Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County, city officials decry political violence, pressure
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Several local elected officials took note of the pressure building on the national political scene at community meetings this week. Kalamazoo County board chair Jen Strebs...
Jun 18, 2025 Jason Rojas / CC
Shots fired at Richland Township pool party
RICHLAND TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office is investigating a shooting in Richland Township Tuesday. Deputies were called to the 9000 block of East EF Avenue on a shots...
Jun 18, 2025 (Photo by John McNeil).
Recommendation of site for youth sports complex approved by Kalamazoo County board
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County board has formally accepted the recommendation to put the community's new youth sports complex at the Westgate location. Several commissioners and boa...
Jun 18, 2025 Possible layout for a new youth sports complex in Kalamazoo (courtesy Discover Kalamazoo)
Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office: 5/3 Bank on Stadium Drive broken in to
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County Sheriff's deputies say the Fifth Third Bank at 6040 Stadium Drive was targeted in a break-in just before 3 a.m. Wednesday. When they arrived, they found t...
Jun 18, 2025 (Photo by John McNeil)
AUDIO: Severe weather possible today in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - You may want to batten down the hatches before you go to work this morning because we could be in for another storm later today. Kalamazoo County Administrator Kevin Catli...
Jun 18, 2025 Eje Gustafsson / CC
House Speaker Hall, Senate Majority Leader Brinks to meet on budget
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks of Grand Rapids and House Speaker Matt Hall of Richland are scheduled to meet today to discuss the Fiscal Year 2026 state budge...
Jun 18, 2025 Exterior of Michigan Capitol building (courtesy State of Michigan)
Consumers Energy pipeline replacement project continues in Kalamazoo County
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Consumers Energy says it has reached the halfway mark of a 12-mile project to replace and upgrade underground pipelines that serve over 2,000 homes and businesses in Kalam...
Jun 18, 2025 Courtesy Consumer's Energy Facebook page
Derek Jeter's Turn 2 Foundation, Major League Baseball holding "PLAY BALL" event Wednesday at Kalamazoo Central High School
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Major League Baseball and Derek Jeter's Turn 2 Foundation will hold an opportunity for nearly 150 Kalamazoo-area kids to have a "PLAY BALL" event at Kalamazoo Central High...
Jun 17, 2025
Indiana woman hospitalized after crash in Cass County
PENN TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 35-year-old woman from Goshen, Indiana is hospitalized at Elkhart General Hospital after she was in a crash around 4:30 Tuesday morning in Cass County. The sheriff's...
Jun 17, 2025 Cass County Sheriff's Office sign. (Photo by John McNeil)
Governor Whitmer on economic development trip to Australia
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer is in Australia on an economic development trip for the next week. Her office announced the trip yesterday, and she will meet with government leade...
Jun 17, 2025
