Category Archives: Kalamazoo News

KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Kalamazoo’s Lift Foundation has just won a multi-year competition for state housing funding which will inject about $9.2 million into the local economy and renovate a...

KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — A Kalamazoo Circuit Court jury has found Aaron Pelletier guilty of fleeing and eluding police and a gun felony, but found him not guilty on a second gun charge after a thre...

KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Graduation rates are up and drop out numbers are down at Kalamazoo's three public high schools. Supt. Michael Rice said the state has been crunching the numbers since the e...

GRAND JUNCTION (WKZO-AM) — The Allegan County Road Commission says a sinkhole has swallowed a section of a rural road near Grand Junction. The agency says the portion of 51st Street will likely ...

AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico (WKZO-AM) — A 68-year-old man from Kalamazoo who swam seven hours to safety after falling off a sailboat near the northern coast of Puerto Rico is scheduled to be released...

KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — The Kalamazoo Civic Theater says it’s $700,000 away from completing its $5.1 million “Art of Enriching Lives” campaign. Spokesperson Janet Gover said a ma...

BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM) — Battle Creek has agreed to pay a $52,000 settlement to current and former female police officers were secretly filmed in the locker room of the city’s police depar...

KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — A trial has begun to determine if an assistant principal at Portage West Middle School is guilty of fondling a female student. The student claims Kevin Doerfler came up beh...

LANSING (WKZO-AM) — A Republican state representative from Vicksburg has been named legislator of the year by the Michigan Municipal League. Dave Maturen received the 2015 honor during a ceremon...

PORTAGE (WKZO-AM) — Low-income housing will be going up in Portage on East Center Avenue, over the objections of a nearby businessman who isn’t sure the complex is right for the city. The ...