Category Archives: Kalamazoo News

UPDATE: Cass County crash kills one; remains under investigation
CASSOPOLIS (WKZO AM/FM) - Cass County authorities are continuing their investigation into a one vehicle accident that claimed one life. Deputies were called to the area of Brownsville St and Highfield...
Jim McKinney Sep 01, 2020

Kalamazoo Public Schools release student meal plan
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo Public Schools (KPS) are continuing to provide free meals to schools during virtual learning and the COVID-19 pandemic. Free meals for Kalamazoo Public School s...
Will Kriss Aug 31, 2020 KPS employees to get raise (Photo by John McNeill).

Kalamazoo College moves online as WMU prepares for classes to begin
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo College officials announced last Thursday that the fall semester will now be moved to a fully online format. Last week, an article and petition was launched by ...
Will Kriss Aug 31, 2020 Kalamazoo College. (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek).

Man arrested on several charges following pursuit
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office is reporting that one suspect has been arrested on several charges following a police pursuit. On Thursday, August 27, depu...
Will Kriss Aug 31, 2020

City leaders, KDPS review Proud Boys event, release new policy draft
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Monday, Kalamazoo city leaders and the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety (KDPS) held a virtual press conference to address findings in an investigation regarding the ...
Will Kriss Aug 31, 2020 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety cruiser (KDPS). Photo by Jeana Gondek.

WMU reports new cases of COVID-19 as school prepares to re-open
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Western Michigan University officials say that 16 new cases of coronavirus were reported Friday, August 21. Students have been moving back on campus for the beginning of c...
Jim McKinney Aug 31, 2020 FotoGuy 49057 / CC

Van Buren County deputies apprehend parole violator
PAW PAW (WKZO AM/FM) - Van Buren County authorities have announced they have arrested a parole violator who has been a fugitive for the last two weeks. Anonymous tips were received regarding the suspe...
Jim McKinney Aug 31, 2020

KPS getting ready for start of school
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) - It's back to school on Monday for children in Kalamazoo and it will be a year like no other. Superintendent Dr. Rita Raichoudhuri gave the Board of Trustees a final update las...
Jim McKinney Aug 30, 2020

Police report indicates counterprotesters initiated violence at recent rally
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) - A report by police indicates that the violence at a recent rally in Kalamazoo involving the Proud Boys was triggered by counterprotesters. City officials in Kalamazoo say the ...
Jim McKinney Aug 29, 2020

Richland Township Fire Department receives over $279,000 from FEMA
RICHLAND, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Richland Township Fire Department in Kalamazoo County will receive $279,631 in federal funding to purchase new equipment and provide training. The federal grant comes f...
Ken Delaney Aug 28, 2020 EpicTop10.com / CC




