Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
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
Two arrested in connection with criminal sexual conduct investigation
PENNFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two people are in the Calhoun County Jail on child abuse, kidnapping, and 1st degree criminal sexual conduct charges. The sheriff's office carried out a search wa...
Aug 11, 2025 Calhoun County Sheriff's Office cruisers. (Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office).
KVET arrests felon for drug sales, illegal gun possession
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team has arrested a 41-year-old man who will be facing several charges for illegally possessing a weapon and selling drugs. They served a ...
Aug 11, 2025
AUDIO: Youth sports tournament center authority to hold first meeting
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The new authority that will oversee the construction and operations at the new youth sports tournament center in Kalamazoo was tentatively set to hold their first meeting ...
Aug 11, 2025
Assault, auto theft under investigation at Oshtemo Township hotel
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Deputies with the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office are looking for a 36-year-old man who is accused of possibly sexually assaulting a 38-year-old woman and stealin...
Aug 11, 2025
Gas prices up a dime on average in Michigan
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Drivers are paying ten cents more per gallon to fill up their gas tank than last week. Triple-A Michigan says the statewide average is now $3.23, which is six cents less th...
Aug 11, 2025
Six hurt, one critically, in crash between SUV, Amish buggy in Van Buren County
VAN BUREN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Van Buren County Sheriff's Office says six people were injured when an SUV crashed into an Amish buggy just before 8 p.m. Friday on County Road 388. One person ...
Aug 11, 2025 (Photo by John McNeil)
