Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: Ad hoc committee to pick youth sports complex location is set
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A new ad hoc committee picked to decide the location for Kalamazoo's new youth sports complex has been put on a fast track. The Kalamazoo County board waived their usual p...
May 21, 2025 Possible layout for a new youth sports complex in Kalamazoo (courtesy Discover Kalamazoo)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County board suing Trump White House over EPA funding
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County commissioners have voted to sue the Trump White House, which has stopped payments on a large grant that would have helped the local community be better pr...
May 21, 2025 Kevin Smith / CC
Calhoun County Prosecutor's Office displays survivor artwork in support of sexual assault awareness
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Calhoun County Prosecutor's Office is displaying what they are calling a "powerful piece of artwork" in the Victims' Unit. The artwork was created by sexual assault...
May 20, 2025
Portage Arts Committee holding open house for artists May 30
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Portage Arts Committee is hosting an open house on Friday, May 30 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at Portage Parks & Recreation at 320 Library Lane for artists. It's called "Art...
May 20, 2025 City of Portage logo
Portage Public Schools holding meet-and-greet for superintendent finalists Wednesday
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As the Portage Public Schools board of education gets closer to making a final choice for their new superintendent of schools, the public has been invited to meet the candid...
May 20, 2025 Portage Public Schools logo courtesy of Portage Public Schools)
AUDIO: Catholics hold Mass of Thanksgiving in Kalamazoo for Pope Leo XIV
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Catholics gathered at St. Augustine Cathedral last evening in Kalamazoo to hold a Mass of Thanksgiving for Pope Leo XIV. Pope Leo is known to parishioners in west Michigan...
May 20, 2025 Catholic Diocese of Kalamazoo sign (Photo by John McNeil)
National Weather Service confirms 25 tornadoes to date in Michigan for 2025
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The National Weather Service confirms 25 tornadoes have hit Michigan so far this year, which is the most since 2010 when 27 twisters touched down. The record for the nu...
May 20, 2025 Tornado in Port Austin - Credit Mike Pruett
AUDIO: Kalamazoo moves closer to new affordable housing project
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Another new affordable housing project could be going up on the southside of downtown Kalamazoo someday. Last night local developer Jamauri Bogan asked to have a 1.3 acre ...
May 20, 2025
AUDIO: Kalamazoo keeping water pressure good despite power outages
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Some local homes and businesses remain without power this morning, five days after last Thursday's severe storms blew through Kalamazoo County. Kalamazoo utilities directo...
May 20, 2025 (courtesy City of Kalamazoo)
AG Nessel: Secretary of State Benson violated Michigan Campaign Finance Act
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says her office has concluded that Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson violated the Michigan Campaign Finance Act on January 22. That is ...
May 20, 2025 Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, attends an Election Night party, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
