Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Hot 'N Now building in place in Wayland Township
WAYLAND TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Hot 'n Now building in Wayland Township across the street from Gun Lake Casino is now in place. Built by B Cubed Manufacturing, it is 737-square-feet and was as...
Aug 27, 2025
Portage officials dispute report they pulled $500,000 from homeless shelter effort
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Portage city officials are disputing news reports that they "pulled" half a million dollars out of the effort to create a new family homeless shelter. Council member Terry U...
Aug 27, 2025 Portage City Hall seal. (Photo by John McNeil).
AUDIO: Metro Transit asking for millage increase in November
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Metro Transit system will be seeking a millage increase to help fund the local transit system when they ask voters for a renewal this November. Director Sean M...
Aug 27, 2025 Metro Connect bus (courtesy Metro Connect)
Holtec says Palisades nuclear power plant back to operations status
COVERT TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Holtec says its Palisades nuclear power plant in Covert Township is back to operations status. The power plant is seeking to become the first to ever restart in the ...
Aug 27, 2025
State House approves $78-billion budget
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan House has passed a $78-billion budget for Fiscal Year 2026 on a 59-to-45 vote to set up negotiations with the state Senate, which passed its budget this spring....
Aug 27, 2025 (courtesy of State Representative Jennifer Wortz)
Charges now authorized for 2018 murder in Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A longtime unsolved murder case in Portage might now finally be solved. May 23, 2018, the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office initiated an investigation into the disappearance...
Aug 26, 2025 nito103 / Depositphotos.com
Grand Hotel sold out for Mackinac Leadership Conference next month
MACKINAC ISLAND, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Grand Hotel is sold out for the Michigan Republican Party's Mackinac Leadership Conference in September. The event will be September 19th through the 21st and wi...
Aug 26, 2025 The Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island, Michigan (courtesy Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce)
Governor Whitmer appeals FEMA denial of northern Michigan relief money
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer is appealing the denial of disaster relief funds for northern Michigan by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Whitmer says President Trump aut...
Aug 26, 2025
University of Michigan Health ends gender-affirming care for minors
ANN ARBOR, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - University of Michigan Health will no longer provide medically necessary gender affirming healthcare for minors after receiving a subpoena from the U.S. Department of Just...
Aug 26, 2025 University of Michigan logo
AUDIO: Day one of weapon detection system at KPS goes smoothly
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools have opened for the academic year with weapon detection systems in place at all of its middle and high schools. Superintendent Darrin Slade pushed...
Aug 26, 2025 Kalamazoo Central High School - Google Street View
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