Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
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,...
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 ...
Sep 18, 2025
Decline in total traffic crashes continues in City of Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Traffic data from the first seven months of 2025 shows crashes in Kalamazoo are declining, and city officials are crediting their Streets for All program for making the di...
Sep 18, 2025 (courtesy City of Kalamazoo)
Lights will flicker for some in Allegan County early Thursday
ALLEGAN COUNTY, MI (WKZO) -Consumers Energy is giving a heads-up to over 1,300 Allegan County residents that they will see their lights flicker early Thursday as crews replace equipment in a local sub...
Sep 17, 2025
Kalamazoo County commissioners say political violence has no home here
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two Kalamazoo County commissioners are calling for peace and calm following the murder of President Trump's advocate Charlie Kirk at a rally in Utah. The crime has sparked...
Sep 17, 2025 Kalamazoo County sign (Photo by John McNeil)
Kalamazoo County board gives tornado remediation money back to Texas Township
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County commissioners had a choice between giving $22,000 left over from public tornado remediation in Texas Township back to the township for homeowners, or crea...
Sep 17, 2025 Pictures of Money / CC
Governor Whitmer to lawmakers: Negotiate budget deal now
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer is pressuring state lawmakers to find common ground on the Fiscal Year 2026 budget. The state is two weeks away from a state government shutdown if...
Sep 17, 2025
Man charged for transporting snakes between Michigan, Indiana
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Federal prosecutors are charging a man with Lacey Act Trafficking for transporting threatened species of snakes between Indiana and Michigan in June, 2020. Scott Hitchc...
Sep 17, 2025 londondeposit / Depositphotos.com
Man killed crossing road near Gull Lake
ROSS TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State Police say a 68-year-old man from Ohio has been killed when he was hit by a vehicle trying to cross M-89 south of Gull Lake. The crash happened just bef...
Sep 17, 2025 Michigan State Police - Photo by Jeana Gondek
Proposed 2026 Kalamazoo County budget online
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County has put away some extra cash just in case cuts come down from Lansing thru cuts or a shutdown. Administrator Kevin Catlin has just published his proposed ...
Sep 17, 2025
