Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
No Kings protests planned for Saturday
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - At least 100 No Kings protests are being planned to be held Saturday throughout Michigan. One of those will be in Kalamazoo along North Drake Road between KL Avenue and West...
Oct 14, 2025
Court documents: fired Battle Creek police officer requested police
LIVONIA, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Court documents in Livonia show former Battle Creek police officer Hunter Barnett requested police after he pointed a gun just inches from the face of another off-duty offic...
Oct 14, 2025 (courtesy Battle Creek Police)
Kalamazoo veterans return from Washington, DC Honor Flight
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Veterans have returned to Kalamazoo after taking a Talons Out Honor Flight to Washington, DC. They visited national monuments and paid their respects at the Tomb of the Un...
Oct 14, 2025 Talons Out Honor Flight logo
Otsego man pleads guilty to arson in playground fire
OTSEGO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - 37-year-old Michael Kilbourn of Otsego has pled guilty to third-degree arson for a fire that destroyed a playground structure in Otsego last month. Kilbourn faces up to 10 ye...
Oct 14, 2025
KPS Food Service switches to biodegradable trays for elementary school meals
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools Food Service has switched from styrofoam serving trays to what they call more environmentally friendly biodegradable trays in the district's eleme...
Oct 14, 2025 (courtesy Kalamazoo Public Schools)
City of Kalamazoo Meet the Candidates event this Saturday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - With the election three weeks from today, candidates for Kalamazoo mayor and city commission are working to garner votes. That includes participating in a Meet the Candida...
Oct 14, 2025 (courtesy NowKalamazoo)
AUDIO: Hot n' Now opens in Wayland
WAYLAND, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Hot n' Now is now open in Wayland across the street from the Gun Lake Casino Resort. Monica King is the CEO of Gun Lake Investments and was very happy to celebrate the resta...
Oct 13, 2025
Village of Homer residents receive delinquent tax notices by mistake
HOMER, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Some residents of the Village of Homer got quite shock, after they received an incorrect notice that they hadn't paid their tax bill. The Calhoun County Treasurer's Office say...
Oct 13, 2025 Kevin Smith / CC
Pedestrian in Battle Creek killed in hit-and-run early Sunday, suspect in custody
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man who Battle Creek Police say hit and killed a pedestrian with his vehicle and then fled the scene is being held in the Calhoun County Jail pending arraignment. Pol...
Oct 13, 2025 72soul / Depositphotos.com
Michigan gas prices at low for 2025
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Gas prices in the state have fallen to $2.92 a gallon. Triple-A Michigan says the price is the lowest it has been in all of 2025, dropping 17-cents in the past week, 16-cen...
Oct 13, 2025
