Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Suspect in custody after Comstock Township murder
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Few details have been released in a shooting death in Kalamazoo County's Comstock late Friday night. Kalamazoo County Consolidated Dispatch Authority received 911 ...
Nov 08, 2025
New southbound off ramp for the U.S. 131 Business Loop unveiled
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - They snipped the ribbon Friday morning on the new southbound off ramp for the U.S. 131 Business Loop. The $24 million dollar project makes the intersection, which had only...
Nov 07, 2025 (photo courtesy of John McNeill)
Kalamazoo Planning Commission denies rezoning on Stadium Drive near Asylum Lake Preserve
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Planning Commission has unanimously denied the request from Drive & Shine to rezone 4301 Stadium Drive for a car wash. The property is near the intersect...
Nov 07, 2025 Image from Asylum Lake Preserve's Facebook page.
Kalamazoo men sentenced to probation in human trafficking case
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two Kalamazoo men will serve probation for the next three years after they were initially charged with human trafficking and unlawful imprisonment in Grand Rapids. Deva...
Nov 07, 2025
AUDIO: Parchment's second annual Veterans Day ceremony to be held November 11 at 11 a.m.
PARCHMENT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Veterans Day ceremony will be held in Parchment on Tuesday, November 11 at 11 a.m. Parchment United Methodist Church pastor Joe Shaler is putting it on for the second st...
Nov 07, 2025 City of Parchment welcome sign - Brandon James/WKZO
AUDIO: New El Sol Elementary will expand to include 6th through 8th grades
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Public Schools board has decided to not only give El Sol Elementary a new home in Kalamazoo Township, but expand the program to include middle schoolers. Las...
Nov 07, 2025
Paws With a Cause Unveils Renovated Complex
DORR TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Nov. 7, 2025) - Paws With A Cause has completed their 10 million-dollar expansion and renovation of its headquarters in Dorr with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday. The ...
Nov 07, 2025 Nov. 6, 2025; Wayland, MI, USA; Paws With a Cause officials hold a ceremonial ribbon cutting in opening its renovated facility in Dorr Township. (photo courtesy Paws With a Cause)
Former WMU football standout Marshawn Kneeland dies at 24
DALLAS, TX (WKZO AM/FM) -Dallas Cowboys player Marshawn Kneeland has passed away at the age of 24. The team announced he died this morning, but did not provide a cause of death. Kneeland recovered a b...
Nov 06, 2025
Two Kalamazoo men arrested for illegal weapons violations
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two men are in the Kalamazoo County Jail after they were arrested Monday by the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team and Crime Reduction Team on several illegal weapon...
Nov 06, 2025
AUDIO: Portage city council meeting becomes tribute, roast of outgoing councilman Terry Urban
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Last night's Portage city council meeting turned into a tribute and something of a roast for councilman Terry Urban, who did not win reelection on Tuesday, ending a string o...
Nov 06, 2025 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
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