Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Governor Whitmer to meet with House Speaker Hall, Senate Majority Leader Brinks Tuesday
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer will meet with House Speaker Matt Hall of Richland and Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks of Grand Rapids on Tuesday to discuss the budget. It wi...
Aug 22, 2025
KVET seizes three guns, arrests four
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Three pistols have been seized by the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team, and officers arrested four people on Saturday, August 16. KVET led a task force that was focused o...
Aug 22, 2025
Battle Creek police: no injuries in Wednesday shooting
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek police say a back window of an SUV was shot out Wednesday, but no one was injured. The shooting happened around 4:30 p.m. on Freedom Lane near Forest Stree...
Aug 22, 2025
AUDIO: Events planned for last weekend of summer vacation in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's the last weekend of summer vacation for public school students in Kalamazoo as classes resume on Monday. Kalamazoo City Manager Jim Ritsema says the Parks Department ...
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AUDIO: Issues exist between Kalamazoo Support Personnel, Kalamazoo Public Schools
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - With the school year set to start without a contract for Kalamazoo Public Schools teachers, another union that has yet to settle with KPS is its support personnel, and the...
Aug 22, 2025
AUDIO: School year will start without contract for Kalamazoo Public Schools teachers
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - When school starts in the Kalamazoo Public Schools Monday, teachers will be working without a contract. Members of the Kalamazoo Education Association appeared at last nig...
Aug 22, 2025
Indiana manufacturer to open second facility in Battle Creek, creating 50 jobs
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A $300,000 performance based grant from the State of Michigan is assisting a northern Indiana manufacturer to open a second location in Battle Creek. ProTec Panel &...
Aug 21, 2025
Kent County Health Department says West Nile virus claims a person's life
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kent County Health Department says the first confirmed human case of West Nile virus has resulted in that person's death. Details on the victim, including their age...
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Whitmer, Rice, Pugh push for School Aid budget with classes starting
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer, state superintendent Michael Rice, and state board of education president Pamela Pugh are pushing for lawmakers to get a school aid budget passed....
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U.S. Senator Peters to begin annual motorcycle tour of Michigan Monday
WASHINGTON, DC (WKZO AM/FM) - U.S. Senator Gary Peters will launch his ninth motorcycle tour across Michigan on Monday. The Democrat will start in Fenton Township, head to Lansing, and then Battle Cre...
Aug 21, 2025 U.S. Senator Gary Peters in Kalamazoo to start the Kalamazoo to the Soo motorcycle tour
