Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County's proposed transitional homeless shelter gets name
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County's proposed transitional homeless shelter now has a name. County Housing Director Mary Balkema updated the county board on progress for the conversion of t...
Apr 02, 2025
48 hour film festival for amateurs and professionals returns to Kalamazoo this weekend
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -After setting new records with both teams registered and audience attendance in 2024, the Kazoo 48 Hour Film Festival is returning this weekend. Organizers say the event is...
Apr 02, 2025
Protest against President Trump and Elon Musk planned for Saturday in Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A group called Indivisible of Greater Kalamazoo says it will join activists across the country for a protest in Portage this Saturday. They are asking people to gather on So...
Apr 02, 2025 (courtesy Indivisible of Greater Kalamazoo)
AUDIO: Three children killed as tree falls on mini-van were from Branch County
CLIMAX TOWNSHIOP, MI (WTVB) - Kalamazoo County Sheriff Richard Fuller now says the three people who died Sunday afternoon when a tree fell on their vehicle in Climax Township were children from Branch...
Apr 01, 2025 Kalamazoo County Sheriff Richard Fuller at a press conference March 31, 2025
74th Annual Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Fair set for June 6, 7
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The 74th Annual Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Fair is coming up Friday, June 6 and Saturday, June 7. It will be held in Bronson Park from 3 to 8 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 ...
Apr 01, 2025 Photo courtesy of the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts.
AUDIO: US Army sergeant from Springfield missing in Lithuania
SPRINGFIELD, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A soldier from Springfield in west Michigan remains missing after three others were found dead in Lithuania when they went to retrieve a tactical vehicle that broke down...
Apr 01, 2025 AlphaPenguin
National Weather Service confirms two tornadoes hit west Michigan Sunday
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two tornadoes are being confirmed to have hit west Michigan Sunday afternoon. The National Weather Service says an EF1 tornado happened in a field near Edwardsburg in C...
Apr 01, 2025 Courtesy National Weather Service Facebook page
AUDIO: Kalamazoo city commission approves million-dollar ARPA loan for housing project
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Construction will begin on a new Northside housing complex for seniors this month in Kalamazoo, but it hasn't been easy, and it's coming down to the wire. Kalamazoo city c...
Apr 01, 2025
M-96, I-69 work starts this week in Marshall
MARSHALL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Transportation is starting work this week on the Marshall Modernization Project in support of the Marshall Area Jobs, Opportunity and Recreation ...
Mar 31, 2025 (courtesy Michigan Department of Transportation)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County commission to vote on 4% tax on hotels for youth sports complex
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's March Madness, the perfect time to consider plans for a new youth tournament center in the Kalamazoo area. County commissioners will be asked to approve an unusual vo...
Mar 31, 2025 GotCredit / CC
