Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Kalamazoo County board being asked to create search committee for youth sports complex
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County board will be asked Tuesday to create a search committee for the new $40 million youth indoor sports complex. There is already a list of nominees for ...
May 19, 2025 Possible layout for a new youth sports complex in Kalamazoo (courtesy Discover Kalamazoo)
Consumers Energy says 90% of customers affected by storms have power back
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -As of Sunday evening, Consumers Energy crews have restored over 90% of the nearly 287,000 customers affected by the string of tornadoes, thunderstorms and hail that swept t...
May 18, 2025
Almost 250 Ascension Borgess support staff being laid off prior to hospital sale
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - 244 contract employees who work at Ascension Borgess hospitals will be laid off in advance of the hospital sales to an Indiana-based health care system. The employees work...
May 18, 2025 Photo courtesy Ascension Borgess Hospital.
KDPS asking for public's help in identifying and finding suspect in Friday shooting
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Specially designed cameras primarily used to catch traffic violaters have helped police identify a suspect vehicle in a Friday morning shooting in Kalamazoo. Just after 9:...
May 18, 2025
Cable and internet services down also due to storm damage
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Officials with Spectrum, which provides cable and internet service to thousands of homes in southwest Michigan say the severe thunderstorms, high winds, and tornadoes that...
May 18, 2025
Local state of emergency declared for Kalamazoo County
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County has declared a local state of emergency after severe thunderstorms swept through the area Thursday evening, causing widespread damage and power outages. A...
May 18, 2025
Thousands remain without power after Thursday night storm
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - While the number has dropped significantly, over 15,000 Consumers Energy customers in Kalamazoo County remain without power Sunday. That has dropped from around 50,000 in ...
May 18, 2025 iqoncept / Depositphotos.com
Red Cross and Consumers Energy to provide free water and meal in Battle Creek and Kalamazoo Sunday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - While Consumers Energy says they expect most customers who lost electric service from Thursday's tornadoes and thunderstorms to be restored by the end of Sunday, customers...
May 18, 2025 (courtesy Consumers Energy)
Missing teen found safe in Chicago, reunited with family
CHICAGO, IL (WTVB) - 15-year-old Glenn Lee Brown was found safe in Chicago Friday, nine days after disappearing from Pennfield High School. Brown was last seen entering a wooded area behind the school...
May 17, 2025 Glenn Lee Brown (courtesy Calhoun County Sheriff's Office)
Motorcyclist killed after striking another vehicle in Allegan County's Hopkins Township Friday afternoon
HOPKINS TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Allegan County Sheriff's Office says a motorcyclist was killed Friday afternoon after striking another vehicle in Hopkins Township. At 2:56 p.m. Allegan County ...
May 16, 2025
