Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
GVSU tightens campus security after weekend stabbing
ALLENDALE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Security is now tighter at Grand Valley State University's main campus in Allendale Township after a stabbing over the weekend near a dormitory. Residents of on-campus hou...
Sep 04, 2025 (courtesy of GVSU)
State leaders negotiate budget for an hour at Capitol
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks of Grand Rapids, House Speaker Matt Hall of Richland, and state budget director Jen Flood met for an hour yesterday at the state C...
Sep 04, 2025 Exterior of Michigan Capitol building (courtesy State of Michigan)
Kalamazoo city commission says city manager finalists to be at meet-and-greet October 14
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo city commission is moving forward in its search for the next city manager with the retirement of City Manager Jim Ritsema approaching this fall. The commissi...
Sep 03, 2025 (courtesy Discover Kalamazoo)
AUDIO: Brush the Block underway in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Art Prize is set to begin in a couple of weeks in Grand Rapids, but you don't have to wait or travel far to see local art if you live in Kalamazoo. Brush the Block is unde...
Sep 03, 2025
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra president/CEO to resign October 10
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Jessica Mallow Gulley, the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra's President and CEO since 2019, has been appointed the president and managing director of The Saint Paul Chamber Or...
Sep 03, 2025 Photo courtesy of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra.
Wings West ice rink to close September 12
TEXAS TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Wings West ice rink in Texas Township will shut down permanently on September 12th after its ice plant had a "severe failure." In addition to the ice rink, Old Bu...
Sep 03, 2025
Kalamazoo County board opts in to new opioid settlement deals
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County board has agreed to opt-in to a couple of new opioid settlement deals that could eventually bring an additional $1.7 million to the community for drug...
Sep 03, 2025 Pictures of Money / CC
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County commission unhappy with possible state budget cuts
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County commissioners have some frank opinions about the state budget approved by the Republican-controlled state House, led by Speaker Matt Hall of Richland. The...
Sep 03, 2025 Kalamazoo County Government logo
Arson in Otsego under investigation9
OTSEGO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Otsego Fire Department and Otsego Police Department are investigating an arson that happened just after midnight Tuesday. Allegan County Dispatch received a 9-1-1 call ab...
Sep 02, 2025
St. Joseph County man claims $2 million Michigan Lottery prize
STURGIS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 66-year-old St. Joseph County man says he will retire early after winning $2 million playing the Michigan Lottery's $2,000,000 Lucky instant game. He chose to remain anony...
Sep 02, 2025
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