Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Police: Plainfield Township home explosion was attempted murder-suicide
PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kent County Undersheriff Bryan Muir says the home explosion in Plainfield Township Tuesday morning was intentional and was a murder-suicide attempt. A man died i...
May 27, 2026
Portage hires Coldwater-based executive headhunting firm for city manager search
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Portage city council will waste no time finding a new city manager. They have bypassed the usual bidding process to find a search firm, a process that usually can take u...
May 27, 2026 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
Woman sentenced for deadly crash into Amish buggy
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 32-year-old Mattawan woman will spend at least the next six years in prison after she pled no contest in April to driving while intoxicated causing death. Sheila Kershner ...
May 27, 2026 Sheila Kershner appears in a Paw Paw courtroom via video linkup for her arraignment March 28, 2025 (courtesy Van Buren County District Court)
Mental health town forum Thursday morning in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There have been changes and improvements to mental health care in the Kalamazoo area, particularly in emergency response and the justice system, and a town forum on the su...
May 27, 2026 Chloe Capture
YMCA of Greater Kalamazoo names Ericia Moore as its new CEO
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The YMCA of Greater Kalamazoo Board of Directors has named Ericia Moore as its new President and Chief Executive Officer, with her becoming the first woman to lead the gro...
May 26, 2026 New YMCA of Greater Kalamazoo CEO Erica Moore (courtesy YMCA of Greater Kalamazoo)
Rx Kids to launch in three more Kalamazoo County communities
GALESBURG, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Beginning June 1, Rx Kids will expand to the City of Galesburg and Oshtemo and Wakeshma Townships in Kalamazoo County. The prenatal and infant cash prescription program al...
May 26, 2026
Two injured, one missing from Tuesday morning house explosion that was felt three miles away
PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A massive, fiery house explosion completely leveled a home on Rollaway Drive early Tuesday morning, leaving at least two people injured and another man unaccount...
May 26, 2026
Kalamazoo County jurors to get trauma care if needed
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo's courts are gearing up a unique program to extend trauma care to jurors. Hundreds of citizens are ordered to appear to serve jury duty in Kalamazoo County court...
May 26, 2026 (Photo of what the new Kalamazoo County Justice Center will look like upon completion)
X-Train mobile nuisance party returns to Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The mobile nuisance parties known as the X-train have returned in Kalamazoo. The owner of the Shell gas station downtown at the intersection of West Michigan Avenue and We...
May 26, 2026 (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek)
Michigan's average gas price down 20¢ in past week
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The average price for gas is 20 lower per gallon in Michigan compared to last week. Triple-A Michigan says drivers are now paying an average of $4.63, up 63 from last month...
May 26, 2026
