Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Four finalists chosen for next Portage city manager
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Portage city council continues to move briskly to select a new city manager. Last night, after a closed session, the council came out and narrowed their list of candidat...
Jul 22, 2026 Portage City Hall seal. (Photo by John McNeil).
Two injured in M-66 crash Monday
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two people are recovering after they were hurt in a two-vehicle crash Monday afternoon in Battle Creek involving a semi. One of the injured is hospitalized in critical ...
Jul 22, 2026 Jason Rojas / CC
Kalamazoo County Sheriff Rick Fuller thanks everyone who aided wounded deputy Friday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County Sheriff Rick Fuller is thanking everyone who came to the aid of a wounded deputy last Friday and chased down the suspect who shot him. Fuller says Deputy ...
Jul 22, 2026 Kalamazoo County Sheriff Richard Fuller at a press conference March 31, 2025
In-person early voting for August 4 primary begins this Saturday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - While many have already received absentee ballots for the August 4 primary election in Michigan, in-person early voting will also start around the state beginning this wee...
Jul 21, 2026 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
Downtown Kalamazoo Sidewalk Sales return for 62nd year this week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One of downtown Kalamazoo's longest running summer traditions returns this Thursday through Saturday as Downtown Sidewalk Sales celebrate their 62nd year. For those three ...
Jul 21, 2026 (courtesy City of Kalamazoo)
Speaker Hall says Canada "in over their head" on wildfires
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State House Speaker Matt Hall of Richland says Canada can't manage the wildfires burning to our north on its own. Hall says they "are in over their head, and they're really ...
Jul 21, 2026 State Representative Matt Hall (left)
Policy changes in place after Sunday Funday issue in late June
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A clash between Kalamazoo Public Safety officers and a group of northside neighbors holding a Sunday Funday at Spring Valley Park in late June has resulted in policy chang...
Jul 21, 2026 Spring Valley Park - Kalamazoo, Michigan (Google Street View)
Battle Creek man arrested for 1993 Alaska murder
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Christopher Popps of Battle Creek is in the Kalamazoo County Jail waiting to be extradited to Alaska to face trial for the 1993 murder of 34-year-old Patrick Dearth. Th...
Jul 21, 2026 Best Law
Kalamazoo city commissioners to consider data center moratorium in August
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo city commissioners will consider imposing a moratorium on data centers and may take additional steps beyond that. They took up the issue for the first time last ...
Jul 21, 2026 (courtesy Discover Kalamazoo)
Court documents: Kalamazoo suspect tried to shoot deputy in head
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Court documents in the case against Jaylen Lipsey in Kalamazoo say he tried to shoot Kalamazoo County Deputy Kaleb Mortimer in the head during a scuffle Friday morning. Li...
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