Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office has serious staff shortages
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office continues to face serious staff shortages, and last night asked for help to fill vacancies. They asked that bonuses they have been gi...
Jul 16, 2025 KCSD investigating fatal one car accident in Comstock
Kalamazoo Community Foundation to distribute $1.5 million in opioid settlement funds to local nonprofits
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Community Foundation will distribute $1.5 million in opioid settlement funds to local nonprofits over the next three years. In partnership with Kalamazoo Cou...
Jul 15, 2025 Phylellen / Depositphotos.com
Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo announces artists for 2025 Brush the Block mural festival
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo has announced the artists selected for the inaugural 2025 Brush the Block mural festival, which will be held from September 2nd throu...
Jul 15, 2025
Portage urging drivers to find alternate route as eastbound West Centre Avenue at Shaver Road will have lanes closed
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Drivers in Portage are being urged to seek an alternate route if they need to get through eastbound West Centre Avenue west of Shaver Road. The city says both eastbound lane...
Jul 15, 2025
Kalamazoo's Community Homeworks nonprofit receives Consumers Energy Foundation 2025 People Award
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Community Homeworks in Kalamazoo has been awarded $150,000 by the Consumers Energy Foundation in their 2025 People Award winners. The Kalamazoo nonprofit will use the mone...
Jul 15, 2025 (courtesy Community Homeworks)
Parts of three west Michigan counties in moderate drought
ALLEGAN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The lack of rain this year now has parts of three west Michigan counties classified by the U.S. Drought Monitor as being in a moderate drought. That area is southwest...
Jul 15, 2025
Man sentenced for sexually assaulting relative 20 years ago
CONSTANTINE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 69-year-old Harrison man will spend the next 20 to 30 years in prison after being convicted in May of sexually assaulting a relative 20 years ago. Attorney General Dan...
Jul 15, 2025 londondeposit / Depositphotos.com
The Salvation Army of Kalamazoo's Teacher Tailgate returns this Thursday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - 50 local teachers are getting a boost for their classrooms this fall, as The Salvation Army of Kalamazoo hosts its 2nd Annual Teacher Tailgate event this Thursday. Salvati...
Jul 15, 2025
Deputies apprehend suspect in Springfield business breaking and entering
SPRINGFIELD, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A suspect is in custody after a break-in Monday morning at a commercial business in the 600 block of Avenue A in the City of Springfield. At around 7:15 a.m. deputies fr...
Jul 14, 2025 (courtesy Calhoun County Sheriff's Office)
Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport secures $14.1-million grant for runway extension
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Construction of a 450-foot runway extension at the Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport is expected to begin next spring, thanks to a $14.1 million dollar federal ...
Jul 14, 2025 Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport logo
