Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Officials say search for new Kalamazoo City Manager is on track
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo City Commission has set some dates for their City Manager Search, which ad hoc-committee Chair Jeanne Hess says is on schedule. Current City Manager Jim Rits...
Sep 08, 2025 City of Kalamazoo logo
Man arrested for breaking into business in Cooper Township
COOPER TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 24-year-old man is in custody for allegedly throwing and brick through a window and breaking into a business in Kalamazoo County's Cooper Township late Friday nigh...
Sep 07, 2025 (Photo by John McNeil).
KDPS investigates non-fatal shooting on Mabel Street
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One teen was injured Friday night after multiple shots were fired on Kalamazoo's Northside. Just after 9:00 p.m. Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety (KDPS) officers patr...
Sep 07, 2025 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
YWCA Kalamazoo, other nonprofits to speak out against budget passed by state House
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Officials from YWCA Kalamazoo, Disability Network of Southwest Michigan, Milestone Senior Services, and Cradle Kalamazoo will be speaking out on Monday against the state H...
Sep 07, 2025 Maryland GovPics / CC
Michigan State Police: Man arrested for allegedly stabbing father in Schoolcraft Township
SCHOOLCRAFT TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State Police say a man accused of stabbing his father several times Wednesday night has been arrested. The 27-year-old suspect was arrested yesterday. ...
Sep 05, 2025 MSP investigating death of 2 year old in Cass County
Four hospitalized after Kalamazoo County crash
ALAMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office says four people are hospitalized after a crash between a Dodge Stratus and a Ford F-250 pickup yesterday afternoon. The Dodge w...
Sep 05, 2025 KCSD investigating fatal one car accident in Comstock
Kalamazoo County may join partnership to fund emergency shelter for homeless people
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County may join a partnership once again this year to help fund emergency shelter for the homeless this winter, following news that the Kalamazoo Gospel Mission ...
Sep 05, 2025 Kalamazoo County sign (Photo by John McNeil)
AUDIO: KPS officials say parents need to be fully engaged
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools superintendent Darrin Slade says the new school year has gotten off to a great start, and now they are encouraging parents to get fully engaged as...
Sep 05, 2025
Kalamazoo County's chief deputy treasurer watching federal jobs report
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One Kalamazoo County economist is watching to see what happens with today's federal jobs report, because local money is at stake. Kalamazoo County Chief Deputy Treasurer T...
Sep 05, 2025 EpicTop10.com / CC
Senator McCann says Amtrak track shutdown later this month "appears to be poor planning and a troubling lack of advance warning"
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Construction work along the track for the Amtrak Wolverine and Blue Water routes that pass through Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties will mean the lines will be shutdown for ...
Sep 04, 2025 Biker loads his bike onto the Amtrak train. (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek)
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