Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
MPSC releases 2026 Summer Energy Appraisal
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Energy costs in the state are expected to be higher this summer according to the Michigan Public Service Commission's 2026 Summer Energy Appraisal. The closure of the Strait...
May 22, 2026 Clint Mason / CC
Attorney General Nessel, others call for coal-fired power plant closure
OLIVE TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is continuing to push for the Consumers Energy J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in Ottawa County to close. She held a rally ...
May 22, 2026 (courtesy Consumers Energy)
Kalamazoo Township police arrest four children after shots fired
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Four children were arrested by Kalamazoo Township police Wednesday night after officers responded to a call of shots being fired in a wooded area near an apartment complex...
May 22, 2026 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
Ramona Park Beach in Portage opens for season today
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Ramona Park Beach in Portage opens for the 2026 season today. The beach operates daily from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. from now until Labor Day weekend. The city of Portage says t...
May 22, 2026 City of Portage - Ramona Park. (Photo courtesy City of Portage).
Ribbon-cutting next week for new recovery housing in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Battle Creek Area Chamber of Commerce and the City of Battle Creek will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony next Wednesday, May 27 at 11:30 a.m. for a newly rehabilitate...
May 21, 2026
State Senate bill would ban social media for people under 16
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A bill introduced in the state Senate would ban social media for anyone younger than 16-years-old in Michigan. Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt of Van Buren County sponso...
May 21, 2026
Discover Kalamazoo sells all bonds for youth athletic complex
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's not the best time in history to seek bonding for new government projects, but Discover Kalamazoo reports they have been successful at securing funding for their new y...
May 21, 2026
Van Buren County Sheriff's Office investigating Hartford city council fight
HARTFORD, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Van Buren County Sheriff's Office is investigating a fight between a Hartford city commissioner and a member of the public that was caught on video. The fight happened ...
May 21, 2026 (Photo by John McNeil)
KPS officials are preparing for summer
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools officials are already gearing up for the summer. Graduation ceremonies for the district's five high schools will begin soon, and there are just tw...
May 21, 2026
Three Hospitalized in Crash Involving Ambulance on US-131
WAYLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 21, 2026) - An apparently drowsy driver caused a two-vehicle crash involving an ambulance near Wayland on Wednesday evening. According to Allegan County Sheriff's Ser...
May 21, 2026
