Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County purchasing McDonald's downtown for new admin building
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County will buy the McDonald's across the street from the County Administration Building on Kalamazoo Avenue downtown and build a new administration building in ...
Sep 17, 2025
Portage Public Schools holding multiple community outreach events to explain November bond issue
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM)- Ahead of a $132.4 million November bond issue on the ballot, Portage Public Schools is holding multiple community outreach events in the coming weeks. School officials say th...
Sep 17, 2025 (courtesy Portage Public Schools)
A celebration of all things Canada will return to downtown Kalamazoo Saturday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - With organizers calling it a little "kitchen party" in downtown Kalamazoo, Canadiana Fest returns for its third year this Saturday. The event has become the largest Canadi...
Sep 17, 2025
Kalamazoo man sentenced to 10-30 years in prison for stabbing another homeless man in 2023
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo man has been sentenced to 10 to 30 years in prison in connection with a 2023 homicide that occurred on the city's east side. 42-year-old Jason Lawrence Blough ...
Sep 16, 2025 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Kalamazoo Curling Club looking to build new home in Parchment
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Curling Club is facing a dilemma with the closure last week of Wings West in Texas Township and the upcoming closure of Wings Event Center in a few years. Th...
Sep 16, 2025
Kalamazoo getting early start planning shelters for homeless over winter
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As we first reported two weeks ago, the Kalamazoo community is getting an early start on planning emergency shelters for the homeless this winter. City Manager Jim Ritsema...
Sep 16, 2025 AndrewLozovyi / Depositphotos.com
Kalamazoo County resident confirmed to have West Nile virus
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County Health and Community Services Department is confirming a resident in the county has West Nile virus. It is the first human case this year in Kalamazoo Cou...
Sep 16, 2025 ellandar / Depositphotos.com
AUDIO: Vice mayor says Kalamazoo needs to be called "Education City"
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The vice mayor says Kalamazoo should call itself "Education City." Jeanne Hess told us earlier this year that she had been thinking and talking about it for a while. She s...
Sep 16, 2025 (courtesy Discover Kalamazoo)
Air Zoo receives $819,000 grant for Making Space in Michigan project
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An Air Zoo project called Making Space in Michigan now has the green light, thanks to an $819,200 grant from the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity's 20...
Sep 15, 2025
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County commission may reallocate money for weather emergencies
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County commissioners may reallocate two leftover pots of money to prepare for future weather emergencies Tuesday evening. As we reported last week, they plan to ...
Sep 15, 2025 Kalamazoo County Government logo
