Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
McCann to hold another "community conversation Friday in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State Senator Sean McCann will hold his next "community conversation" Friday in Kalamazoo. McCann says the gatherings are great opportunities to share any questions or con...
May 29, 2025 State Senator Sean McCann
Current Assistant Superintendent selected for the top job with Portage Public Schools
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As is turns out the Portage Public Schools Board of Education didn't have to look far for its new Superintendent. The board has begun contract negotiations with Johnny Edwar...
May 29, 2025 New Portage Public Schools Superintendent Johnny Edwards (courtesy PPS)
WMed Health to offer free skin spot check clinic next month
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States, with one in five people developing the disease by the age of 70 With that in mind, and as the weather g...
May 29, 2025 belchonock / Depositphotos.com
Officer involved shooting in Calhoun County
MARSHALL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State Police are leading an investigation into a shooting involving a Calhoun County Sheriff's Deputy. Wednesday morning at 10:44 a.m. Calhoun County Sheriff's Dep...
May 28, 2025 Officer Involved Shooting graphic (courtesy Michigan State Police)
UPDATE: Man who stole Village of Cassopolis police SUV now in custody
UPDATE: As of 7:40 p.m. Wednesday, the Village of Cassopolis police department says the suspect is in custody and the police vehicle and firearms have been recovered. Original story: CASSOPOLIS, MI (W...
May 28, 2025
Railroad crossing on South Sprinkle Road to be closed for a week in mid-June
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's not until next month, but another major road in the Kalamazoo area will be closed for a week for construction. The railroad company CN will be doing work on the railr...
May 28, 2025
Paw Paw High School celebrates mural completion with ice bucket challenge
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - What was once a plain brick wall at Paw Paw High School has now been transformed into an 1,800 square foot mural painted by Detroit-based artist Marlo Broughton and students...
May 28, 2025 (courtesy Paw Paw School District)
One man dead, another wounded in separate shootings in Kalamazoo Tuesday night and early Wednesday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety is investigating two separate, unrelated shootings that occurred within six hours of each other, leaving one man dead and another...
May 28, 2025 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Man's body recovered from Kalamazoo River in Allegan County Tuesday afternoon
OTSEGO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO) - Allegan County authorities say there is no indication of foul play in the death of a man who was recovered from the Kalamazoo River in Otsego Township Monday afternoon. Al...
May 27, 2025 Allegan County Sheriff's Patch (image courtesy Allegan Co. Sheriff's Dept.)
One dead after shooting at Oshtemo Township apartment complex
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A shooting Tuesday afternoon at an Oshtemo Township apartment in Kalamazoo County has left one man dead. At 2:36 p.m. Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Deputies were dispa...
May 27, 2025 aijohn784 / Depositphotos.com
