Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
New Electronic Healthcare Record to "go live" at Battle Creek VA Medical Center this Saturday
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Deputy Secretary Dr. Paul R. Lawrence will visit the Battle Creek VA Medical Center this Saturday to announce the "go live" of t...
Apr 08, 2026
Calhoun County child escapes serious injuries after being run over by truck
BEDFORD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It appears a two-year-old child suffered no serious injuries after being run over in a driveway by a family member in Calhoun County's Bedford Township Tuesday. The...
Apr 08, 2026 (courtesy Battle Creek Police)
Controlled burn scheduled for today on west side of Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - If you are on the west side of Portage today and you see a lot of smoke, don't be too concerned. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is planning a controlled burn i...
Apr 08, 2026 Portage City Hall seal. (Photo by John McNeil).
Michigan Democratic lawmakers: 25th Amendment must be invoked
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Democratic state lawmakers from all over Michigan are calling on Vice President JD Vance and the Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to remove Pres...
Apr 08, 2026 samael1986 / Depositphotos.com
Proposed 2026-27 budget for Portage available online
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Residents in Portage can go online this morning and take a look at the next proposed city budget. City Manager Pat McGinnis pushed the button at this week's city council mee...
Apr 08, 2026 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team arrests man with over 100 grams of cocaine
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 45-year-old man is in police custody in Kalamazoo after the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team found him with over 100-grams of cocaine and a semi-automatic gun i...
Apr 08, 2026
Kalamazoo County commission passes resolution against federal SAVE America Act
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo county commissioners took a small step against an effort to make it more difficult to register to vote in Michigan, and across the nation. The vote was 6-to-3 ap...
Apr 08, 2026
Youth-centered gathering on ending gun violence to be held in Kalamazoo April 17
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A collective of Kalamazoo area youth leaders and community advocates will host the 3rd Annual Emerging Leaders Summit to End Gun Violence later this month. Described as a ...
Apr 08, 2026
New "Joys of Bicycling" mural to transform major downtown Kalamazoo gateway
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Bike Friendly Kalamazoo and Clark Logic have finalized a Public Mural Site Agreement to bring a large-scale art installation to 436 West Willard Street. The mural will spa...
Apr 08, 2026 The mural "When The Streetlights Come On,” by Ellen VanderMyde at Clark Logic’s 7809 Lovers Lane facility in Portage, MI (courtesy Paul Selden)
Volunteers Needed for Girls on the Run of Greater Kalamazoo 5K run celebration
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - With this year's culminating event just over one month away, Girls on the Run of Greater Kalamazoo says it needs a few hundred more volunteers to register ahead of its ann...
Apr 07, 2026 (courtesy Girls on the Run of Greater Kalamazoo)
