Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Cass County crash Monday evening kills Vandalia man
PORTER TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 42-year-old Vandalia man has been killed in a crash in Cass County Monday evening. The sheriff's office responded to the crash near the intersection of US-12 and M...
Oct 28, 2025 Police lights
Michigan Speaker Matt Hall blames past state spending for SNAP funding shortfall
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall says wasteful spending in past years is to blame for the state's inability to cover November SNAP benefits. The Richland Republican argues t...
Oct 28, 2025
Otsego man sentenced for arson, previous charges
ALLEGAN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michael Kilbourn of Otsego will spend between the next 57 months to 10 years in prison for his role starting a fire that destroyed a play structure at Otsego's Norths...
Oct 28, 2025
Lansing moving forward on mobile housing pods purchased from Kalamazoo nonprofit
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Lansing is moving forward on their plans to use the mobile housing pods purchased from Kalamazoo's nonprofit Housing Resources Incorporated. The 50 pods were pur...
Oct 28, 2025 Pods are very small shelters that have been used to provide emergency and transitional shelter in other communities. (Photos courtesy HRI)
Stuart Neighborhood residents want city to take action to cut down traffic crashes
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A perceived spike in serious traffic accidents in the Stuart Neighborhood has residents there concerned, even taking the law into their own hands, and demanding the city t...
Oct 27, 2025 (courtesy Discover Kalamazoo)
21-year-old man killed in Burr Oak Township hit-and-run
BURR OAK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 21-year-old man has been killed when they were hit by a vehicle Sunday morning in Burr Oak Township. The St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office has identified him as...
Oct 27, 2025 Van/bicycle accident kills woman (Photo by John McNeil)
Two Battle Creek residents recovering from gunshot wounds
SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two Battle Creek residents are hospitalized after they were shot early Sunday morning in Sheridan Township. The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office was called to C Dri...
Oct 27, 2025 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
AUDIO: Portage to use artificial intelligence for public safety officers to write police reports
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Artificial intelligence will be installed to help Portage Public Safety officers write police reports, despite concerns from city leaders. Portage city council members had q...
Oct 27, 2025
AUDIO: Kalamazoo has plans for the "Spaghetti Bowl" in downtown
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Kalamazoo has big plans for the "Spaghetti Bowl," but at this point, they are just plans. City Planner Rebeka Kik says they call it the West Gate Plan, a maste...
Oct 27, 2025
45th annual Model Train Show & Sale to be held November 2nd
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The 45th annual Model Train Show & Sale will be held Sunday, November 2nd at the Kalamazoo County Expo Center at 2900 Lake Street. Vendors will be selling new and used...
Oct 27, 2025
