Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Motorcyclist badly injured in crash
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 53-year-old Portage man is hospitalized in critical condition after a motorcycle accident Monday. Portage Public Safety says he was southbound on Shaver Road when he colli...
Jul 01, 2025 Portage Police cruiser (photo by John McNeil)
Man suffers chemical burns in Texas Township explosion
TEXAS TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - First responders say a 60-year-old man suffered chemical burns from an explosion in Texas Township around noon Monday. It happened at Bendix Commercial Vehicle System...
Jul 01, 2025
Where to park at Battle Creek Field of Flight this week
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The The Battle Creek Police Department has released traffic updates for the upcoming Field of Flight Air Show and Balloon Festival, scheduled to begin tomorrow running t...
Jul 01, 2025
Portage Public Schools will ask voters to approve $132.4 million bond issue in November
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Portage Public Schools will seek voter approval for a $132.4 million bond issue in November to complete the district's two-decade effort to replace the oldest elementary sch...
Jun 30, 2025
Kalamazoo County Health Department looking to gather info on senior citizen needs
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Health Department will be conducting a survey targeting older residents to find out what they need to live better lives. A national polling firm has b...
Jun 30, 2025 SimpleFoto / Depositphotos.com
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County board to vote on starting negotiations over youth sports facility board
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo's new youth sports facility will need its own independent board to build and run the west side facility, under the state law that will fund its construction. The...
Jun 30, 2025
Gas prices in Michigan down three-cents in past week
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Gas prices in Michigan are three-cents lower a gallon to start the week at $3.26. AAA Michigan says the prices hit a new high for the year last week at $3.32 and have falle...
Jun 30, 2025
Kalamazoo County courthouse needed $400,000 duct work repair
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The new Kalamazoo County courthouse opened a year and a half ago, and some tweaks have been required during the five-story building's shakedown period. The biggest fix cam...
Jun 30, 2025 (Photo of what the new Kalamazoo County Justice Center will look like upon completion)
Wayland man killed in Ludington industrial accident
LUDINGTON, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Ludington police say a 24-year-old Wayland man has died in an industrial accident. He was electrocuted and fell off a building Sunday morning and had been operating a boom...
Jun 30, 2025 philberrry@gmail.com / Depositphotos.com
Calhoun County inmate caught after escape attempt
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An inmate has been captured after he tried to escape from custody at a Calhoun County hospital. He was being treated for a hand injury just before 8:00 a.m. Sunday wh...
Jun 30, 2025 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
