Category Archives: Kalamazoo News

BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek will build a new fire station as the city commission has changed its course on their plan to renovate and build new stations that was unveiled last year. S...

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County commissioners have appointed the members of the new authority board for the youth sports complex planned for the west side. The 11 members will be respons...

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office continues to face serious staff shortages, and last night asked for help to fill vacancies. They asked that bonuses they have been gi...

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Community Foundation will distribute $1.5 million in opioid settlement funds to local nonprofits over the next three years. In partnership with Kalamazoo Cou...

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo has announced the artists selected for the inaugural 2025 Brush the Block mural festival, which will be held from September 2nd throu...

PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Drivers in Portage are being urged to seek an alternate route if they need to get through eastbound West Centre Avenue west of Shaver Road. The city says both eastbound lane...

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Community Homeworks in Kalamazoo has been awarded $150,000 by the Consumers Energy Foundation in their 2025 People Award winners. The Kalamazoo nonprofit will use the mone...

ALLEGAN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The lack of rain this year now has parts of three west Michigan counties classified by the U.S. Drought Monitor as being in a moderate drought. That area is southwest...

CONSTANTINE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 69-year-old Harrison man will spend the next 20 to 30 years in prison after being convicted in May of sexually assaulting a relative 20 years ago. Attorney General Dan...

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - 50 local teachers are getting a boost for their classrooms this fall, as The Salvation Army of Kalamazoo hosts its 2nd Annual Teacher Tailgate event this Thursday. Salvati...