Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Lake Michigan water level up significantly due to wet April
GRAND HAVEN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Lake Michigan's water level is significantly higher as a result of a lot of rain that has fallen so far this month. Most parts of west Michigan have received between 200...
Apr 22, 2026 (Photo courtesy of South Haven Area Emergency Services)
WMU students have requests of local officials
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The student body at Western Michigan University has some requests of local city officials, as a long-standing relationship between the city and campus is about to get clos...
Apr 22, 2026 WMU logo (courtesy Western Michigan University)
Kalamazoo County board to vote May 6th on putting child care millage on August ballot
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County board has taken the first step toward putting a millage request on the August ballot to fund daycare services, but not everyone is happy with the prop...
Apr 22, 2026 stuartmiles / Depositphotos.com
Man sentenced for 2022 Kalamazoo Township murder
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Andrew McCormack will spend between the next 45 and 70-years in prison after being convicted in March of second-degree murder in Kalamazoo Township. He was senten...
Apr 22, 2026 AVFC / Depositphotos.com
Kalamazoo County Administrator Catlin: inmates are getting plenty of bottled water
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County officials are denying media reports that inmates at the Kalamazoo County Jail aren't getting enough clean water. County Administrator Kevin Catlin reporte...
Apr 22, 2026 Kalamazoo County Jail (photo by John McNeil)
Allegan County teacher wins Michigan Lottery Excellence in Education award
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A third grade teacher at Saugatuck's Douglas Elementary has been honored with a Michigan Lottery Excellence in Education award. Leah Haworth was nominated by the parent of t...
Apr 21, 2026
Man guilty of kidnapping, sex crimes in Calhoun County
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It took a Calhoun County jury just 45 minutes of deliberation to return to the courtroom with a guilty verdict against a man for multiple sex crimes. 39-year-old Willia...
Apr 21, 2026 iqoncept / Depositphotos.com
South Haven introduces chief lifeguard
SOUTH HAVEN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - South Haven officials have announced the hiring of David Figueredo as the city's new chief lifeguard last night as they prepare to reintroduce lifeguards to the beach th...
Apr 21, 2026
Allegan County Sheriff's Office: No charges in Hamilton fire chief's death
HAMILTON, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Allegan County Sheriff's Office says no charges will be filed in the crash that killed Hamilton Fire Chief David Haverdink on December 23rd last year. The 74-year-old w...
Apr 21, 2026 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
Flock license plate reader debate flares up at Kalamazoo City Hall again
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The debate over Flock license plate readers flared up again at last night's Kalamazoo city commission meeting and some unexpected defenders came forward on behalf of publi...
Apr 21, 2026
