Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Three Rivers, Union City school districts closed today
THREE RIVERS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Three Rivers Community Schools and Union City Community Schools are both closed today as a result of the tornadoes that devastated the two communities Friday. Three Riv...
Mar 09, 2026 Three Rivers Middle School, Three Rivers, MI
State Of Emergency declared for Friday tornadoes
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer has declared a state of emergency for Branch, Cass, and St. Joseph counties as a result of the four tornadoes that hit the area Friday afternoon. T...
Mar 09, 2026
Severe damage, at least four deaths, and multiple injuries being reported from Friday tornadoes in southwest Michigan
THREE RIVERS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A pair of tornadoes struck southwest Michigan Friday afternoon, causing severe damage in both Cass, St. Joseph and Branch counties, with three deaths reported in Branch...
Mar 06, 2026
Calhoun County Sheriff's Office warns of dangerous fentanyl pills disguised as candy and vitamins
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office is warning area residents about the growing danger of illegal pills containing the powerful opioid fentanyl that are being disguis...
Mar 06, 2026
Battle Creek firefighters rescue 62-year-old woman who crashed into Kalamazoo River
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 62-year-old Battle Creek woman is alive after the city's fire department had to pull her from her Jeep Wrangler after she crashed it into a light pole and went into t...
Mar 06, 2026
Parents challenging KPS on transportation rules
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's an old joke for parents to tell their kids that they had to walk uphill both ways to and from school when they were young. Something like that is happening in Kalamaz...
Mar 06, 2026
AUDIO: Kalamazoo Public Schools set record high for graduation rate
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools superintendent Darrin Slade is pretty pumped up about the district's latest graduation rates, which have just been reported by the state Departmen...
Mar 06, 2026 (Photo provided by John McNeill)
Two receive minor injuries after shots are fired during an argument in Kalamazoo's Knollwood neighborhood
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 24-year-old man and his 16-year-old sister are hospitalized with injuries after they were both injured in a shooting just before 11 p.m. Wednesday in Kalamazoo's Knollwo...
Mar 06, 2026 zimmytws / Depositphotos.com
Battle Creek man dies in two car crash in Barry County
JOHNSTOWN TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Barry County Sheriff's Office says a 54-year-old Battle Creek man has died in a crash south of Dowling on M-37 yesterday. They say the driver was southbound o...
Mar 06, 2026 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
I-94 near Marshall to be closed this weekend as Michigan Avenue bridge is demolished
MARSHALL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Eastbound and westbound I-94 at Marshall will be closed this weekend as crews demolish the M-96 (Michigan Avenue) bridge over I-94 as part of the Marshall Modernization Pro...
Mar 05, 2026 sourabh2 / Depositphotos.com
