Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Tougher stance on discipline paying off for Kalamazoo Public Schools
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Darrin Slade's tougher stance on discipline in the schools seems to be paying off, better than even he expected. The latest num...
May 27, 2025
Portage City Council to enact policy on how and to whom they issue proclamations and resolutions
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Portage City Council hopes to avoid future embarrassment and controversy by approving a new policy on how and to whom they issue proclamations and resolutions. The issue...
May 27, 2025 Portage City Hall seal. (Photo by John McNeil).
"A very conservative budget" comes before Portage City Council for approval
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Portage City Council Tuesday is set to approve their budget for the next fiscal year, which begins July 1, 2025. On the agenda for the council is their $28 million gener...
May 26, 2025 jittawit.21 / Depositphotos.com
18-year-old accused of shooting to death security guard at Kalamazoo nightclub bound over for trial
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An 18-year-old from Battle Creek has been bound over to Kalamazoo County Circuit Court to face trial in the April 12 shooting death of security guard Montine Wiley at a pa...
May 25, 2025 L-R: Damonte Christopher Jenkins-Gooden and Kaiden Tanner Cole (courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
Aggressive dog incident in Pennfield Township results in use of force
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WTVB)- At approximately 5:11 p.m. on Friday, May 23, the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) responded to a report of aggressive dogs in the 8000 block of Swift Road in Pennfiel...
May 24, 2025
Kalamazoo Rotary Club to host Memorial Day event in downtown and Riverside Cemetery
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Rotary Club will be hosting its annual Memorial Day Celebration Monday, honoring the men and women who gave their lives while serving in the United States Ar...
May 24, 2025 IgorVetushko / Depositphotos.com
DNR cautioning people about northern Michigan ice storm damage
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is cautioning people heading to northern Michigan this weekend to be prepared for tree damage from the March ice storm. The DNR ...
May 23, 2025 Jon Evans / CC
Michigan House approves two bills banning transgender girls from female sports
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two controversial bills that ban transgender girls from playing female sports in school have been approved by the Michigan House. One bill passed with a strictly party-line ...
May 23, 2025 Exterior of Michigan Capitol building (courtesy State of Michigan)
Kent County prosecutor won't retry former Grand Rapids police officer after mistrial
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker says former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr will not be retried for the shooting death in April 2022 of Patrick Lyoya...
May 23, 2025 Photo from the Grand Rapids Police Department's Facebook page.
AUDIO: Parents plead with KPS to not cut elementary assistant librarian
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Parents at Parkwood-Upjohn and Winchell elementary schools are appealing to Kalamazoo Public Schools officials not to cut their assistant librarian this fall. She currentl...
May 23, 2025
