Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
WMU board approves tuition, room and board, and apartment rate increases for the fall
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Western Michigan University Board of Trustees Thursday approved a 4.6% increase in tuition and required fees for resident undergraduate students next year. University ...
Jun 26, 2025
Kalamazoo County's unemployment rate up to 5.3 percent in May, Calhoun County rises to 6.2 percent
KALAMAZOO, MI (WTVB) - Kalamazoo County's unemployment rate rose to 5.3 percent in May, following along with most counties in the state. The Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget sa...
Jun 26, 2025 Feverpitch / Depositphotos.com
SUV driver seriously injured in crash
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The driver of an SUV suffered serious injuries when they crashed into a tree in Portage yesterday afternoon. Police say the crash happened around 4 p.m. on Kilgore Road betw...
Jun 26, 2025 Portage Police cruiser (photo by John McNeil)
No 4th of July parade in Schoolcraft for second straight year
SCHOOLCRAFT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There will be no parade through downtown Schoolcraft next Friday for the Fourth of July. The village council decided last night to cancel the parade because they don't h...
Jun 26, 2025
State House Speaker Hall believes School Aid budget can be done by July 1
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State House Speaker Matt Hall of Richland believes the School Aid budget for the next fiscal year can be done by July 1. Hall says he also thinks a road funding plan could b...
Jun 26, 2025
WMU board to consider proposed 2025-26 tuition, room and board rates Thursday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Tuition and required fees, room and board rates, and the general operating budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year top the agenda when the Western Michigan University Board of ...
Jun 25, 2025 WMU logo (courtesy Western Michigan University)
St. Joseph County deputies make arrests after chasing stolen motorcycle
SHERMAN TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Several people have been arrested by the St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office after deputies engaged in a brief chase with a stolen motorcycle Tuesday. They spotted t...
Jun 25, 2025 Van/bicycle accident kills woman (Photo by John McNeil)
KVET arrests two armed suspects on Portage Street
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two people are in custody after they were arrested June 21 by the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team, Kalamazoo Public Safety, and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, F...
Jun 25, 2025
Portage business to receive funding from Michigan Strategic Trust Fund for expansion
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There is some good local economic news that came out of the governor's office yesterday. Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced that Pro-Services of Portage would be receiving ...
Jun 25, 2025 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
AUDIO: Holtec International holds open house on Palisades nuclear plant refiring
BENTON HARBOR, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Holtec International officials say they are on target to refire the Palisades nuclear power plant before the end of 2025 in Covert Township. Senior manager of governme...
Jun 25, 2025
