Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: Portage housing project getting breaks to make homes more affordable
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A proposed Portage housing project that initially drew complaints is getting every break possible to make it more affordable for prospective home buyers. Last night, the Por...
Apr 30, 2025 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
High winds hamper Battle Creek firefighters putting out flames at a home
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek firefighters were able to put out a fire at a home on North Mason Avenue Tuesday afternoon in about 30 minutes, but had to battle high winds to do it. They...
Apr 30, 2025
AUDIO: Portage city council hears about flooding issues in Ramona Park area
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A project to install sanitary sewers in the Ramona Park area in Portage has left the residential area looking awful and homeowners want something done about it. Neighbor aft...
Apr 30, 2025
Kalamazoo County deputies arrest man for vehicle theft in Richland
RICHLAND TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - 31-year-old Christopher Vandenburg of Kalamazoo is charged with unlawful driving away of an automobile after he was arrested early Tuesday morning in Richland Town...
Apr 30, 2025
Ascension says data breach happened in December 2024
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Ascension says the health system has been hit with a data breach in December that included demographic information including names, addresses, phone numbers, email address...
Apr 29, 2025 Photo courtesy Ascension Borgess Hospital.
Indivisible Greater Kalamazoo holding May 3 rally in Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Indivisible Greater Kalamazoo is holding what they are calling a peaceful rally on Saturday from noon to 2 p.m. in the 6300 block of South Westnedge Avenue in Portage. The e...
Apr 29, 2025
Brandon Inge to coach Kalamazoo Growlers for one game
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Growlers baseball team will welcome former Detroit Tiger Brandon Inge to coach the team for the July 10 game against the Battle Creek Battle Jacks. Inge sign...
Apr 29, 2025 Kalamazoo Growlers logo
President Trump holding 100 day rally in Macomb County today
WARREN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - President Donald Trump will hold a rally today in Warren in Macomb County to celebrate the first 100 days of his second term. He will speak at Macomb Community College at 6 p...
Apr 29, 2025
AUDIO: Six WMU international students get SEVIS statuses reinstated
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Six international students at Western Michigan University have had their Student and Exchange Visitor Information System statuses reinstated by the federal government. Sev...
Apr 29, 2025
AUDIO: Murder trial underway for former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The second-degree murder trial of former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr has begun in Kent County Circuit Court. Schurr is facing the charge for shooting...
Apr 29, 2025 Patrick Lyoya is shown in body cam footage from a City of Grand Rapids police office (courtesy of Grand Rapids Police Department)
