Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: KPS authorizes weapons detector use at middle, high schools
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools trustees have authorized the use of weapons detectors for daily use in high schools and middle schools, beginning this fall. The school district a...
Apr 24, 2025
WMU appoints alum Russ Kavalhuna as the university's new president
KALAMAZOO, Mich.- A WMU alumnus has been selected as the next president of Western Michigan University. The Board of Trustees Wednesday appointed Russ Kavalhuna to replace Dr. Edward Montgomery, who i...
Apr 23, 2025 The Western Michigan University Board of Trustees today appointed Russ Kavalhuna, J.D., as the school's 10th president April 23, 2025 (courtesy WMU)
Consumers Energy debuts its first all-electric bucket truck
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Consumers Energy is now using its first all-electric bucket truck. The utility says the electric truck will perform work in Grand Rapids to provide customers with relia...
Apr 23, 2025
Damage assessments underway after northern Michigan ice storm in March
GAYLORD, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Damage assessments are underway in northern Michigan by federal, state, and local officials. The ice storm that hit the northern part of the Lower Peninsula and the eastern ...
Apr 23, 2025 Jon Evans / CC
Kalamazoo Public Safety: Violent crime down nearly 13% in city
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Violent crime is down by nearly 13% in the city of Kalamazoo from 2023 to 2024. The Department of Public Safety says murders were down nearly 55% from 22 to ten, and confi...
Apr 23, 2025 KDPS Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety cruiser (Photo by Jeana Gondek)
Abraham and Mary Lincoln come to life this weekend in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Association of Lincoln Presenters (ALP) is holding its 29th annual conference in Kalamazoo from Thursday evening, April 24 through Sunday morning, April 27. The group ...
Apr 23, 2025 A statue of Abraham Lincoln in Kalamazoo's Bronson Park
City of Kalamazoo launches pilot food scrap recycling program
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The City of Kalamazoo has launched of a new pilot Food Scrap Recycling Program, aimed at reducing the volume of organic waste sent to landfills. City officials say the pro...
Apr 23, 2025
WMU Board of Trustees to name successor to Montgomery this Wednesday afternoon
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The search for a new president at Western Michigan University appears to be over. The WMU Board of Trustees is set to convene at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 23 in the Stude...
Apr 22, 2025
Extensive damage in Battle Creek house fire Monday
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Several pets died and a Battle Creek home suffered $150,000 damage, with another $80,000 in contents lost, in a Monday afternoon fire. The Battle Creek Fire Department,...
Apr 22, 2025 Battle Creek Fire department (Photo by John McNeil)
Kalamazoo city commissioner, vice mayor honor late Pope Francis
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The death of Pope Francis drew tributes from two Kalamazoo city commissioners at last night's meeting on the day after Easter Sunday. Commissioner Don Cooney, a former Cat...
Apr 22, 2025
