Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
PreK for All expands to include home-based providers through new pilot initiative, including in Kalamazoo County
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan is expanding its PreK for All program to include home-based child care providers for the first time through a new pilot initiative, with Kalamazoo and surrounding...
Apr 14, 2026
Habitat for Humanity's Women Build back in Kalamazoo during May
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Habitat for Humanity is looking to highlight women in the construction trades during the month of May, while also moving affordable housing projects forward. Org...
Apr 14, 2026
Suspect in shooting at private party at Girls Scouts building in Kalamazoo arraigned on two counts of Assault with Intent to Murder
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo man has been arraigned in connection with a shooting that occurred during a private event at the Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan Kalamazoo Regional Program and T...
Apr 13, 2026 AVFC / Depositphotos.com
Man shot multiple times outside a North Westnedge Avenue business Sunday afternoon
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 23-year-old man was shot several times in an incident outside a business in Kalamazoo Sunday afternoon. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says the shooting occur...
Apr 13, 2026 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety cruiser (photo by John Mcneil)
Calhoun County Sheriff's Office investigating assault of convenience store employee in Pennfield Township
PENNFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A suspect is still at large as the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office continues its investigation into an assault Sunday afternoon in Pennfield Township. Just after ...
Apr 13, 2026 BrianAJackson / Depositphotos.com
Man dead, woman in custody following Sunday afternoon shooting in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 31-year-old woman is in taken into custody and charged with murder in the shooting death of a man in Battle Creek Sunday afternoon. Battle Creek Police officers arriv...
Apr 13, 2026 (courtesy Battle Creek Police)
Driver hospitalized after rollover crash early Saturday in Charleston Township
CHARLESTON TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One person is hospitalized with serious, but not life-threatening, injuries after a crash early Saturday morning in Charleston Township. The Kalamazoo County She...
Apr 13, 2026 KCSD investigating fatal one car accident in Comstock
Kalamazoo Public Schools holding year-end meetings over next two months
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The school year is entering the home stretch and Kalamazoo Public Schools superintendent Darrin Slade says they plan to hold a series of year-end meetings over the next tw...
Apr 13, 2026
Several stolen guns seized by Battle Creek police
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Several stolen guns have been seized by the Battle Creek Police Department. Members of the BCPD's Fusion Center and an embedded agent from the Calhoun County Adult Prob...
Apr 13, 2026 (courtesy Battle Creek Police)
Home destroyed by fire in Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A home in Portage has been completely destroyed by a Sunday night house fire. Portage Public Safety was called to 4410 Frederick Lane around 9:30 p.m. for the fire and say i...
Apr 13, 2026
