Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: Kalamazoo city commission presented with Arcadia Creek Festival Site revamp plan
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The plans to revamp Kalamazoo's Arcadia Creek Festival Site downtown have been presented to the city commission. Assistant City Manager Rebekah Kik says the plans allow fo...
Jul 08, 2025
AUDIO: Kalamazoo Public Safety looking for July 4th weekend shooting suspects
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - That popping sound you heard on the 4th of July in Kalamazoo may have been more than firecrackers. Public Safety Chief Dave Boysen says they are still investigating four s...
Jul 08, 2025 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety logo
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts offers free admission during July
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As part of its 101st anniversary celebration, the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts is offering free admission throughout July. KIA officials say offering free admission ensures...
Jul 08, 2025 Kalamazoo Institute of Arts (courtesy KIA)
Tour and roundtable to highlight Brownfield Redevelopment in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two once-contaminated sites in downtown Kalamazoo are being transformed into affordable housing and commercial space thanks to state investment and strong local partnershi...
Jul 08, 2025 Harrison Circle apartments, Kalamazoo, MI (courtesy AVB Commercial Construction)
Early Saturday morning murder victim identified, KDPS seeking eyewitnesses
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety has identified the man killed in the July 5 shooting on West Paterson Street as 34-year-old Kalamazoo resident Leetrail Lamont Bi...
Jul 07, 2025 Leetrail Lamont Bible (courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
UPDATE: Missing teen from Allegan area found safe
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO-AM/FM) - The search is over for a missing 15-year-old boy in the vicinity of the city of Allegan. Miles Kelly-Tyler Damron was last seen this past Friday evening around 8:00 p.m. lea...
Jul 07, 2025 Miles Damron (photo courtesy Allegan Co. Sheriff's Office)
Michigan's average gas price down 11-cents in past week
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Filling up the gas tank in Michigan is 11 a gallon cheaper this week. Triple-A Michigan says the average price is now $3.15, down 5 from last month and 43 less than last ye...
Jul 07, 2025
Two men arrested after KVET raids
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two men are in custody after the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team executed two search warrants in Kalamazoo on July 2. A 28-year-old man was arrested in the 1900 block of...
Jul 07, 2025
Kalamazoo city commission to get update on two major projects
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo city commissioners will receive updates today on two major projects being pursued by city staff. One is the redevelopment of Arcadia Creek Park, the downtown fes...
Jul 07, 2025 (courtesy Discover Kalamazoo)
AUDIO: North Westnedge Avenue closed until August 15 from Kalamazoo to Michigan avenues
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As commuters get back to work today, they may need to detour to get downtown if they use North Westnedge Avenue. Two blocks of Westnedge between Kalamazoo and Michigan ave...
Jul 07, 2025
