Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Kalamazoo's Community Homeworks nonprofit receives Consumers Energy Foundation 2025 People Award
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Community Homeworks in Kalamazoo has been awarded $150,000 by the Consumers Energy Foundation in their 2025 People Award winners. The Kalamazoo nonprofit will use the mone...
Jul 15, 2025 (courtesy Community Homeworks)
Parts of three west Michigan counties in moderate drought
ALLEGAN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The lack of rain this year now has parts of three west Michigan counties classified by the U.S. Drought Monitor as being in a moderate drought. That area is southwest...
Jul 15, 2025
Man sentenced for sexually assaulting relative 20 years ago
CONSTANTINE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 69-year-old Harrison man will spend the next 20 to 30 years in prison after being convicted in May of sexually assaulting a relative 20 years ago. Attorney General Dan...
Jul 15, 2025 londondeposit / Depositphotos.com
The Salvation Army of Kalamazoo's Teacher Tailgate returns this Thursday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - 50 local teachers are getting a boost for their classrooms this fall, as The Salvation Army of Kalamazoo hosts its 2nd Annual Teacher Tailgate event this Thursday. Salvati...
Jul 15, 2025
Deputies apprehend suspect in Springfield business breaking and entering
SPRINGFIELD, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A suspect is in custody after a break-in Monday morning at a commercial business in the 600 block of Avenue A in the City of Springfield. At around 7:15 a.m. deputies fr...
Jul 14, 2025 (courtesy Calhoun County Sheriff's Office)
Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport secures $14.1-million grant for runway extension
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Construction of a 450-foot runway extension at the Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport is expected to begin next spring, thanks to a $14.1 million dollar federal ...
Jul 14, 2025 Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport logo
18-year-old killed in rollover crash in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An 18-year-old Battle Creek man has been killed in a single-vehicle crash in Battle Creek early Monday morning. Police were dispatched to the crash just after 1:00 a.m....
Jul 14, 2025 (courtesy Battle Creek Police)
Michigan gas prices 12-cents a gallon higher than last week
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It is more expensive to fill the gas tank this week than last. Triple-A Michigan says the average price is up 12-cents a gallon to $3.27, which is 16-cents more than last m...
Jul 14, 2025
Kalamazoo County board to appoint youth sports complex board this week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County board will waste no time appointing an authority board to start making decisions about the new youth sports facility, to be built on the west side of ...
Jul 14, 2025 Kalamazoo County sign (Photo by John McNeil)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo's deputy city manager discusses possible Arcadia Creek Festival Site revamp
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo's Arcadia Creek Festival Site needs a do-over, and city commissioners have gotten an update on plans to do just that. Deputy City Manager Rebekah Kik says they f...
Jul 14, 2025
