Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
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
Kalamazoo residents speaking out against car wash near Asylum Lake
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo residents are speaking out against a possible car wash being located near the Asylum Lake Nature Preserve. Drive and Shine Car Wash owns the 19-acres of land and...
Oct 24, 2025 Image from Asylum Lake Preserve's Facebook page.
State Senate Republicans urge governor to ask for resignations of MSP leaders
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Ten Republican state senators are urging Governor Gretchen Whitmer to ask for the resignations of two Michigan State Police leaders. That includes director Colonel James Gra...
Oct 24, 2025
Michigan State Police investigating Three Rivers area church break-in
PARK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State Police are investigating a break-in at Center Park United Methodist Church near Three Rivers that happened October 17th. The suspect broke a window to g...
Oct 24, 2025 Courtesy Michigan State Police
Michigan OSHA investigating Palisades incident
COVERT TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the fall of a contractor into a pool of water above the nuclear reactor at the Palisades ...
Oct 24, 2025
Cass County crash injures one driver
HOWARD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A crash between a tractor and another vehicle just before 5:30 p.m. Thursday in Cass County has sent one person to a hospital. The sheriff's office says it happened ...
Oct 24, 2025 Cass County Sheriff's Office sign. (Photo by John McNeil)
Portage partnering with City Wise Software on rental website
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Portage and City Wise Software are partnering to launch a new website to make it easier for landlords to list properties and residents to be able to find somewhe...
Oct 24, 2025 Portage City Hall seal. (Photo by John McNeil).
Kalamazoo Loaves and Fishes prepared to help is SNAP benefits are curtailed due to federal government shutdown
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - In Kalamazoo County, there are 35,183 recipients of SNAP benefits, including 39% who are under the age of 18, and they are in danger of losing those food benefits if the f...
Oct 23, 2025
AUDIO: Portage trash controversy not going away anytime soon
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's not clear how big an impact the ongoing trash controversy in Portage will have on city elections in two weeks, but it's clear the issue is not going away. This week, th...
Oct 23, 2025
Palisades contractor falls into water tank above reactor
COVERT TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A contractor at Palisades nuclear power plant in Covert Township is back on the job after they fell into a water tank that was above a nuclear reactor on Tuesday. Ho...
Oct 23, 2025
