Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Portage council to vote on changing what expenses need to be approved
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Last week, Kalamazoo city commissioners rejected a proposal by its city manager to alter what expenditures must be approved on the public record, calling it an issue of tran...
Feb 10, 2025 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
Icy conditions, drivers going too fast cause several crashes on West O Avenue
TEXAS TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office deputies, Michigan State Police troopers, Texas Township firefighters and Life EMS were all dispatched Thursday afternoon to West O ...
Feb 07, 2025 Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office SUV cruiser (Photo by John McNeil)
Kalamazoo County will have county fair in 2025
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Contrary to what you may have read in the Kalamazoo Gazette, there will be a Kalamazoo County Fair at the Kalamazoo Fairgrounds and Expo Center this summer, just as there ...
Feb 07, 2025
House passes Rogers sponsored resolution for Heart Month
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan House of Representatives passed a resolution sponsored by State Representative Julie Rogers of Kalamazoo earlier this week to declare February 2025 as American ...
Feb 06, 2025 Members of the Michigan House of Representatives wear red to support American Heart Month on the House floor in Lansing on Feb. 5, 2025 (courtesy State Rep. Julie M. Rogers)
Lawton woman charged with embezzling $50,000 from her aunt
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Van Buren County woman has been charged with embezzling approximately $50,000 from her aunt. 66-year-old Barbara Cavner of Lawton was arraigned Wednesday in 7th District C...
Feb 06, 2025 kgtohbu / Depositphotos.com
Freezing rain making road conditions hazardous
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Freezing rain Wednesday night and this morning are making the commute difficult at best and dangerous at worst. The National Weather Service says up to a tenth of an inch ...
Feb 06, 2025 Vladislav Litvinov
Two arrested in Albion during SWET drugs and weapons bust
ALBION, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Michigan State Police say SWET detectives, a State Police K9 team, Fifth District troopers, and the Battle Creek Police Special Investigations Units executed multiple sear...
Feb 06, 2025 Courtesy Michigan State Police
KDPS warning of scam calls
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety is warning residents about a phone scam. The caller identifies themselves as Sergeant Brian Cake with the Kalamazoo County Sherif...
Feb 06, 2025 Fort George G. Meade Public Affairs Office / CC
AUDIO: Governor Whitmer's administration unveils Fiscal Year 2026 budget proposal
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Fiscal Year 2026 budget proposal has been released by Governor Whitmer's administration. Her $83.5 billion spending plan will be worked on by the state House, controlled...
Feb 06, 2025 Exterior of Michigan Capitol building (courtesy State of Michigan)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County board stops reading consent agenda at meetings
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County has dropped reading of their consent agenda altogether. At the same time, the Kalamazoo city commission is looking for ways to beef theirs up. It's a rout...
Feb 05, 2025 Kalamazoo County sign (Photo by John McNeil)
