Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County board holds annual budget retreat
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There are a lot of programs the Kalamazoo County board would like to fund next year, but they learned at their annual budget retreat that may depend on what happens in Lan...
Jul 30, 2025
Ramona Park Beach temporarily closed due to high E. coli levels
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Ramona Park Beach in Portage is temporarily closed due to the detection of high amounts of E. coli as determined through the Kalamazoo County Health and Community Services D...
Jul 29, 2025 City of Portage - Ramona Park Beach. (Photo courtesy City of Portage).
Walmart stabbing suspect spent a year at Kalamazoo Psychiatric Hospital
TRAVERSE CITY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The suspect in the stabbing of eleven people at a Walmart near Traverse City on Saturday has a lengthy criminal and mental health history. Bradford Gille was charged n...
Jul 29, 2025 Mike Mozart / CC
Woman arrested after Van Buren County crash for drunk driving, child endangerment
BLOOMINGDALE TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Van Buren County Sheriff's deputies have arrested a woman on drunk driving and child endangerment charges. The 25-year-old woman from the Bloomingdale area rol...
Jul 29, 2025 Van Buren County Sheriff's Office cruiser (Photo by John McNeil)
Former state Representative Haadsma running again in 2026
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Former state Representative Jim Haadsma of Battle Creek will try to win his seat back in the Michigan House in 2026. Haadsma, a Democrat, lost to Republican challenger ...
Jul 29, 2025 Rep. Jim Haadsma, Battle Creek.
Portage residential tornado relief application window closes July 31
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Portage residents impacted by the May 7, 2024 tornadoes have until this Thursday, July 31 to apply for financial assistance through the Residential Application for Tornado R...
Jul 28, 2025 (courtesy National Weather Service)
Calhoun County seeks resident input to shape the future of recycling
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Calhoun County residents are being asked for their thoughts about the future of the county's recycling program. The Calhoun County Recycling and Solid Waste Department ...
Jul 28, 2025 Nicolas Raymond / CC
Portage weighing adding local preference to bidding process
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The controversy over trash pickups in Portage may trigger a change in city policy. There were a lot of complaints from opponents of the city's single-hauler plan that they w...
Jul 28, 2025 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
Michigan's average gas price up 8-cents in past week
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan's average gas price is up eight-cents a gallon to start the week at $3.23. Triple-A Michigan says the prices is seven-cents less than last month and down 56-cents ...
Jul 28, 2025
Deputy Comstock Township Fire Chief charged in crash
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Comstock Township Deputy Fire Chief Michael Dyer has been charged with operating while intoxicated causing serious injury. The 63-year-old hit and injured an eleven-year-o...
Jul 28, 2025
