Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Kalamazoo Public Safety K-9 retires
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says K-9 officer Echo has retired. He served for nearly seven years before his last day a week ago. Echo responded to 638 calls f...
Jun 27, 2025
WMU president reflects on past eight years at helm
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Western Michigan University president Edward Montgomery is retiring next week after spending the last eight years leading the university. Montgomery says he enjoyed his ti...
Jun 27, 2025 Western Michigan University President Edward Montgomery (courtesy WMU)
WMU board approves tuition, room and board, and apartment rate increases for the fall
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Western Michigan University Board of Trustees Thursday approved a 4.6% increase in tuition and required fees for resident undergraduate students next year. University ...
Jun 26, 2025
Kalamazoo County's unemployment rate up to 5.3 percent in May, Calhoun County rises to 6.2 percent
KALAMAZOO, MI (WTVB) - Kalamazoo County's unemployment rate rose to 5.3 percent in May, following along with most counties in the state. The Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget sa...
Jun 26, 2025 Feverpitch / Depositphotos.com
SUV driver seriously injured in crash
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The driver of an SUV suffered serious injuries when they crashed into a tree in Portage yesterday afternoon. Police say the crash happened around 4 p.m. on Kilgore Road betw...
Jun 26, 2025 Portage Police cruiser (photo by John McNeil)
No 4th of July parade in Schoolcraft for second straight year
SCHOOLCRAFT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There will be no parade through downtown Schoolcraft next Friday for the Fourth of July. The village council decided last night to cancel the parade because they don't h...
Jun 26, 2025
State House Speaker Hall believes School Aid budget can be done by July 1
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State House Speaker Matt Hall of Richland believes the School Aid budget for the next fiscal year can be done by July 1. Hall says he also thinks a road funding plan could b...
Jun 26, 2025
WMU board to consider proposed 2025-26 tuition, room and board rates Thursday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Tuition and required fees, room and board rates, and the general operating budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year top the agenda when the Western Michigan University Board of ...
Jun 25, 2025 WMU logo (courtesy Western Michigan University)
St. Joseph County deputies make arrests after chasing stolen motorcycle
SHERMAN TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Several people have been arrested by the St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office after deputies engaged in a brief chase with a stolen motorcycle Tuesday. They spotted t...
Jun 25, 2025 Van/bicycle accident kills woman (Photo by John McNeil)
KVET arrests two armed suspects on Portage Street
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two people are in custody after they were arrested June 21 by the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team, Kalamazoo Public Safety, and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, F...
Jun 25, 2025
