Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Senate Majority Floor Leader: House Speaker Hall needs to set budget targets
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State Senate Majority Floor Leader Sam Singh says he is disappointed by the budget standoff between the two legislative chambers and Governor Whitmer. Singh says House Speak...
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Events being held this weekend for Back-to-School in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It may be hard for some to hear, and good news for others, but the first day of school is just a couple of weeks away. Kalamazoo Public Schools officials say that means ba...
Aug 08, 2025 Deleece Cook / Unsplash
Hartford man acquitted on charges from shooting incident
HARTFORD, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Twenty-two-year-old Justin Arellano of Hartford has been acquitted of charges of assault with a dangerous weapon and a weapons charge for a shots fired incident in Hartford...
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Grand Junction man arrested after leading Van Buren County deputies on chase
VAN BUREN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Van Buren County Sheriff's Office says deputies arrested a man yesterday for leading them on a four-mile chase as fast as 90 miles an hour. A deputy tried to pu...
Aug 08, 2025 (Photo by John McNeil)
AUDIO: KPS board approves district's strategic plan
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Public Schools board has approved superintendent Darrin Slade's strategic plan for the district, a long-range set of goals and objectives, that have been in ...
Aug 08, 2025
AUDIO: West Nile virus confirmed in Kalamazoo County mosquitoes
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Mosquitoes in Kalamazoo County have been confirmed to be carrying the West Nile virus. The Kalamazoo County Health and Community Services Department says their Environment...
Aug 07, 2025 Enrique Dans / CC
House Speaker Hall says Democrats need to start again with budget
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall says the Democratically-controlled state Senate needs to start again with their budget proposal. The Richland Republican says the federal cu...
Aug 07, 2025 Exterior of Michigan Capitol building (courtesy State of Michigan)
Driver hurt in high-speed crash into building in downtown Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A high-speed crash into a building on East Michigan Avenue in downtown Kalamazoo is under investigation. Public Safety says the 22-year-old driver suffered several cuts an...
Aug 07, 2025
Officials say Kalamazoo County, city of Kalamazoo not sanctuary
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County officials want to make it clear that Kalamazoo is not a sanctuary county or city. Sheriff Rick Fuller says they took extra pains this week to transmit tha...
Aug 07, 2025 Kalamazoo County Sheriff Richard Fuller at a press conference March 31, 2025
AUDIO: Mask use suspended by Kalamazoo Public Safety
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Safety is suspending the use of masks by officers. The specter of immigration officials hiding their faces with masks as they make raids has struck fear i...
Aug 07, 2025 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety logo
