Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Southwest Michigan First CEO stepping down
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Southwest Michigan First says CEO Jonas Peterson is stepping down on March 26th for a different job. President Carla Sones will be their interim CEO while they do a search...
Mar 03, 2026
More work at I-94/U.S. 131 interchange begins this week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A $13 million project to add a lane to the westbound I-94 to northbound U.S. 131 interchange near Kalamazoo began Monday. Work is expected to be completed by September 202...
Mar 03, 2026 (courtesy Michigan Department of Transportation)
KDPS looking for suspect in February 22nd murder
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety is looking for a 37-year-old man wanted for murder. Nelson Cobas is accused of shooting and killing 35-year-old Jamel Coleman aro...
Mar 02, 2026
Kalamazoo man arrested on multiple charges after search warrant finds drugs, stolen gun, more
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 43-year-old Kalamazoo man is in the Kalamazoo County Jail on 8 charges after the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team, Crime Reduction Team, and SWAT carried out a search w...
Mar 02, 2026
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County has over $450,000 in ARPA money that needs to be spent
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County is once again having to reallocate unallocated federal COVID-19 dollars, with the clock ticking on that money. Any American Rescue Plan Act dollars not sp...
Mar 02, 2026
Gas prices statewide up 14¢ in past week
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan's average price for gas is up 14 in the past week to $2.99. Triple-A Michigan says that price is 9 more than last month and 2 more than last year. A 15-gallon tank...
Mar 02, 2026
Kalamazoo getting federal grant for public safety department
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Kalamazoo is getting a $1.25 million grant from the federal government to beef up manpower in the public safety department. The Community Oriented Policing Ser...
Mar 02, 2026
Police say alcohol and speed factors in double fatal crash
PARK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two people were killed after a pickup truck slammed into a tree early Saturday morning in St. Joseph County. At 12:08 a.m. deputies from the St. Joseph County Sheriff'...
Mar 01, 2026 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Two Battle Creek firefighters recovering after injuries in Friday morning house fire
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two firefighters sustained minor injuries after falling through a large hole that had burned through the first-floor dining area of a home in Battle Creek Friday mornin...
Feb 27, 2026
St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office offering free Boater Safety Education Courses
CENTREVILLE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office will host two Boater Safety Education Courses in April. The first will be April 4th from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with the second on Apri...
Feb 27, 2026
