Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Can-Do Kalamazoo is city's newest entrepreneur hub
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Call it a dream factory on the day after Labor Day. Can-Do Kalamazoo is the city's newest place to learn how to take work skills, or just ideas, and turn them into money m...
Sep 02, 2025
High school tuberculosis infection confirmed in Coldwater
COLDWATER, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Someone affiliated with Coldwater High School has been confirmed to be infected by tuberculosis. Officials have not said if it is a student, teacher, or a staff member, bu...
Sep 02, 2025 City of Coldwater sign (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Roughly 33,000 take part in annual Mackinac Bridge Walk
ST. IGNACE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Around 33-thousand people took part in the 67th annual Labor Day Mackinac Bridge Walk on Monday. The event has been held every year since the bridge opened in 1958, excep...
Sep 02, 2025
Michigan's average gas price at $3.30 a gallon
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan's average gas price is at $3.30 a gallon, which is just a penny higher than last week, but 15 cents more than last year. Triple-A Michigan says the average in the ...
Sep 02, 2025
Indivisible Paw Paw holds pop-up protest on Labor Day
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Indivisible Paw Paw held a pop-up protest downtown in Paw Paw yesterday aiming to call attention to workers' rights and federal funding. It was the fifth pop-up protest held...
Sep 02, 2025
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County commission to vote on updates to bidding preference policy
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County commissioners are expected to approve updates to their bidding preference policy tonight, which allows them to not just take the lowest bid, but the best ...
Sep 02, 2025
Opioid settlement money on Kalamazoo County board agenda tonight
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - More opioid settlement money could soon be rolling into Kalamazoo County coffers. The County Board will be asked to opt-in to a couple of new settlement deals this evening...
Sep 02, 2025 Phylellen / Depositphotos.com
Michigan State Police to distribute Naloxone during business hours
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - In recognition of International Overdose Awareness Day that was August 31 and National Recovery Month in September, the Michigan State Police Paw Paw Post at 43255 60th Aven...
Aug 31, 2025 Michigan State Police - File photo
Battle Creek man in critical condition after hit-and-run; suspect arrested
PENNFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 33-year-old Battle Creek man is hospitalized in critical condition with life-threatening injuries from a hit-and-run that happened late Saturday night. The Calh...
Aug 31, 2025 72soul / Depositphotos.com
Portage to do storm sewer improvements near the Stanwood Crossings development
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Portage will be doing storm sewer improvements near the Stanwood Crossings development in early September. As a result, the south side of Woodbine Avenue will be...
Aug 29, 2025 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
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