Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at WMU celebrating its tenth anniversary
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The young are not the only ones who are going back to school. Classes soon begin at a very special school at Western Michigan University for local scholars at the "mature"...
Aug 28, 2025
Feeding Broncos hosts free barbecue dinner for WMU students on Labor Day
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Western Michigan University student organization Feeding Broncos will be hosting a free barbecue chicken and baby back rib dinner Labor Day, Monday, September 1 from 5...
Aug 28, 2025
One person dead and five injured after crash on US 131 in Allegan County's Wayland Township
WAYLAND, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One person is dead after a two vehicle crash Wednesday morning on US 131 in Allegan County's Wayland Township. Just before 5:30 a.m. Allegan Central Dispatch received multip...
Aug 27, 2025
Residents still upset with Portage's single trash hauler deal
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Portage city council is still taking complaints about plans to convert their waste hauling service to a single contractor. Residents like Leah Owens are angry. She says ...
Aug 27, 2025 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
Hot 'N Now building in place in Wayland Township
WAYLAND TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Hot 'n Now building in Wayland Township across the street from Gun Lake Casino is now in place. Built by B Cubed Manufacturing, it is 737-square-feet and was as...
Aug 27, 2025
Portage officials dispute report they pulled $500,000 from homeless shelter effort
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Portage city officials are disputing news reports that they "pulled" half a million dollars out of the effort to create a new family homeless shelter. Council member Terry U...
Aug 27, 2025 Portage City Hall seal. (Photo by John McNeil).
AUDIO: Metro Transit asking for millage increase in November
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Metro Transit system will be seeking a millage increase to help fund the local transit system when they ask voters for a renewal this November. Director Sean M...
Aug 27, 2025 Metro Connect bus (courtesy Metro Connect)
Holtec says Palisades nuclear power plant back to operations status
COVERT TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Holtec says its Palisades nuclear power plant in Covert Township is back to operations status. The power plant is seeking to become the first to ever restart in the ...
Aug 27, 2025
State House approves $78-billion budget
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan House has passed a $78-billion budget for Fiscal Year 2026 on a 59-to-45 vote to set up negotiations with the state Senate, which passed its budget this spring....
Aug 27, 2025 (courtesy of State Representative Jennifer Wortz)
Charges now authorized for 2018 murder in Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A longtime unsolved murder case in Portage might now finally be solved. May 23, 2018, the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office initiated an investigation into the disappearance...
Aug 26, 2025 nito103 / Depositphotos.com
