Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Beacon Health System to acquire Ascension Healthcare System in southwest Michigan
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Four Ascension Borgess hopsitals in southwest Michigan are being sold. Non-profit Beacon Health System, with current facilities in northern Indiana and southern Michigan, ...
Apr 03, 2025
Annual Egg Hunt returns to Mayors' Riverfront Park on April 19
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo's Annual Egg Hunt will return to Mayors' Riverfront Park on Saturday, April 19 from 2 to 4 p.m. The free community event is presented by Advia Credit Union with ...
Apr 03, 2025 Kalamazoo Parks and Recreation logo (courtesy of Kzoo Parks)
Health officials urging measles vaccinations
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kent County's first measles case since 2013 has health officials urging people to get vaccinated. Dr. Andrew Jameson, infectious diseases physician with Trinity Health ...
Apr 03, 2025 NIAID / CC
Pedestrian killed when hit by car in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Safety says a 63-year-old man was killed Wednesday night when he was hit by a car. The crash happened at the intersection of Portage and Reed streets just...
Apr 03, 2025 KDPS seeks suspect in weapon seizure (Photo by Jeana Gondek)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County might be losing EPA grant
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County may have suffered its first loss due to new federal cuts. They haven't yet received official notice, but other municipalities that received similar EPA gr...
Apr 03, 2025 Pictures of Money / CC
One man stabbed in domestic situation in Oshtemo Township Wednesday afternoon
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A domestic situation Wednesday afternoon led to two men being pepper sprayed and at least one of them was stabbed by a Kalamazoo woman. The Kalamazoo County Sheriff...
Apr 02, 2025
Flooding closes a number of streets in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Heavy rain through the day Wednesday has led to flooded streets throughout Kalamazoo. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety said as of 3:00 p.m. several streets were i...
Apr 02, 2025 OlafNaami / Depositphotos.com
Man arrested for Van Buren County home invasion accused of killing parents in Missouri
COVERT TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man who is in the Van Buren County Jail on home invasion charges is also accused of killing his parents in Missouri. Jason Sessoms was caught by the armed homeowne...
Apr 02, 2025 Van Buren County courthouse (photo by John McNeil)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County officials say they are ready for more severe weather
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - West Michigan could see more severe weather later today, like the storms that blew through a few days ago, killing three children in Climax Township and resulting in nine ...
Apr 02, 2025 Thomas Bresson / CC
AUDIO: Question of how to fund road repairs remains unsolved
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State lawmakers agree that Michigan's roads need to be fixed and that there isn't enough money being put toward it. Where the money for the roads will come from remains the ...
Apr 02, 2025 Photo provided by the Michigan Department of Transportation.
