Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Man injures self during foot chase with police in Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Portage Public Safety says a man has been injured in a foot chase with officers and a K-9. Public Safety Director Nick Armold says the man had a knife visible to police duri...
Mar 19, 2025 Portage Police cruiser (photo by John McNeil)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County board renews funding to help people facing foreclosure from tax issues
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County board has renewed funding for a program to help prevent home foreclosure and to prevent even more from becoming homeless. The program, operated by the...
Mar 19, 2025 GotCredit / CC
City of Kalamazoo offering grace period for property clean-up
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Kalamazoo says residents and commercial property owners will have a grace period for property clean-up before the city's Trash Ordinance will be enforced. The ...
Mar 18, 2025
Kzoo Parks to apply for DNR grants for Milham Park improvements
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Improvements are being planned by Kzoo Parks for Milham Park. The Kalamazoo city commission authorized the Department of Parks and Recreation to apply for Michigan Departm...
Mar 18, 2025
Kalamazoo city commissioner start work to search for new city manager
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo city commissioners have gotten the ball rolling on their search for a new city manager to succeed Jim Ritsema, who retires this fall. Commissioners agreed that t...
Mar 18, 2025
Crossroads Mall cleared from bomb threat Monday night
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Portage Public Safety says they have cleared Crossroads Mall after it was evacuated last night for a bomb threat. Officers said the Build-A-Bear store was the target of the ...
Mar 18, 2025 (courtesy Crossroads Mall)
Palisades nuclear power plant receives nearly $57 million of $1.52 billion government loan
COVERT TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Palisades nuclear power plant in Covert Township has received nearly $57-million from the U.S. Department of Energy of a $1.52-billion loan. Congressman Bill Hui...
Mar 18, 2025
Shots fired in Cooper Township; suspect sought
COOPER TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office is investigating shots being fired early this morning in Cooper Township. A woman called police just before 1:20 a.m. to report...
Mar 18, 2025 (Photo by John McNeil).
AUDIO: Price to turn wet muck to ash rising for Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The estimated price tag on the latest big-ticket project at Kalamazoo's wastewater plant has just gone up again. The city has been scrambling to find an alternative to lan...
Mar 18, 2025 City of Kalamazoo Water Reclamation Plant (courtesy City of Kalamazoo)
Seven hour standoff at Vicksburh apartment ends with no injuries but one arrest
VICKSBURG, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - What started as a domestic violence complaint resulted in a standoff that lasted hours at a Vicksburg apartment complex Monday. According to the Vicksburg Police Departmen...
Mar 17, 2025 Ken Hawkins / CC
