Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Amanda Zimmerlin chosen as Battle Creek city manager
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek city commissioners have named Amanda Zimmerlin as their new city manager. She has been the city manager for Clayton, Ohio from February 2020 and was the as...
Aug 13, 2025
WMU Board of Trustees to meet today to consider new AFSCME contract
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Western Michigan University Board of Trustees will hold a special virtual meeting at 1:00 p.m. today to consider approving a two-year contract with WMU's chapter of th...
Aug 13, 2025 WMU logo (courtesy Western Michigan University)
AUDIO: Portage, city council have healing to do after trash hauling contract battle
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Portage and city council may have some healing to do, and bridges to rebuild after a raucous meeting over trash hauling in the city last month. The council decid...
Aug 13, 2025 Portage City Hall seal. (Photo by John McNeil).
KDPS identifies victim in deadly Kalamazoo crash
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The 23-year-old Kalamazoo man who died at the scene of a two-car crash around 2 a.m. on August 9 has been identified. Kalamazoo Public Safety says he was Ivan Perez, who w...
Aug 12, 2025
Nessel "deeply concerned" by MEDC conduct during probe of grant
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says she was "deeply concerned" by the conduct of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation as her office investigated a $20-millio...
Aug 12, 2025 (screenshot from video released by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel May 28, 2024)
Port Huron man sentenced in 2022 Kalamazoo homicide
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Port Huron man has been sentenced to prison for killing McEhrlich Jones of Kalamazoo in 2022. 33-year-old Kareen Steele entered a no contest plea to second-degree murder...
Aug 12, 2025
AUDIO: Not everyone satisfied with Kalamazoo's transparency with city manager search
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo city commissioners are trying to make their search for a new city manager as transparent as possible, but not everyone is satisfied. Consultant Pamela Wideman wi...
Aug 12, 2025 (courtesy Discover Kalamazoo)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo commission has timeline for city manager search
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo city commissioners now have a timeline for their city manager search, if all goes as planned, they could pick their next city CEO before Halloween. The city's co...
Aug 12, 2025 City of Kalamazoo logo
Battle Creek fire does over $1 million in damage
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Sunday morning just after 10 a.m. The Battle Creek Fire Department responded to a roof fire at ReConserve of Michigan. The first units on the scene found fire and smoke...
Aug 11, 2025 Battle Creek Fire Department (BCFD) truck. (Photo courtesy of the Battle Creek Fire Department Facebook Page).
Two arrested in connection with CSC Investigation in Calhoun County
PENNFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An Arkansas man and Michigan woman are in custody on criminal sexual conduct and child abuse charges in Calhoun County. Acting on information about an ongoing cri...
Aug 11, 2025
