Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Suspect being held on open murder charge after fatal shooting in Battle Creek early Wednesday morning
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek police are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred early Wednesday morning in the 100 block of South 22nd Street. Officers responded to the scene just...
Jul 09, 2025
Portage reminding people to protect themselves against mosquito bites
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A case of Jamestown Canyon Virus has been confirmed by the Kalamazoo County Health Department. Officials in the city of Portage are issuing a reminder about how to keep safe...
Jul 09, 2025 Enrique Dans / CC
236 employees to be laid off as cannabis company plans to close 20 Michigan dispensaries
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After some in the industry predicted 2025 could be a watershed year for legalized marijuana retailers in Michigan, a cannabis company has announced it is closing its 20 Mi...
Jul 09, 2025
AUDIO: Portage council approves conditions of buying homes in Stanwood Crossings neighborhood
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - People who buy homes in Portage's new Stanwood Crossings neighborhood will have to comply with tougher standards than other homeowners, because it will be the city's first l...
Jul 09, 2025
MSP sergeant acquitted of misdemeanor firearm charge in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State Police Sergeant Kellie Gillam-Shaffer has been acquitted of a misdemeanor charge of reckless use of a firearm. A Kalamazoo County judge acquitted her of the...
Jul 09, 2025 Michigan State Police - Photo by Jeana Gondek
AUDIO: Kalamazoo looking to develop former state Health and Human Services Department into homes
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Kalamazoo may be getting into the affordable housing business along with Portage. Kalamazoo has the land and the plans. What they will seek next is public appr...
Jul 09, 2025
18-year-old from Ann Arbor drowns in Lake Michigan north of Saugatuck Tuesday afternoon
UPDATE: The Allegan County Sheriff's Office has now identified the victim as Xavier Randolph of Ann Arbor, Michigan. SAUGATUCK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Aftet 10 drownings were reported across the sta...
Jul 08, 2025
Hot 'n Now to open this summer in Wayland
WAYLAND, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The new owners of Hot 'n Now say they will be open in Wayland this summer across the street from Gun Lake Casino. An exact opening date has not been announced. Gun Lake Inve...
Jul 08, 2025
AUDIO: Kalamazoo commissioners consider big expenditure
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo city commissioners had to pause Monday night as they considered one of the biggest expenditures in city history. Before them was a $101-million bond sale to fina...
Jul 08, 2025
City of Kalamazoo soon will join Kalamazoo County in youth sports complex talks
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Kalamazoo will soon join Kalamazoo County in negotiations on how the new proposed youth sports complex should be managed and who should sit on its authority bo...
Jul 08, 2025 Possible layout for a new youth sports complex in Kalamazoo (courtesy Discover Kalamazoo)
