Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Pay might rise for Portage City Council
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Portage City Council could get a raise. The Local Officers Compensation Commission is recommending a 9.4% increase for council members and a 13.6% increase for the mayor...
Aug 26, 2025 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
After cold case was reopened, suspect arrested in 2023 Kalamazoo murder
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man has been arrested in Florida after detectives on a cold case team with the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety identified him as the suspect in a September 2023 mu...
Aug 25, 2025
AUDIO: Kalamazoo Public Schools to offer Gold Card passes to resident senior citizens
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One of the changes this year at Kalamazoo Public Schools is for seniors, and we don't mean 12th graders. Beginning this fall, elderly residents will get a discount on admi...
Aug 25, 2025
Calhoun County Sheriff's Office seizes firearm, suspected narcotics in Newton Township raid
NEWTON TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office executed a search warrant at a home in the 10000 block of 8 Mile Road in Newton Township on Sunday. The narcotics-related search ...
Aug 25, 2025 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
Western Michigan University unveils expanded pedestrian walkway
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Western Michigan University has unveiled an expanded pedestrian walkway on campus before classes begin this week. The $5.6 million project turned a former parking lot into...
Aug 25, 2025 Western Michigan University (photo by John McNeil)
Remember, be safe around school buses
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Students are back to school beginning today, so it's important that drivers remember what they have been taught about driving at this time of the year. Keep an eye out in ...
Aug 25, 2025 Bill McChesney / CC
AUDIO: K-RESA's new Career Connect Campus opening this week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's back to school this week for Kalamazoo County's nine public school districts, and it's about to become a much better pathway for students who may not be college bound...
Aug 25, 2025
Most school officials believe state government will shut down
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A poll of school leaders in Michigan finds 79% believe state government will shut down on October 1st. They do not have confidence that a budget deal can be reached before S...
Aug 25, 2025 Exterior of Michigan Capitol building (courtesy State of Michigan)
Gas prices jump 18 cents a gallon in Michigan
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Gas prices in Michigan have shot up by 18-cents a gallon on average in the past week. Triple-A Michigan says the average price is now $3.30 a gallon, one-penny more than la...
Aug 25, 2025
AUDIO: Big changes at KPS middle, high schools today
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kids go back to school today in Kalamazoo County and there will be some big changes in Kalamazoo Public Schools this year. Superintendent Darrin Slade says it will be just...
Aug 25, 2025 Kalamazoo Loy Norrix High School (photo courtesy of Kalamazoo Public Schools)
