Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Kalamazoo city commissioners taking up Growlers' game permits, X-Train enforcement, more
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's a sure sign that summer is coming. Kalamazoo city commissioners will take up requests for permits at Kalamazoo Growlers' games and the 4th of July display at the Kala...
Apr 21, 2025
City of Kalamazoo promotes tree canopy, working to increase lifespan of urban trees
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - With Earth Day and Arbor Day both coming up in the week ahead, trees are receiving a prominent focus in the city of Kalamazoo. City officials say over the past five years,...
Apr 20, 2025 (courtesy City of Kalamazoo)
Seven injured in two vehicle Cass County crash
POKAGON TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two adults and five children were injured when their vehicle rear- ended another on M-51 in Cass County's Pokagon Township Saturday morning. Around 10:30 a.m. deput...
Apr 19, 2025
McCann and Rogers among the legislators pushing for greater protections for pedestrians and bicyclists
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - With one saying the issue hits close to home because her dad was the victim of a hit-and-run accident, a number of Kalamazoo area lawmakers have reintroduced bipartisan legi...
Apr 19, 2025 pressmaster / Depositphotos.com
Two arraigned in shooting death of security guard in Kalamazoo last weekend
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two men from Battle Creek have now been formally charged in connection with April 12 shooting death of security guard Montine Wiley April 12 at a party at a club on East N...
Apr 18, 2025 L-R: Damonte Christopher Jenkins-Gooden and Kaiden Tanner Cole (courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
Suspect faces multiple felony charges after a drug raid in Kalamazoo Township
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 29-year-old man is in the Kalamazoo County Jail and faces multiple felony charges after a drug raid by police Thursday. Members of the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcem...
Apr 18, 2025 sinenkiy / Depositphotos.com
Unemployment rises again in Michigan
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - For the third straight month, Michigan's unemployment rate is up. The Department of Technology, Management and Budget says the jobless rate for March was up to 5.5%, an incr...
Apr 18, 2025 Feverpitch / Depositphotos.com
Lawton man arrested for driving stolen ATV, drugs
ANTWERP TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 33-year-old Lawton man is in the Van Buren County Jail after he was arrested around 8 p.m. Wednesday. Sheriff's deputies pulled him over for driving on the road o...
Apr 18, 2025 (Photo by John McNeil)
Two arrested by Kalamazoo Public Safety for shooting death of security guard
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Safety says they have arrested two people in the shooting death Saturday of 27-year-old Montine Wiley Jr. Wiley was killed while working security at Green...
Apr 18, 2025 (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek)
AUDIO: WMU names Essential Needs Program for outgoing president
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Western Michigan University president Edward Montgomery presided over his last Board of Trustees meeting this week, receiving praise and honors while thanking the universi...
Apr 18, 2025 Western Michigan University President Edward Montgomery (courtesy WMU)
