Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Graphic Packaging International seeking permit to improve air quality
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Graphic Packaging International has submitted a request to the state of Michigan for a permit which may further improve air quality near its north side paper recycling pla...
May 20, 2025 (Photo provided by John McNeill)
I-69 traffic stop in Branch County yields enough drugs "to kill approximately one million people"
COLDWATER TOWNSHIP, MI - Michigan State Police say a driver they stopped for speeding on I-69 on Branch County Saturday had over two kilograms of heroin/fentanyl in her vehicle, with a street value of...
May 19, 2025 VadimVasenin / Depositphotos.com
Kalamazoo woman jailed after accident that killed a bicyclist in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 70-year-old Battle Creek man was killed in a vehicle-bicycle accident in the Urbandale neighborhood, late Sunday. Battle Creek Police responded to tye accident in the...
May 19, 2025 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Three men arrested by KVET, DEA, ATF
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Three men have been arrested after the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team executed three search warrants on May 15 along with the federal Drug Enforcement Administration an...
May 19, 2025
AUDIO: Kalamazoo city commissioner reminding people of city's gun amnesty program
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There have been two more shootings in the Kalamazoo area in the past week, and with Memorial Day just ahead, Kalamazoo city commissioner Qianna Decker says it's important ...
May 19, 2025 KDPS seeks suspect in weapon seizure (Photo by Jeana Gondek)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo water plant facilities tours this week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Ever wonder what happens to the water that goes down the drain? This is Public Services Week in Kalamazoo and it's your chance to find out. Residents both inside and outsi...
May 19, 2025 City of Kalamazoo Water Reclamation Plant (courtesy City of Kalamazoo)
Kalamazoo County board being asked to create search committee for youth sports complex
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County board will be asked Tuesday to create a search committee for the new $40 million youth indoor sports complex. There is already a list of nominees for ...
May 19, 2025 Possible layout for a new youth sports complex in Kalamazoo (courtesy Discover Kalamazoo)
Consumers Energy says 90% of customers affected by storms have power back
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -As of Sunday evening, Consumers Energy crews have restored over 90% of the nearly 287,000 customers affected by the string of tornadoes, thunderstorms and hail that swept t...
May 18, 2025
Almost 250 Ascension Borgess support staff being laid off prior to hospital sale
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - 244 contract employees who work at Ascension Borgess hospitals will be laid off in advance of the hospital sales to an Indiana-based health care system. The employees work...
May 18, 2025 Photo courtesy Ascension Borgess Hospital.
KDPS asking for public's help in identifying and finding suspect in Friday shooting
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Specially designed cameras primarily used to catch traffic violaters have helped police identify a suspect vehicle in a Friday morning shooting in Kalamazoo. Just after 9:...
May 18, 2025
