Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County awarded $18.9 million EPA grant
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County has been awarded an $18.9 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to make homes more energy efficient. Climate stability coordinator Taylor...
Dec 18, 2024
AUDIO: Portage city council gives away last unallocated liquor license
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's a "golden ticket," a liquor license can cost up to $70,000 on the open market, and last night the city of Portage gave one away for free to an upscale barber shop. It w...
Dec 18, 2024 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
Kalamazoo and Calhoun County prosecutors among those critical of proposed sentencing changes
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Members of the Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan, including the Kalamazoo and Calhoun County prosecutors are speaking out ahead of a week that could see the Mich...
Dec 17, 2024 tomloel / Depositphotos.com
Governor Whitmer announces two economic development projects for Kalamazoo County
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two economic development projects in Portage and Schoolcraft will result in over $25 million in capital investment and the creation of 64 new jobs. Governor Whitmer announce...
Dec 17, 2024 Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer at a news conference in Taiwan March 4, 2024 (courtesy Focus Taiwan)
AUDIO: NASCAR driver Carson Hocevar extends sponsorship contract with Zeigler Auto Group
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - NASCAR Cup Series 2024 Rookie of the Year Carson Hocevar of Portage will continue to be sponsored by Zeigler Auto Group in 2025. Hocevar says the sponsorship has been terr...
Dec 17, 2024 Zeigler Auto Group logo
Kalamazoo city commission approves $1.5 million for RX Kids
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - If all goes as planned, Kalamazoo will be the second city in Michigan to have a RX Kids plan. Flint was the first to come up with the innovative program to provide expecta...
Dec 17, 2024 (Courtesy City of Flint)
AUDIO: MSP still investigating I-94 box truck crash that injured two firefighters
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State Police are not saying when they will be finished with the investigation into last week's icy road crash that wrecked a couple of fire trucks, and in...
Dec 17, 2024
Semi crash causes power outage on north side of Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Power was out for several hours last night for a neighborhood on the north side of the city of Kalamazoo. The outage was due to a semi crashing into a power pole around 6 ...
Dec 17, 2024 KDPS seeks suspect in weapon seizure (Photo by Jeana Gondek)
AUDIO: 2025 city of Kalamazoo budget has $500,000 for the homeless
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's a holiday surprise for Kalamazoo's homeless. Kalamazoo city commissioners held a public hearing for their 2025 budget, announcing a late amendment to set aside money ...
Dec 17, 2024 Kalamazoo City Hall in winter. (Photo by John McNeil)
Kalamazoo Public Library opens temporary home of Alma Powell Branch
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The new, temporary home of the Kalamazoo Public Library's Alma Powell Branch is now open at 308 West North Street. The Northside neighborhood branch opened at 1 p.m. Monda...
Dec 17, 2024 Kalamazoo Public Library. (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications).
