Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Kalamazoo city commission holds retreat at KRESA Career Connect Center
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo city commissioners held a weekend retreat to do some long range planning, but they fell short of their goal. The target was to set priorities for the 2027 budget...
Mar 16, 2026
WMU soccer programs receive over $2 million from alumni
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -Western Michigan University Athletics has announced over $2 million in anonymous gifts from a group of alumni in support of the WMU men's and women's soccer programs. These...
Mar 15, 2026
Man Swept Into Lake Michigan Off of South Haven Pier & Rescued
SOUTH HAVEN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - A 57-year-old man may have escaped with his life Friday evening in South Haven, but he and another person could face legal consequences for their actions. According to S...
Mar 14, 2026 (Photo courtesy of South Haven Area Emergency Services)
Kalamazoo's 24th annual St. Patrick's Day Parade Saturday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Downtown Kalamazoo will get a jump on this year's St. Patrick's Day celebrations with the 24th annual St. Patrick's Day Parade Saturday, March 14. The parade will start at...
Mar 13, 2026 Marchers in the 2019 Kalamazoo St. Patrick's Day Parade (courtesy of the Irish American Club of Kalamazoo)
Sprinkle Road closed starting Monday between Romence Road, East S Avenue for sewer work
VICKSBURG, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Sprinkle Road will be closed starting Monday through July from Romence Road to East S Avenue in Portage and Vicksburg. The closure is to allow crews to install a new sanit...
Mar 13, 2026
Kalamazoo County Democratic Party welcoming gubernatorial candidate Jocelyn Benson March 23rd
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Democratic Party's Do Something Committee will welcome Secretary of State and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jocelyn Benson to town Monday, March ...
Mar 13, 2026
WMU Sports and Event Management Club holding inaugural career fair next week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Western Michigan University Sports and Event Management Club will hold their inaugural career fair next week. The seniors in the club found there were not specific spo...
Mar 13, 2026
Stryker Corporation: All products safe to use after cyberattack
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Stryker Corporation says all of its products used at hospitals around the world remain safe to use after the Portage-based company was hit by a cyberattack. The Iranian-base...
Mar 13, 2026 Stryker logo. (Photo courtesy of Stryker).
Wings West to reopen as BIGGBY COFFEE Ice Cube - Kalamazoo in June
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The former Wings West ice arena will reopen in June and have a new name. Black Bear Sports Group says the facility will be called the BIGGBY COFFEE Ice Cube - Kalamazoo. I...
Mar 13, 2026
Cleanup continues from Friday's four deadly tornadoes
THREE RIVERS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Cleanup efforts are continuing around southwest Michigan as a result of the four tornadoes that hit from Edwardsburg to Clarendon Township on Friday. Over 50 American R...
Mar 12, 2026
