Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
WMU's Haworth College of Business receives $17 million gift
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Western Michigan University's Haworth College of Business has received a $17 million gift from The Stan Lucas Trust, which school officials say will fund Experience-Driven...
Apr 07, 2026 Haworth College of Business (courtesy Western Michigan University)
Oshtemo Township officials clarify status of energy systems ordinance and their process
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After the township board last November passed a one-year moratorium on developing battery energy storage system facilities, the Oshtemo Township Planning Commission...
Apr 07, 2026 (courtesy Oshtemo Township)
AG Nessel will intervene in Consumers Energy rate hike request
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says she will intervene in Consumers Energy's latest rate hike request. The utility announced on Friday that they will seek another ele...
Apr 07, 2026
Michigan Wolverines win first NCAA basketball title since 1989
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (WKZO AM/FM) - The number-one seed Michigan Wolverines have won their second NCAA men's basketball championship. Michigan beat second-seeded UConn, 69-to-63, in Indianapolis and was l...
Apr 07, 2026 University of Michigan logo
Stolen candy sales by kids in Oshtemo Township prompts ordinance amendment
OSHTEMO TOWNHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Stolen candy being resold by children outside Oshtemo Township businesses has prompted the township to amend an ordinance and get the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Offi...
Apr 07, 2026 PHOTOLOGY1971 / Depositphotos.com
Kalamazoo won't receive federal $1.25-million policing grant
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Kalamazoo will reject a federal grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to allow the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety to hire more officers because it c...
Apr 07, 2026
Michigan Department of Ag joining to support this Saturday's Kalamazoo Valley Foodways Symposium
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development will play a role in this Saturday's Kalamazoo Valley Foodways Symposium, as it continues to push opportunities...
Apr 06, 2026
Three juveniles arrested after attempted vehicle theft, shooting incident in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Three juveniles are in custody after an early Sunday morning auto theft and shooting incident in Battle Creek. Battle Creek Police responded to a report of an attempted...
Apr 06, 2026 (courtesy Battle Creek Police)
Sheriff's Office says ordinance change will help them crack down on retail theft by "candy boys"
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Officials with the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office say slight change in Oshtemo Township ordinance should help them cut down on a rise in retail theft and fraud. ...
Apr 06, 2026 PHOTOLOGY1971 / Depositphotos.com
Amtrak service between Grand Rapids and Chicago impacted by wash out
COLOMA, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Amtrak has canceled the Pere Marquette line between Chicago and Grand Rapids indefinitely due to the ground under the tracks being washed out in southwest Michigan. The washo...
Apr 06, 2026 Biker loads his bike onto the Amtrak train. (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek)
