Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County gets anonymous donation for more housing
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It is the season for giving and Kalamazoo County has just gotten a transformational gift to address its affordable housing crisis. The county has received a $23.3-million ...
Dec 17, 2025 Pictures of Money / CC
Almost 2,500 Kalamazoo area kids to take part in Toy Shop Toy Distribution today and tomorrow
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Thousands of children and families in the Kalamazoo area will get an early Christmas present the next two days, with the The Salvation Army of Kalamazoo's annual Toy Shop ...
Dec 17, 2025 The Salvation Army of Kalamazoo Toy Shop (courtesy of The Salvation Army of Kalamazoo)
Suspect who police say shot up a Kalamazoo restaurant arraigned on 25 felony counts
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The suspect in a September shooting that injured five at a Kalamazoo restaurant was arraigned on 25 felony counts Tuesday. 19-year-old Na'Ledge Quincy Lovon Williams Chamb...
Dec 16, 2025 Naledge Quincy Lovon Williams Chamberlain (courtesy KDPS)
KVET arrests suspect after shots fired from moving vehicle on Gull Road
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A suspect is in custody after police say he fired into the parking lot of a Gull Road party store from a moving vehicle in Kalamazoo Township. Last Friday around ...
Dec 16, 2025 zimmytws / Depositphotos.com
Kalamazoo Public Schools making progress on state math tests
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools continue to show progress where it counts, literally. Superintendent Darrin Slade informed trustees Monday night that the district's latest perfor...
Dec 16, 2025
Kalamazoo city commission holds public hearing on 2026 budget proposal
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo city commissioners held a public hearing on their proposed 2026 budget Monday but unlike previous years, some residents had something to say. Usually, no one spe...
Dec 16, 2025 Kalamazoo City Hall in winter. (Photo by John McNeil)
Man sentenced for child pornography possession
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Calhoun County man will serve between ten and 15-years in prison for possessing child pornography. The judge in the case against Kevin Wilson called it one of the mos...
Dec 16, 2025 Joe Gratz
AUDIO: KDPS Chief Boysen talks about two deaths in Kalamazoo in past week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The discovery of two people found dead outside in Kalamazoo in the last week and the colder temperatures, once again has homeless advocates demanding the city do more to h...
Dec 16, 2025
Huizenga Announces Reelection Intentions
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 16, 2025) - Bill Huizenga apparently wants to continue making regular trips to Washington. Whether voters in southwest Michigan will vote to have him do so remains to be ...
Dec 16, 2025 US House Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-Holland) (photo Gary Stevens, Midwest Communications)
Consumers Energy schedules electric upgrade for early Friday morning on Kalamazoo's west side
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - About 4,500 Consumers Energy customers in Kalamazoo will lose power for up to two hours early Friday morning as the utility works with ITC Michigan to make upgrades to sub...
Dec 15, 2025
