Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Senator McCann says Amtrak track shutdown later this month "appears to be poor planning and a troubling lack of advance warning"
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Construction work along the track for the Amtrak Wolverine and Blue Water routes that pass through Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties will mean the lines will be shutdown for ...
Sep 04, 2025 Biker loads his bike onto the Amtrak train. (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek)
City of Kalamazoo $60-million water system upgrade to begin Monday,
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A three year $60-million infrastructure project for the City of Kalamazoo's water system is scheduled to begin Monday, September 8. will soon begin a major infrastructure ...
Sep 04, 2025 Joe Shlabotnik / CC
County Road Association of Michigan releases its 2025 "don't miss" list of local roads for fall colors
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The County Road Association of Michigan has released its list of the best fall color tours in the state for 2025. Peak fall color is expected between October 6 and Novembe...
Sep 04, 2025
Battle Creek police say suspicious incident at Willard Library leads to arrest
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek police have a 67-year-old Otsego-area man in the Calhoun County Jail for trying to lure children into a vehicle outside Willard Library. They were called t...
Sep 04, 2025 (courtesy Battle Creek Police)
GVSU tightens campus security after weekend stabbing
ALLENDALE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Security is now tighter at Grand Valley State University's main campus in Allendale Township after a stabbing over the weekend near a dormitory. Residents of on-campus hou...
Sep 04, 2025 (courtesy of GVSU)
State leaders negotiate budget for an hour at Capitol
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks of Grand Rapids, House Speaker Matt Hall of Richland, and state budget director Jen Flood met for an hour yesterday at the state C...
Sep 04, 2025 Exterior of Michigan Capitol building (courtesy State of Michigan)
Kalamazoo city commission says city manager finalists to be at meet-and-greet October 14
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo city commission is moving forward in its search for the next city manager with the retirement of City Manager Jim Ritsema approaching this fall. The commissi...
Sep 03, 2025 (courtesy Discover Kalamazoo)
AUDIO: Brush the Block underway in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Art Prize is set to begin in a couple of weeks in Grand Rapids, but you don't have to wait or travel far to see local art if you live in Kalamazoo. Brush the Block is unde...
Sep 03, 2025
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra president/CEO to resign October 10
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Jessica Mallow Gulley, the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra's President and CEO since 2019, has been appointed the president and managing director of The Saint Paul Chamber Or...
Sep 03, 2025 Photo courtesy of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra.
Wings West ice rink to close September 12
TEXAS TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Wings West ice rink in Texas Township will shut down permanently on September 12th after its ice plant had a "severe failure." In addition to the ice rink, Old Bu...
Sep 03, 2025
