Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Work starts Monday on West Milham Avenue between 12th Street, Oakland Drive
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Starting Monday, West Milham Avenue between 12th Street and Oakland Drive will be under construction. The city of Portage says the project will include ADA sidewalk and ramp...
May 09, 2025 I 94 road project completion date revised (Photo by John McNeil)
Pope Leo XIV graduated high school in Allegan County
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Pope Leo XIV is a graduate of Saint Augustine Seminary High School in Allegan County. Robert Prevost, as he was known then, graduated in 1973 and attended a reunion in 201...
May 09, 2025 Eli Solitas / Unsplash
AUDIO: KPS students teach trustees about what needs to be done
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There was a role reversal at last night's Kalamazoo Public Schools board meeting, with students doing the schooling. Trustees received student presentations on what young ...
May 09, 2025
Juvenile apprehended with drone assistance after more than 30 vehicle break-ins in campus area of Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says a juvenile suspect was taken into custody late Wednesday night following a string of more than 30 larcenies from vehicles in...
May 08, 2025 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety logo
M-311 bridge repairs over I-94 in Calhoun County to start May 12
MARSHALL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Transportation will be closing the M-311 bridge over I-94 as well as two ramps for bridge deck repairs beginning Monday, May 12. The $150,000 inv...
May 08, 2025 Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) logo. (Photo courtesy Michigan Department of Transportation).
Portage Public Schools schedules interviews with superintendent finalists
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Four finalists will be interviewed by the Portage Public Schools board of trustees next week for the job of superintendent. Twelve people applied to become the next leader o...
May 08, 2025 Portage Public Schools logo courtesy of Portage Public Schools)
AUDIO: Mistrial declared in former GRPD officer Christopher Schurr's second-degree murder trial
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The second-degree murder trial of former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr has ended in a mistrial. He was charged with killing Patrick Lyoya in a traffic ...
May 08, 2025 Patrick Lyoya is shown in body cam footage from a City of Grand Rapids police office (courtesy of Grand Rapids Police Department)
Kalamazoo County hotel owners approve adding fee to room charges for youth sports complex
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Tuesday was a tough day for three funding requests on the ballot locally. Two school bond issues in the Parchment and Otsego school districts, and a hike in funding for Al...
May 08, 2025 Possible layout for a new youth sports complex in Kalamazoo (courtesy Discover Kalamazoo)
2025 Mayor's Ride to happen at Eliason Nature Reserve in Portage Saturday
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The mayors of Portage and Kalamazoo will lead a three-mile bicycle tour at Eliason Nature Preserve at 1614 West Osterhout Avenue to start Kalamazoo Bike Week on Saturday. Th...
May 08, 2025 Kalamazoo Bike Week event. (Photo by John McNeil).
Kalamazoo County prosecutor handing off paternity investigations to the state
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - If federal cuts hit Kalamazoo County, as it appears they will, the county board may have some tough choices to make, and they got a test run on how that discussion may go....
May 08, 2025 (Photo of what the new Kalamazoo County Justice Center will look like upon completion)
