Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Arcadia Creek Festival Place begins renovations
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Arcadia Creek Festival Place in downtown Kalamazoo is now undergoing renovations. City officials say they closed the park at the start of this month and soil borings a...
Dec 19, 2025
Kalamazoo Beer Exchange, which priced beer like stock market prices, set to close this weekend
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A restaurant and bar in downtown Kalamazoo is set to close its doors for good this weekend. After 15 years of beer prices that rose and fell every 15 minutes based on dema...
Dec 18, 2025
KDPS investigates non-fatal shooting and armed robbery in two separate incidents
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says officers responded to two separate violent incidents Tuesday night, including a non-fatal shooting and an unrelated armed ro...
Dec 18, 2025 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety cruiser (Photo by Jeana Gondek).
Cass County deputies arrest 58-year-old Dowagiac man on several charges
DOWAGIAC, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Cass County Sheriff's Office has arrested a 58-year-old man on several charges after executing a search warrant at a home in Dowagiac Wednesday afternoon. Detectives fo...
Dec 18, 2025 Cass County Sheriff's Office sign. (Photo by John McNeil)
Western Michigan University Broncos play in Myrtle Beach Bowl Friday
MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WKZO AM/FM) - The Mid-American Conference champion Western Michigan University Broncos will play in the 2025 Myrtle Beach Bowl tomorrow morning. WMU takes on Kennesaw State Universit...
Dec 18, 2025 Western Michigan University football team after MAC championship game Dec 6, 2025 (courtesy Ashley Blanchard, WMU Photographer)
Man hospitalized after Wednesday night shooting in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 27-year-old man is hospitalized in Kalamazoo after he was injured in a shooting last night. Public safety officers responded to the shooting at the intersection of Porta...
Dec 18, 2025 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety . (Photo by Jeana Gondek).
Bronson BirthPlace says Theodore and Violet are their top names for this year
KALAMAZOO, M (WKZO AM/FM) - Theodore and Violet top the list of Bronson BirthPlace's most popular baby names of 2025. Bronson welcomed more than 4,500 newborns in 2025, bringing with them a fresh list...
Dec 17, 2025
One injured with shots fired on Kalamazoo's Vanzee Street early Wednesday morning
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One man was injured after reports of gunfire early Wednesday morning in Kalamazoo. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says around 3:45 a.m. dispatch received multip...
Dec 17, 2025 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
New Portage public safety chief, Kalamazoo County health director take oaths of office
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A couple of important local positions have new hires taking over this week, and both worked their way up through their organizations to obtain the top slot. Last night, the ...
Dec 17, 2025
Kalamazoo County board cool to putting childcare millage before voters in May
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Local childcare providers want Kalamazoo County to put a special millage to support their services on the ballot next May, but the idea was met with resistance from county...
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