Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Republican gubernatorial candidate wants "largest ICE deployment in Michigan history"
GRAND RAPIDS TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Senate Minority Leader and gubernatorial candidate Aric Nesbitt says he will "stand with President Donald Trump in launching the largest ICE deploymen...
Mar 10, 2026
AUDIO: Portage helping tornado recovery efforts
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Portage is helping after the deadly tornado strikes in the border counties that left four dead and 12 injured a few days ago. It was the deadliest break-out of t...
Mar 10, 2026 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
WMU looks to buy back Newell Rubbermaid building for $6 million
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Western Michigan University plans to buy back a building it sold in 2013 in the Western Business Technology Park 1.0. The university originally sold what is now the Newell...
Mar 09, 2026 The Newell Rubbermaid facility at Western Michigan University (courtesy WMU)
First of two suspects in the Kalamazoo shooting of multiple people in December 2024 has been sentenced to 22-40 years in prison
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo man has been sentenced to 22-40 years in prison in connection with a 2024 shooting that left multiple people injured. Javion Jamar Jackson was convicted Februa...
Mar 09, 2026 luckyuran / Depositphotos.com
American Red Cross joins tornado disaster recovery effort
KALAMAZOO, MI - The American Red Cross operation based in Kalamazoo has joined in the disaster recovery effort in St. Joseph, Cass, and Branch counties following Friday's deadly tornadoes. They say si...
Mar 09, 2026 Tony Webster / CC
Arcadia Creek Festival Place will hold four festivals this year before renovations
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Several of downtown Kalamazoo's signature festivals will return to Arcadia Creek Festival Place this summer as the city of Kalamazoo prepares to begin construction on the ...
Mar 09, 2026
Michigan's average gas price up 56¢ in past week
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The attacks by the U.S. and Israel on Iran have caused the average gas price in Michigan to shoot up by 56 a gallon in the past week. AAA Michigan says the average price is...
Mar 09, 2026
Five arrested in Battle Creek on Thursday
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Five people have been arrested by Battle Creek police when they executed a search warrant at a home in the first block of Magner Street on Thursday. Officers also seize...
Mar 09, 2026 (courtesy Battle Creek Police)
Summer reading program in Kalamazoo Public Schools expanding
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public School's summer reading program will be expanding this year to make sure that all elementary grade students have access to books when school is on summer ...
Mar 09, 2026
AUDIO: Portage to initiate phase two of Stanwood Crossings development; county considering housing vouchers
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Portage City Council is expected to initiate phase two of their Stanwood Crossings Housing Development tonight calling for the construction of 12 more "workforce" single...
Mar 09, 2026
