Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
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
AUDIO: Ribbon cutting held for KRESA Career Connect Center
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Hundreds of local residents have gotten their first look at Kalamazoo's new Career Connect Center. They snipped the ribbon on the $100 million KRESA facility that will giv...
May 23, 2025
Curbside collection of storm debris starts Tuesday in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Even though the power is back on, the clean-up from the May 15 major storm in Kalamazoo continues. Curbside collection of fallen branches and limbs from the storm will sta...
May 23, 2025 (courtesy City of Kalamazoo)
Man charged with second-degree murder for deadly April crash
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Terry Boss has been arraigned on charges of second-degree murder, reckless driving causing death, and driving while intoxicated causing death for a crash April 26. The 56-ye...
May 22, 2025
Kalamazoo man charged with violating Michigan's safe storage law
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - 25-year-old Jordan Salter of Kalamazoo is charged with violating Michigan's safe storage law. Salter was arraigned Wednesday in 8th District Court in Kalamazoo. His 12-yea...
May 22, 2025 Joe Gratz
Former South Haven police chief resigns from Tennessee job
SOUTH HAVEN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Former South Haven Police Chief Dennis Honholt, who resigned after less than a month this spring, has also resigned from the job of public safety director in Dover, Tenn...
May 22, 2025
KPS superintendent named Region VII Superintendent of the Year
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools superintendent Dr. Darrin Slade has been named the Michigan Association of Superintendents and Administrators Region VII Superintendent of the Yea...
May 22, 2025
KDPS looking for Bow in the Clouds Preserve vandals
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Safety is investigating vandalism that happened April 25 at the Bow in the Clouds Preserve. An employee saw three people walking through the preserve arou...
May 21, 2025
Kalamazoo Township board approves spending $125,000 on storm cleanup
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Township board has approved spending $125,000 on cleanup efforts from last Thursday's severe storm. The weather downed power lines, knocked over tre...
May 21, 2025 (courtesy Kalamazoo Township)
