Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Mendon automotive supplier laying off 178 workers
MENDON, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - International Automotive Components Mendon is laying off 178 employees in early December. The company filed a notice with the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opport...
Oct 23, 2025 Feverpitch / Depositphotos.com
AUDIO: Portage rejects deal with Kalamazoo County for emergency management staffer
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Portage city council has rejected a deal worked out between city and Kalamazoo County officials to share an emergency manager, saying they want that person focused on th...
Oct 23, 2025 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
Fuel Wood Harvest begins next month in Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The City of Portage is now accepting applications for Fuel Wood Harvest Permits as part of the city's Timber Harvest Program, which launches November 1. City officials say t...
Oct 23, 2025 (courtesy City of Portage)
Kalamazoo County board has a few finishing touches to make to 2026 budget
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County board has approved their 2026 budget but still have some finishing touches to put on the document. They have time, as it doesn't take effect until the...
Oct 22, 2025
Calhoun County deputies seize 68 dogs in animal cruelty investigation
NEWTON TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - 68 dogs have been surrendered to the Calhoun County Animal Shelter by a 68-year-old Newton Township woman. The county sheriff's office responded to her home in the 8...
Oct 22, 2025 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
Kalamazoo Gospel Mission says they have open beds in shelter
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There are open beds available for the homeless in Kalamazoo at the Kalamazoo Gospel Mission. Chief operating officer John Simpson says they have 80 beds for men and 60 bed...
Oct 22, 2025 Kalamazoo Gospel Ministries (KGM) logo. (Image courtesy of Kalamazoo Gospel Ministries).
Former Battle Creek police officer gets probation for pointing gun
LIVONIA, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Former Battle Creek police officer Hunter Barnett will be on probation for a year after he pointed a gun at another officer when they were both off-duty and at a Livonia hot...
Oct 22, 2025
Kalamazoo County Fair might return in August 2026
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It looks like the Kalamazoo County Fair might just make a comeback next summer. Last night, the county board authorized staff to find somebody or someway to organize a fai...
Oct 22, 2025 Kalamazoo County Youth Fair and Family Festival logo
Animal cruelty case under investigation in Cass County
CASS COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An animal cruelty case is under investigation by the Cass County Sheriff's Office. The Animal Control Division received two dogs on September 30 that were found as stray...
Oct 22, 2025 (courtesy Cass County Animal Control)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County board approves 2026 budget
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It came down to the home stretch, but the Kalamazoo County commission has approved its 2026 budget. Commissioners and staff were tying up loose ends right up until the fin...
Oct 22, 2025 jittawit.21 / Depositphotos.com
