Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Visitation, funeral for former Congressman Joe Schwarz scheduled
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Visitation for former Congressman Joe Schwarz of Battle Creek will be held from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Friday at Farley Estes Dowdle Funeral Home on Capital Avenue NE in Bat...
Jun 02, 2026
Three Battle Creek men arrested during X-train in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Three Battle Creek men are in the Kalamazoo County Jail after they were arrested Saturday in Kalamazoo during an X-train mobile nuisance party. Public safety officers were...
Jun 02, 2026 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety cruiser. (Photo by Jeana Gondek).
Kalamazoo city commission approves $19-million plan to change Kalamazoo Avenue
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The disruptions, confusion and chaos caused by the reconstruction of Westnedge Avenue in Kalamazoo two years ago has had an influence on the design for the overhaul of cit...
Jun 02, 2026
Michigan's average gas price drops 27¢
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Drivers in Michigan are paying 27 less per gallon to fill their tanks than last week. Triple-A Michigan says the statewide average is now at $4.38 a gallon, 20 less than la...
Jun 01, 2026
Kalamazoo County board to be asked to revise low, moderate income housing plan
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Some new housing plans are up for approval this week to provide more low and moderate-income residential space in Kalamazoo County. Developer Jamauri Bogan wants to add 38...
Jun 01, 2026 Zone 32, Kalamazoo, MI (courtesy Trulia.com)
Suspect in January Kalamazoo murder arrested in Louisiana
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The suspect wanted for a January murder in Kalamazoo has been arrested in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Kalamazoo Public Safety officials say 21-year-old Dakwon Johnson will be ...
Jun 01, 2026 Dakwon Johnson (courtesy KDPS)
Kalamazoo County board taking action on levels of Austin, Long, West lakes
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County has been technically in violation in how it oversees some local lake levels but they plan to remedy that. The county board is set to approve lake levels o...
Jun 01, 2026
UAW employees at American Axle in Three Rivers on strike
THREE RIVERS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - United Auto Workers union members at American Axle in Three Rivers are now on strike. UAW president Shawn Fain announced last night that time was up for the manufacture...
Jun 01, 2026 Clyde Robinson / CC
Commissioners to vote Monday on contracts for two-way traffic on Kalamazoo Avenue
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo City Commission will consider contracts for the reconstruction of Kalamazoo Avenue and its future conversion back to two-way traffic at its Monday night meet...
May 30, 2026 (courtesy City of Kalamazoo)
Single vehicle crash in Texas Township claims one life
TEXAS TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office says one man was killed in a single vehicle accident Friday afternoon in Texas Township. Deputies responded to the crash in the ...
May 30, 2026 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
