Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Kalamazoo's 24th annual St. Patrick's Day Parade Saturday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Downtown Kalamazoo will get a jump on this year's St. Patrick's Day celebrations with the 24th annual St. Patrick's Day Parade Saturday, March 14. The parade will start at...
Mar 13, 2026 Marchers in the 2019 Kalamazoo St. Patrick's Day Parade (courtesy of the Irish American Club of Kalamazoo)
Sprinkle Road closed starting Monday between Romence Road, East S Avenue for sewer work
VICKSBURG, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Sprinkle Road will be closed starting Monday through July from Romence Road to East S Avenue in Portage and Vicksburg. The closure is to allow crews to install a new sanit...
Mar 13, 2026
Kalamazoo County Democratic Party welcoming gubernatorial candidate Jocelyn Benson March 23rd
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Democratic Party's Do Something Committee will welcome Secretary of State and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jocelyn Benson to town Monday, March ...
Mar 13, 2026
WMU Sports and Event Management Club holding inaugural career fair next week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Western Michigan University Sports and Event Management Club will hold their inaugural career fair next week. The seniors in the club found there were not specific spo...
Mar 13, 2026
Stryker Corporation: All products safe to use after cyberattack
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Stryker Corporation says all of its products used at hospitals around the world remain safe to use after the Portage-based company was hit by a cyberattack. The Iranian-base...
Mar 13, 2026 Stryker logo. (Photo courtesy of Stryker).
Wings West to reopen as BIGGBY COFFEE Ice Cube - Kalamazoo in June
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The former Wings West ice arena will reopen in June and have a new name. Black Bear Sports Group says the facility will be called the BIGGBY COFFEE Ice Cube - Kalamazoo. I...
Mar 13, 2026
Cleanup continues from Friday's four deadly tornadoes
THREE RIVERS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Cleanup efforts are continuing around southwest Michigan as a result of the four tornadoes that hit from Edwardsburg to Clarendon Township on Friday. Over 50 American R...
Mar 12, 2026
Whitmer sends letter asking Congress to enact statutory restraints on presidential tariff power
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has sent a letter signed by 18 other governors to Congress to urge they pass statutory constraints on presidential tariff power. The gover...
Mar 12, 2026 Governor Gretchen Whitmer announcing her Lowering MI Costs Plan in Lansing, MI Feb 6, 2022 (courtesy Office of Governor)
State House Republicans Spotlight "Project Lighthouse" Effort to Turn Back Renewable Energy Mandates
YouTube video courtesy Michigan House Republicans LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 12, 2026) - Energy was on the mind of majority Republicans in the state House on Wednesday. Speaker Matt Hall used his w...
Mar 12, 2026
Stryker Corporation hit by Iranian cyberattack
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Stryker Corporation in Portage has been hit by a cyberattack linked to Iran. The medical technology manufacturing company says they have had a "global network disruption to ...
Mar 12, 2026 Stryker logo. (Photo courtesy of Stryker).
