Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Portage residential tornado relief application window closes July 31
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Portage residents impacted by the May 7, 2024 tornadoes have until this Thursday, July 31 to apply for financial assistance through the Residential Application for Tornado R...
Jul 28, 2025 (courtesy National Weather Service)
Calhoun County seeks resident input to shape the future of recycling
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Calhoun County residents are being asked for their thoughts about the future of the county's recycling program. The Calhoun County Recycling and Solid Waste Department ...
Jul 28, 2025 Nicolas Raymond / CC
Portage weighing adding local preference to bidding process
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The controversy over trash pickups in Portage may trigger a change in city policy. There were a lot of complaints from opponents of the city's single-hauler plan that they w...
Jul 28, 2025 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
Michigan's average gas price up 8-cents in past week
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan's average gas price is up eight-cents a gallon to start the week at $3.23. Triple-A Michigan says the prices is seven-cents less than last month and down 56-cents ...
Jul 28, 2025
Deputy Comstock Township Fire Chief charged in crash
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Comstock Township Deputy Fire Chief Michael Dyer has been charged with operating while intoxicated causing serious injury. The 63-year-old hit and injured an eleven-year-o...
Jul 28, 2025
Kalamazoo County Administrator says commissioners spending Tuesday afternoon at retreat
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County commissioners will be spending all of Tuesday afternoon in retreat to start work on their future spending plans. They have a lot of new projects in mind, ...
Jul 28, 2025 Kevin Catlin will begin work in his new position in May. (Photo from the Kalamazoo County Government Office)
Rents in Kalamazoo County slightly less than statewide average, but report says wages not keeping up with costs
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A new report says the average rent for a two-bedroom apartment in Kalamazoo County is $1,181 per month, which is slightly less than the statewide average. The annual repor...
Jul 27, 2025 alexraths / Depositphotos.com
Pedestrian struck and killed in Allegan County late Saturday
SALEM TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A pedestrian died after being struck by a pickup truck just south of the Ottawa/Allegan county line near Burnips late Saturday night. The Allegan County Sheriff's Off...
Jul 27, 2025
KDPS executes warrants, makes arrests related to July 4 shootings
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says earlier this week it executed two search warrants as part of its ongoing investigation into July 4 holiday shootings in the ...
Jul 26, 2025 Bernard Murff Jr. (Courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
Senate Leader Nesbitt the latest to announce a multi-million dollar war chest for governor's race
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The same day that Detroit mayor and independent candidate for governor Mike Duggan announced he has raised $3.2 million toward his campaign, Republican Senate Leader Aric Ne...
Jul 25, 2025 State Senator Aric Nesbitt, R-Lawton. (Photo courtesy Michigan Senate Republicans).
Thu Jul 16
Kalamazoo, MI, USA
81°FFeels Like: 82°F
Wind/Dir: 12 MPH-NNE
Humidity: 54%
