Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Portage Public Schools considering moving pornography lesson from 9th to 6th grade
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A lesson currently taught to 9th graders in Portage Public Schools about pornography might be moved to 6th grade. The school board is considering the move because the distri...
Feb 03, 2025 Portage Public Schools logo courtesy of Portage Public Schools)
One hospitalized after Barry County shooting
BARRY COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One man is hospitalized at Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo with life-threatening injuries after he was shot early Saturday morning in Barry County. The sheriff's office s...
Feb 03, 2025
AAA says gas prices in Michigan down 6¢ a gallon in past week
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Gas prices are down six-cents a gallon on average in Michigan compared to last week. Triple-A Michigan says the average price in the state is now $3.03, down 14-cents from ...
Feb 03, 2025
Kalamazoo city commission to vote on advertising help for low-income families to pay water bills
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo city commissioners plan to dip into their own initiatives fund to advertise their program to help low-income families pay their water bills. A series of substant...
Feb 03, 2025 Top down close up color photo of a water supply manhole cover in a paved street with green grass around the perimeter
AUDIO: Kalamazoo Candle Company moving to former V & A Bootery building
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Candle Company is moving next door to their current location as owners Adam McFarlin and his wife Kelly Robertson have purchased the historic V & A Boote...
Feb 03, 2025
Kalamazoo city commission to vote on $12.4 million plan to get rid of bio-solid waste
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's a big, smelly, wet mess and the city of Kalamazoo is searching for a new, more affordable way to get rid of it. It's the bio-solid waste that comes out of the city's ...
Feb 03, 2025 City of Kalamazoo Water Reclamation Plant (courtesy City of Kalamazoo)
Two injured as vehicle hits tree in Calhoun County's Athens Township
ATHENS TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office has released details of a single-vehicle crash that took place Wednesday night near M Drive South and 2 Mile Road in Calhoun Count...
Feb 01, 2025 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
One person diagnosed with active tuberculosis at Kalamazoo Central High School
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One person has been diagnosed with a case of active tuberculosis at Kalamazoo Central High School. The Kalamazoo County Health Department says the person who tested positi...
Jan 31, 2025 Kalamazoo Central High School - Google Street View
Battle Creek Fire Department installing smoke alarms for deaf, hard of hearing residents
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Battle Creek Fire Department is installing specialize smoke alarms in homes in the city. They have teamed up with local service organizations for the effort to help...
Jan 31, 2025 Battle Creek Fire department (Photo by John McNeil)
Speaker Hall says FOIA expansion passed by Senate a "very low priority" in House
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall says bills that have been passed by the state Senate to expand the Freedom of Information Act will not get a vote in the House. The FOIA exp...
Jan 31, 2025
