Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
City of Kalamazoo expected to withdraw funding from Kilgore Road project
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo city funding is expected to be withdrawn from a project to convert a motel on Kilgore Road into low-cost rental units. The developer at 1500 E. Kilgore apparentl...
Aug 18, 2025 iqoncept / Depositphotos.com
Two paddleboarders injured after being hit on Gourdneck Lake
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two people on a paddleboard were injured Saturday when they were struck by a tube being pulled by a speedboat on Gourdneck Lake. The Portage Department of Public Safety says...
Aug 17, 2025 (courtesy Gourdneck Lake Association)
17-year-old from Kalamazoo and 19-year-old from Paw Paw killed in fiery crash
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two teens were killed early Sunday morning when their vehicle slammed into a traffic signal pole and burst into flames in Kalamazoo County's Oshtemo Township. At 3:...
Aug 17, 2025 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
West Nile virus detected in dead bird in Calhoun County
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A dead bird in Calhoun County has been found to have had West Nile virus. It is the first confirmed animal case of West Nile virus in Calhoun County in 2025. Official...
Aug 15, 2025 Courtesy Calhoun County Health Department Facebook page
Kalamazoo receives historic preservation grant
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Kalamazoo has been awarded a $15,500 grant from the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office to fund assessments for reviewing repairs to Kalamazoo City Hal...
Aug 15, 2025 Kalamazoo City Hall in the fall. (Photo by John McNeill).
Matt DePerno forms committee to run for Attorney General in 2026
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Republican attorney Matt DePerno is trying again to run for Michigan Attorney General. The Kalamazoo County lawyer was the Republican nominee for the office in 2022...
Aug 15, 2025 Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Kalamazoo area attorney Matthew DePerno in his bid for Michigan Attorney General in 2022 (courtesy of Deperno for Michigan)
Julius Robinson Jr. charged in 2021 shooting death of Gerryon Kye
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A second man has been charged with felony murder, first-degree home invasion, armed robbery, and three felony weapons charges for the 2021 shooting death of 33-year-old Ge...
Aug 15, 2025
KDPS investigating after 29-year-old man injured in Friday morning shooting
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Safety is investigating a 29-year-old man being shot early Friday morning. Officers were sent to the 1000 block of North Rose Street for an alarm at 1:08 ...
Aug 15, 2025 KDPS seeks suspect in weapon seizure (Photo by Jeana Gondek)
Driver in crash that killed high school senior identified and charged
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WTVB) - A driver has been charged in connection to a crash last month that killed Calhoun Community High School senior Daelnn Roark. 18-year-old Gavin Christopher Scott, was official...
Aug 15, 2025
AUDIO: State government shutdown in October a real possibility
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A state government shutdown on October 1st is looking like a real threat. Democratic Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks of Grand Rapids says she is worried about that and ...
Aug 14, 2025 sugarfrizz / CC
