Category Archives: Kalamazoo News

Swatting incident in Kalamazoo Township under investigation
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Township police are investigating a swatting call that prompted an emergency response at a home on Brook Drive off of Gull Road yesterday afternoon. The...
Michael Arney Oct 01, 2025 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)

Fire damages Fazoli's restaurant in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A fire has damaged the Fazoli's restaurant in Battle Creek. Firefighters got the flames under control in about ten minutes yesterday afternoon, but say the entrance suf...
Michael Arney Oct 01, 2025

Kalamazoo Public Schools holding public sessions on discipline, school security
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Discipline in Kalamazoo Public Schools recently became national news when a viral video showing a Kalamazoo Central High School junior varsity football player body slammin...
John McNeill Oct 01, 2025 (Photo provided by John McNeill)

Hopkins man arrested in Allegan County animal fighting case
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 37-year-old Hopkins man has been charged on five felony counts stemming from the bust of a suspected cock fighting event this past July in Allegan County. Edin Dilson Roda...
Gary Stevens Sep 30, 2025 Edin Dilson Rodas (courtesy Allegan County Sheriff's Office)

Kalamazoo's iconic State Theatre sold to new owners
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo's iconic State Theatre has new owners who are planning to update the technology, renovate the historic building, and get it back open for concerts and shows. Dan...
Michael Arney Sep 30, 2025 Holly and Dan Carmichael, the new owners of the State Theatre

Pair who fled into Schoolcraft Township cornfield facing multiple charges
SCHOOLCRAFT TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man and woman who fled the scene of an accident Sunday which forced the cancellation of classes for School Community Schools Monday are facing multiple counts...
Ken Delaney Sep 30, 2025 Miranda Paige Hagaman and Erick R. Kibler (courtesy Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office)

One dead in Allegan County crash
OVERISEL TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Allegan County Sheriff's Office is investigating a deadly crash that happened just before 7:00 a.m. Tuesday in Overisel Township. Police say 22-year-0ld Austin...
Michael Arney Sep 30, 2025 Allegan County Sheriff's Patch (image courtesy Allegan Co. Sheriff's Dept.)

John Ball Zoo euthanizes two animals
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Officials at John Ball Zoo say they had to euthanize two animals this past weekend. Forty-seven-year-old Sammy, a chimpanzee, had been at the Grand Rapids facility sinc...
Michael Arney Sep 30, 2025

Attorney General Nessel says copycat threats reported statewide
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says copycat threats have been received at locations statewide after Sunday's deadly attack on an LDS church in Grand Blanc. Nessel say...
Michael Arney Sep 30, 2025 Nessel held a closed door briefing with the Kalamazoo SAKI team , which includes a Victim Advocate from the YWCA, before holding a press conference at the Kalamazoo YWCA at 353 East Michigan
Avenue in downtown Kalamazoo. (Photo provided by John McNeill)

Whitmer: Entire state fully supports Grand Blanc after church shooting
GRAND BLANC, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer says the entire state is supporting the Grand Blanc community that has been shelled by a mass shooting and arson at an LDS church. Speaking in ...
Michael Arney Sep 30, 2025




