Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Schools remain closed Wednesday due to cold weather
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The worst blast of winter weather in over half a decade will close schools again today, including Kalamazoo and Portage public schools and even Western Michigan University f...
Jan 22, 2025 graphicphoto / Depositphotos.com
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County approves motel purchase for homeless people
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Plans for a transitional family shelter for the homeless are back on again. The Kalamazoo County board has now approved a purchase agreement with a southeast side motel. L...
Jan 22, 2025 AndrewLozovyi / Depositphotos.com
Keyshawn Givhan sentenced for 2022 murder
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo man will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder of James White Jr. on December 30, 2022. Twenty-eight-year-old K...
Jan 22, 2025
Hot 'n Now to build more locations in Michigan
WAYLAND, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Hot 'n Now, the drive-thru hamburger chain founded in Kalamazoo in 1984 that expanded nationwide before dwindling to a single location in Sturgis, will soon have more locati...
Jan 21, 2025
Eastbound I-94 in Van Buren County shutdown several hours due to multi-vehicle pile-up
HARTFORD, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 10 mile stretch of eastbound I-94 between Hartford and Lawrence was shut down for hours Tuesday after a chain reaction of crashes that involved six semi-trucks. Michigan ...
Jan 21, 2025 The scene of a multivehicle crash on I-94 near Hartford Jan. 21. 2025. (courtesy Michigan State Police)
Two hospitalized in US-131 pileup near Plainwell
GUN PLAIN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - Speed and weather conditions were believed to be contributing factors in what authorities are calling a "serious" traffic crash near Plainwell on Tuesday morning. No ...
Jan 21, 2025 Allegan County Sheriff's Patch (image courtesy Allegan Co. Sheriff's Dept.)
Portage considering trash ordinance changes to lower bills
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Your trash bill may be going down in Portage, if the city council approves ordinance changes that would eliminate competition and permit just one hauler. Portage began regul...
Jan 21, 2025 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County board of commissioners to decide vice chair pro tem tonight
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County board will be taking care of unfinished business this evening. They deadlocked on who should serve as vice chair pro tem at their annual organizationa...
Jan 21, 2025 Kalamazoo County Government logo
Kalamazoo Public Schools safety and security meeting tonight postponed
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools is postponing the safety and security meeting that was scheduled for tonight at 6 p.m. at Loy Norrix High School. The district has called off scho...
Jan 21, 2025 Kalamazoo Loy Norrix High School (photo courtesy of Kalamazoo Public Schools)
VIDEO: Car slams into fire truck on-scene for another accident on I-94 near Kalamazoo
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two crashes are being investigated by the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office that happened on westbound I-94 around 5:30 a.m. Monday. The first was when a truck wen...
Jan 20, 2025
