Category Archives: Kalamazoo News

Plenty of events in Kalamazoo for JumpstART weekend
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's going to be a big weekend in downtown Kalamazoo, in fact it's become the biggest and busiest of the year. Discover Kalamazoo is calling it the JumpstART weekend, with...
John McNeill Jun 05, 2026 (courtesy Discover Kalamazoo)

75th annual Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Fair this Friday and Saturday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The 75th Annual Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Fair in Bronson Park will be held Friday and Saturday. Up to 145 fine artists in 12 distinct mediums will present their work fo...
Michael Arney Jun 04, 2026

Semi driver airlifted to Chicago after I-94 crash in southwest Michigan
NEW BUFFALO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A semi driver has been airlifted to a hospital in Chicago after rolling the truck near New Buffalo in southwest Michigan Wednesday morning. The Berrien County S...
Michael Arney Jun 04, 2026 Berrien County Sheriff's Department

GRPD releases video of officer-involved shooting
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Grand Rapids police have released video of the officer-involved shooting of a man who threw a Molotov cocktail at a police cruiser and stabbed a K-9. Interim Police Chi...
Michael Arney Jun 04, 2026 Photo from the Grand Rapids Police Department's Facebook page.

Calhoun County man charged with sexually exploiting children in 2011
HOMER, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 69-year-old Homer man is charged with sexually exploitating children in 2011. Gerald Preston has been indicted on two federal charges of sexual exploitation of children afte...
Michael Arney Jun 04, 2026 londondeposit / Depositphotos.com

WMU, West Michigan Aviation Academy announce new partnership
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Western Michigan University and the West Michigan Aviation Academy are teaming up to help aviation students. The two are partnering for a new pathway program to provide...
Michael Arney Jun 04, 2026 WMU logo (courtesy Western Michigan University)

Police searching for suspect accused of cutting teenager's face
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Safety officers are searching for a man accused of cutting a 14-year-old boy's face in a fight last evening. The 27-year-old man cut the boy at the Lilac ...
Michael Arney Jun 04, 2026

Three cities, including Albion, getting MEDC money for new homes
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Three cities in Calhoun, Lapeer, and Monroe counties will share nearly $6.82-million in grant money and tax breaks from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation for new...
Michael Arney Jun 04, 2026 Michigan Economic Development Corporation logo (courtesy MEDC)

Governor Whitmer to sign executive order in Kalamazoo re-establishing Gun Violence Prevention Task Force
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer will sign an executive order this afternoon in Kalamazoo re-establishing the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force. The order will also lay out an a...
Michael Arney Jun 04, 2026

U.S. Senate candidates join striking UAW members in Three Rivers
THREE RIVERS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two Democratic candidates for the U.S. Senate in Michigan joined striking United Auto Workers union members on the picket line in Three Rivers yesterday. Congresswoman ...
Michael Arney Jun 03, 2026
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