Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Western Michigan University, University of Michigan to play hockey at Waldo Stadium
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Western Michigan University Broncos will host the University of Michigan Wolverines for their first outdoor hockey game in January. The teams will play at Waldo Stadiu...
Apr 03, 2026 (Photo courtesy of WMU)
Governor Whitmer signs executive order to lower gas prices
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed an executive order to declare a state of energy emergency in Michigan. The order suspends the requirement that lower vapor pressure gas ...
Apr 03, 2026 Robert Geiger / CC
South Haven man charged with criminal sexual conduct, assault
SOUTH HAVEN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 26-year-old South Haven man is facing charges of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct, assault with intent to commit a felony, assault, and more. He was arrested earl...
Apr 03, 2026
Tornado warnings sound in southwest Michigan
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The National Weather Service issued a half-dozen tornado warnings in southwest Michigan last night as a severe storm ripped through the area. The first tornado warning was...
Apr 03, 2026
WMU's Haworth College of Business to announce the largest gift in its history
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Western Michigan University's Haworth College of Business next week will announce the largest gift in its history, with university officials saying it will represent a sig...
Apr 03, 2026 Haworth College of Business (courtesy Western Michigan University)
Native American ceremonial mound in Bronson Park receiving landscaping upgrade
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A mound in Kalamazoo's Bronson Park believed used by Native Americans for ceremonial purposes over 1,000 years ago is receiving an update. The city is teaming with the Gun...
Apr 02, 2026 A artist's rendering of new landscaping at a Native American mound in Bronson Park (courtesy of Gun Lake Tribe of Band of Pottawatomi)
Congressman Walberg to honor Michael Fry of Kalamazoo County as Veteran of the Month for April
SCHOOLCRAFT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Congressman Tim Walberg will be honoring Michael Fry of Kalamazoo County as Veteran of the Month for April. Walberg will give Fry the recognition next Tuesday at the Ame...
Apr 02, 2026
Distracted drivers on I-94 targeted by police yesterday
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State Police had extra patrols out along Interstate 94 from the Indiana border to Port Huron cracking down on distracted drivers. The "Lake to Lake, Focused an...
Apr 02, 2026 Michigan State Police - Photo by Jeana Gondek
Governor Whitmer asks President Trump to declare federal disaster for March tornadoes
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer is asking President Donald Trump to declare a federal disaster for three counties as a result of four tornadoes that killed four people on March 6t...
Apr 02, 2026 Screenshot
Man charged for filing liens against Van Buren County property
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 40-year-old Richland man is charged with fraudulent conveyances and encumbering without lawful cause for filing several liens on a property in Van Buren County he was tryi...
Apr 02, 2026 The Van Buren County Courthouse. (Photo by John McNeil).
