Category Archives: Kalamazoo News

Nessel, others call attention to coal-fired JH Campbell power plant in Kalamazoo appearance
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Environmentalists with a message came to Kalamazoo to talk about air pollution, not knowing it would be the day the state set a record for smokey air. With a grey haze han...
John McNeill Jul 17, 2026

Man stabbed, killed in Oshtemo Township
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One man is dead and another is in the Kalamazoo County Jail after a stabbing just after 2 a.m. Thursday in Oshtemo Township. The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office r...
Michael Arney Jul 17, 2026 (Photo by John McNeil).

Michigan AG files federal lawsuit against closed Portage-based Climax Solar
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has filed a public enforcement lawsuit against Climax Solar, owner Joshua Thompson, and the financial institutions that financed people...
Michael Arney Jul 16, 2026 Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel

Canadian wildfire smoke covers entire state
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Canadian wildfire smoke is thick enough to be very unhealthy in Michigan's western Upper Peninsula and "unhealthy for sensitive groups" in the eastern Upper Peninsula and ...
Michael Arney Jul 16, 2026

Storm and sanitary sewer work to close a section of Angling Road for over one month
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Another major road project in the area gets underway today. The City of Portage says Angling Road will be closed to through traffic from Romence Road to West Milham Avenue. ...
Ken Delaney Jul 16, 2026 (courtesy City of Portage)

Battle Creek Police Department Special Investigations Unit executes two search warrants
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two search warrants were executed Wednesday by the Battle Creek Police Department Special Investigations Unit as they investigate narcotics. They were carried out at ho...
Michael Arney Jul 16, 2026 Battle Creek Police Cruiser (photo by John McNeill).

No contact order lifted for Davis Creek in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The no contact order issued for Davis Creek in Kalamazoo has been lifted. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Services issued the order on July 6th after a sewage overflow ...
Michael Arney Jul 16, 2026

Road Commission of Kalamazoo County halves number of tree removals
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Road Commission of Kalamazoo County says it will remove 4,000 roadside trees instead of the planned 8,000. The reduction comes after widespread pushback from re...
Michael Arney Jul 16, 2026 Road Commission of Kalamazoo County logo

City of Kalamazoo to send inspectors to Lilac Hills Apartments
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Kalamazoo will send inspectors to Lilac Hills Apartments in Oshtemo Township after tenants have complained about mold, cockroaches and appliances that aren't b...
Michael Arney Jul 16, 2026 City of Kalamazoo logo

Family-friendly event Thursday at Bronson Park
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's mid-July, meaning summer vacation is about half over for public school students. That's why Kydnet, the Kalamazoo Youth Development Network, will be holding a special...
John McNeill Jul 15, 2026




