Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: Today is deadline for filing for Kalamazoo City Commission race
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - This year's race for the Kalamazoo City Commission officially begins today, with 4 p.m. being the deadline for candidates to file to have their name appear on the ballot. ...
Jul 22, 2025 Mitchell Laurren-Ring / CC
State Representative Julie Rogers running for state Senate
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State Representative Julie Rogers of Kalamazoo is seeking to move to the state Senate. Rogers announced yesterday she will seek the 19th District Senate seat currently hel...
Jul 22, 2025 State Rep. Julie M. Rogers (D-Kalamazoo) speaks on the House floor Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at the Capitol Building in Lansing (courtesy Michigan House Democrats)
Kalamazoo Public Safety chief says 10 arrests made in July 4th shootings
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Safety Chief Dave Boysen says they have arrested suspects in the four shootings that took place on the 4th of July. Boysen says they made an all-out effor...
Jul 22, 2025
Three charged with murder in death of Marshall man on Easter Sunday
JACKSON, MI (WTVB) - Three men have been arrested and charged in the shooting death of a Marshall man killed Easter morning in Jackson. 21-year-old Bryan Michael Johnson, 35-year-old Jemel Earl Milton...
Jul 22, 2025 nito103 / Depositphotos.com
Battle Creek City Commission selects finalists for city manager job
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The field for the next Battle Creek City Manager has now been narrowed down to four. During a closed session at its July 15 regular meeting, the commission reviewed the...
Jul 21, 2025 (courtesy City of Battle Creek)
Michigan's average gas price down 12-cents a gallon
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It costs 12-cents a gallon less on average to fill the gas tank in Michigan this week. Triple-A Michigan says the average price is $3.15, 15-cents less than last month and ...
Jul 21, 2025
Man convicted in 2021 murder, armed robbery in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - 23-year-old Isaiah Willhite has been convicted by a Kalamazoo jury of home invasion and murder in the June 2021 shooting death of Gerryon Kye. Willhite was found guilty of...
Jul 21, 2025
AUDIO: Maple Hill Auto Group asking Kalamazoo County for brownfield participation for expansion
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An Oshtemo Township auto dealership is planning a major expansion and asking for Brownfield Authority money to help with the project. Maple Hill Auto Group plans to expand...
Jul 21, 2025
AUDIO: Portage city council to vote Tuesday on five-year contract with Waste Management
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - They have been talking trash in Portage for some time now and it's about to come to a head. Members of the Portage City Council think that many residents are being overcharg...
Jul 21, 2025
Dirt bike rider killed after being struck by pick-up truck in Cass County
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A teen was killed Friday afternoon after his dirt bikes was struck was a pick-up truck in Cass County's Jefferson Township. Just after 12:30 p.m. deputies from th...
Jul 19, 2025 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
