Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County officials concerned about possible funding cuts
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County plans to contract with a lobbying firm to look after their interests in Lansing. County officials have been talking about it for some time. Now more than ...
Mar 17, 2025 Pictures of Money / CC
Calhoun County Sheriff's deputies arrest 18-year-old from Kalamazoo after 150-mph chase
MARENGO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An 18-year-old Kalamazoo man has been arrested by the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office after a high-speed chase early Saturday morning. Deputies say the man refused ...
Mar 17, 2025 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
Arson suspect arrested in downtown Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 43-year-old man is in custody after an alleged arson Sunday night. Scott Daniel Hassler was arraigned Monday afternoon on multiple felony charges, including assault with...
Mar 17, 2025 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety graphic (courtesy of KDPS)
21-year-old shot, killed in Parchment
PARCHMENT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Township police say a 21-year-old man has died after he was shot early Sunday morning in Parchment. He has been identified as Xzavier Harris and was pronounced d...
Mar 17, 2025 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
AUDIO: Public's overall feeling of safety in Kalamazoo continues to fall
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A new survey shows that despite continued double digit drops in the crime rate in Kalamazoo, the public's overall feeling of safety has continued to drop. The latest Polco...
Mar 17, 2025
Kalamazoo City Commission expected to begin the process of replacing Ritsema tonight
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo City Commissioners could formally launch their search for a new City Manager Monday evening. Jim Ritsema announced his plans to retire over a month ago, and the ...
Mar 16, 2025 City of Kalamazoo logo
High winds cause power outages in southwest Michigan
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/) - While brief thunderstorms overnight didn't produce any damage, high winds through the day Saturday produced thousands of power outages. As of late Saturday afternoon, Consum...
Mar 15, 2025 HayDmitriy / Depositphotos.com
KVET and CRT target drug sales in Kalamazoo, seize cocaine and cash
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Members of the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team and Crime Reduction Team seized what they call distribution amounts of cocaine and evidence of drug sales after executing ...
Mar 15, 2025 VadimVasenin / Depositphotos.com
Kalamazoo man arrested after I-94 chase with speeds exceeding 150 miles per hour
ALBION, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An 18-year-old Kalamazoo man is in custody, after leading police on a high speed chase on I-94 in Calhoun County early Saturday morning. According to the Calhoun County Sheri...
Mar 15, 2025 zeferli@gmail.com / Depositphotos.com
Michigan congressmen say missile defense site should be built at the Fort Custer Training Center
AUGUSTA, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Four Michigan congressmen are urging the federal government to make Michigan the future home of an advanced missile defense site. Friday, Representatives Bill Huizenga (R-Ze...
Mar 14, 2025 (courtesy of The National Guard)
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