Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: Today is Juneteenth
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - This is a special Juneteenth this year, a day to remember Black history at a time when it appears that some in the federal government are trying to suppress it. So here is...
Jun 19, 2025
Heavy rain, some power outages from Wednesday storms
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Thunderstorms that moved through west and southwest Michigan Wednesday after and evening brought heavy rain, but not the damaging winds as had been originally predicted. A...
Jun 18, 2025 iqoncept / Depositphotos.com
Myers to retire from Kalamazoo RESA board later this month
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After nearly three decades on the board of the Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency (Kalamazoo RESA), Dr. Delores Myers has announced her retirement, effective Ju...
Jun 18, 2025 Dr. Delores Myers (courtesy Kalamazoo RESA)
Kik Pool opens for 2025 season
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Kalamazoo has opened Kik Pool for 2025. The opening was delayed as they needed to find a new trainer to help train the city's lifeguards. The pool is at Upjohn...
Jun 18, 2025 Kalamazoo Parks and Recreation logo (courtesy of Kzoo Parks)
"Jack Snyder Way" approved by Battle Creek City Commission
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Battle Creek City Commission unanimously approves the commemorative designation of the Battle Creek Avenue and Capital Avenue SW intersection as "Jack Snyder Way." ...
Jun 18, 2025 Photo take from the family's GoFundMe page.
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County, city officials decry political violence, pressure
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Several local elected officials took note of the pressure building on the national political scene at community meetings this week. Kalamazoo County board chair Jen Strebs...
Jun 18, 2025 Jason Rojas / CC
Shots fired at Richland Township pool party
RICHLAND TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office is investigating a shooting in Richland Township Tuesday. Deputies were called to the 9000 block of East EF Avenue on a shots...
Jun 18, 2025 (Photo by John McNeil).
Recommendation of site for youth sports complex approved by Kalamazoo County board
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County board has formally accepted the recommendation to put the community's new youth sports complex at the Westgate location. Several commissioners and boa...
Jun 18, 2025 Possible layout for a new youth sports complex in Kalamazoo (courtesy Discover Kalamazoo)
Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office: 5/3 Bank on Stadium Drive broken in to
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County Sheriff's deputies say the Fifth Third Bank at 6040 Stadium Drive was targeted in a break-in just before 3 a.m. Wednesday. When they arrived, they found t...
Jun 18, 2025 (Photo by John McNeil)
AUDIO: Severe weather possible today in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - You may want to batten down the hatches before you go to work this morning because we could be in for another storm later today. Kalamazoo County Administrator Kevin Catli...
Jun 18, 2025 Eje Gustafsson / CC
