Category Archives: Kalamazoo News

Funeral set for Wednesday for Oshtemo Township firefighter
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The funeral will be held tomorrow for Oshtemo Township firefighter Charlie Sullivan, who was killed in a fiery motorcycle crash last Wednesday on the west side of Kalamazo...
Michael Arney Nov 11, 2025

$1.6 Million initiative to boost wages for some Southwest Michigan child care workers
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Some early childhood educators in southwest Michigan may soon receive a financial boost through a $1.6 million grant from the Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Ad...
Michael Arney Nov 10, 2025

City of Kalamazoo hosting food drive to benefit Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Kalamazoo is hosting a food drive from Wednesday, November 12th through Thursday, November 20th. The drive was organized in response to increasing food insecur...
Michael Arney Nov 10, 2025

KVET arrests man on drug, gun charges
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team has arrested a 27-year-old Kalamazoo man for drug possession and illegal weapon possession. Officers executed a search warrant on Tue...
Michael Arney Nov 10, 2025

Tuesday is Veterans Day; veteran's memorial to be unveiled today at Pratt Justice Center
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Tuesday is Veterans Day, and this year there will be one new event and a new venue for the annual celebration in Kalamazoo. This afternoon, Kalamazoo County Administrator ...
Michael Arney Nov 10, 2025 Judge Charles A. Pratt Justice Center (courtesy Kalamazoo County Government)

Today is 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
WHITEFISH POINT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The freighter Edmund Fitzgerald sank 50 years ago today in Lake Superior, claiming the lives of the 29 crewmen aboard. Their family members gathered at Mariners' Chu...
Michael Arney Nov 10, 2025 Edmund Fitzgerald in 1971 - via Wikipedia

Gas prices up 14-cents a gallon in Michigan
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Drivers are paying 14-cents more a gallon to fill the gas tank today than last Monday. Triple-A Michigan says the statewide average price for gas is $3.10, 15-cents more th...
Michael Arney Nov 10, 2025

Michigan's U.S. senators vote no on bill to end shutdown
WASHINGTON, DC (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan's U.S. Senators Gary Peters and Elissa Slotkin both voted against the bill that passed to start reopening the federal government. Peters says he voted against th...
Michael Arney Nov 10, 2025 Ron Cogswell / CC

Southbound US-131 reopens in Allegan, Kent counties
DORR TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Nearly a week after being closed when a semi hit the 146th Avenue overpass, southbound US-131 is back open in Kent and Allegan counties. The Michigan Department of Tra...
Michael Arney Nov 10, 2025

AUDIO: Not everyone happy with proposed Oshtemo Township housing project
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A new housing project has been proposed in Oshtemo Township, which would normally be an occasion for celebration during this housing crisis, but not everyone is happy with...
John McNeill Nov 10, 2025 Kalamazoo County Government logo




