Category Archives: Kalamazoo News

Police investigating Tuesday afternoon shooting outside Battle Creek High School
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek police say at approximately 3:00 p.m. Monday, they were dispatched to the area just north of Battle Creek High School following reports of a disturbance. A...
Brett Briscoe Sep 08, 2025 (courtesy Battle Creek Police)

Search continues for missing man in Calhoun County's Fredonia Township
FREDONIA TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help as deputies try to find a 47-year-old man who went missing Sunday. Dale Higley walked away from...
Ken Delaney Sep 08, 2025 Dale Higley (courtesy Calhoun County Sheriff's Office)

Brush The Block Festival wraps up in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo's inaugural Brush the Block Festival has wrapped up. Artists worked to put up murals on several buildings downtown, and festival director Kim Shaw says they are ...
Michael Arney Sep 08, 2025 (courtesy City of Kalamazoo)

Officials say search for new Kalamazoo City Manager is on track
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo City Commission has set some dates for their City Manager Search, which ad hoc-committee Chair Jeanne Hess says is on schedule. Current City Manager Jim Rits...
John McNeill Sep 08, 2025 City of Kalamazoo logo

Man arrested for breaking into business in Cooper Township
COOPER TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 24-year-old man is in custody for allegedly throwing and brick through a window and breaking into a business in Kalamazoo County's Cooper Township late Friday nigh...
Ken Delaney Sep 07, 2025 (Photo by John McNeil).

KDPS investigates non-fatal shooting on Mabel Street
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One teen was injured Friday night after multiple shots were fired on Kalamazoo's Northside. Just after 9:00 p.m. Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety (KDPS) officers patr...
Ken Delaney Sep 07, 2025 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC

YWCA Kalamazoo, other nonprofits to speak out against budget passed by state House
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Officials from YWCA Kalamazoo, Disability Network of Southwest Michigan, Milestone Senior Services, and Cradle Kalamazoo will be speaking out on Monday against the state H...
Michael Arney Sep 07, 2025 Maryland GovPics / CC

Michigan State Police: Man arrested for allegedly stabbing father in Schoolcraft Township
SCHOOLCRAFT TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State Police say a man accused of stabbing his father several times Wednesday night has been arrested. The 27-year-old suspect was arrested yesterday. ...
Michael Arney Sep 05, 2025 MSP investigating death of 2 year old in Cass County

Four hospitalized after Kalamazoo County crash
ALAMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office says four people are hospitalized after a crash between a Dodge Stratus and a Ford F-250 pickup yesterday afternoon. The Dodge w...
Michael Arney Sep 05, 2025 KCSD investigating fatal one car accident in Comstock

Kalamazoo County may join partnership to fund emergency shelter for homeless people
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County may join a partnership once again this year to help fund emergency shelter for the homeless this winter, following news that the Kalamazoo Gospel Mission ...
John McNeill Sep 05, 2025 Kalamazoo County sign (Photo by John McNeil)




