, The Southwest Enfor...
Brett Briscoe Sep 18, 2025

AUDIO: Several events happening this weekend in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Labor Day may be in the rear view mirror and fall official begins on Monday, but there will still be things to do this weekend in Kalamazoo. The 3rd annual Canadiana Fest,...
John McNeill Sep 18, 2025 Bernt Rostad / CC

AUDIO: Gryphon Place holding suicide march Saturday in downtown Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - September is suicide prevention month, and you will be able to do something about it this weekend. It is one of the causes of death that is rising, some 37% for the first ...
John McNeill Sep 18, 2025




