Category Archives: Kalamazoo News

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo city commission this week approved a new traffic safety plan during a five-hour meeting Monday night. The plan is nearly 140 pages long. It includes intersec...

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It was five years ago this week that President Trump's supporters engaged in the riot at the U.S. Capitol, and Kalamazoo County Sheriff Rick Fuller says there is one group...

LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt is requesting an investigation into the Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential. The Van Buren Cou...

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Violent crime in Kalamazoo is at a 10-year low. Public Safety officials say homicides are down 53%, aggravated assaults are lower by 28%, and robberies fell by 44% in the ...

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County board has agreed to spend $100,000 more on emergency winter shelters for the homeless, knowing that sum may not be enough. The county, the city of Kal...

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Even though he has only been on the job for 12 months, 40th District State Representative Matt Longjohn has announced his 2026 campaign for reelection. Michigan House term...

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - NASCAR Cup Series driver Carson Hocevar is getting a three-year extension with Zeigler Motorsports for sponsorship of his number 77 race car. The 22-year-old Portage nativ...

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There is expected to be an overflow crowd at the next Kalamazoo city commission meeting. It will be at Kalamazoo City Hall, but some special arrangements will have to be m...

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 36-year-old Kalamazoo man will serve the next 20-years in prison after he was found with 12-pounds of methamphetamine in the front passenger seat floorboard of a van he ...

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo city commissioners have approved their 2026 budget and done it a few weeks earlier than usual this year. Commissioners got the $344-million spending plan a few w...