Category Archives: Kalamazoo News

AUDIO: City of Kalamazoo using helicopter, antenna to map aquifers for water system
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Kalamazoo has been using a hexagonal antenna attached to a helicopter to map out aquifers under the ground for the city's water system. Water program manager J...
Michael Arney Aug 05, 2025 Top down close up color photo of a water supply manhole cover in a paved street with green grass around the perimeter

OK2SAY tips up 20% in 2024, sets record
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan's confidential student safety tip line OK2SAY took in 20% more tips in 2024 than 2023. The program took over 11,000 tips last year over 25 categories. Of those, bul...
Michael Arney Aug 05, 2025

Tonight is National Night Out
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's the first Tuesday in August, and that means National Night Out. Several events are planned in the Kalamazoo area to get neighbors to meet neighbors, rub elbows with p...
John McNeill Aug 05, 2025 Police officers engage with citizens in Kalamazoo during National Night Out 2019. (Photo by Will Kriss).

AUDIO: Anti-ICE protestors urge city of Kalamazoo to oppose Trump administration
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Demonstrators spent last evening picketing Kalamazoo City Hall, calling on the city to take a stand against Trump administration immigration policies and ICE detentions. T...
John McNeill Aug 05, 2025

Woman suffers minor injuries after being shot in the head while riding in a car on Florence Street
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A passenger is a vehicle traveling through a Kalamazoo neighborhood was struck in the head by gunfire Sunday afternoon. At 5:41 p.m. officers from the Kalamazoo Department...
Ken Delaney Aug 04, 2025 BrianAJackson / Depositphotos.com

Portage Public Schools superintendent to host meet and greet August 21
PORTAGE. MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Portage Public Schools superintendent Johnny Edwards will be hosting a meet-and-greet with the community later this month. People are invited to meet with him at the Portage...
Michael Arney Aug 04, 2025

Gas prices down 10-cents statewide in past week
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's ten cents a gallon cheaper on average in the state to fill the gas tank from last week. Triple-A Michigan says the price is now at $3.13 a gallon statewide, down six c...
Michael Arney Aug 04, 2025

Three hospitalized after Allegan County crash
SALEM TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Allegan County Sheriff's Office says three people are hospitalized after a crash between a pickup truck and a sedan Saturday night in Salem Township. Deputies say...
Michael Arney Aug 04, 2025 Allegan County Sheriff's Patch (image courtesy Allegan Co. Sheriff's Dept.)

AUDIO: Kalamazoo PAL, Detroit Lions hold youth football camp
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo's Police Athletic League and the Detroit Lions collaborated for a youth football camp for two days over the weekend. PAL director Johnnie Berry says it was the t...
Michael Arney Aug 04, 2025

AUDIO: Kalamazoo County looking for new site for hazardous waste collection
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County is looking for a big piece of land to expand a service that may be popular with some, but not everyone. The county's Household Hazardous Waste Center has ...
John McNeill Aug 04, 2025 Kalamazoo County sign (Photo by John McNeil)




