Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: Kalamazoo vice mayor has idea for new city nickname: Education City
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The improvements at Kalamazoo Public Schools is just one reason a group is thinking that the city should have a new nickname: "Education City." Right now an informal group...
Mar 13, 2025 Kalamazoo Public School Kalamazoo Promise sign (courtesy John McNeill)
Kalamazoo Public Schools graduation rate up 9.4%
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools has announced what Superintendent Darrin Slade says are some "amazing" graduation numbers for the last school year. It took the Michigan Departmen...
Mar 13, 2025
Charity hockey game for Susan Mast ALS Foundation March 22nd at Lawson Ice Arena
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A charity hockey game is scheduled for March 22nd to benefit the Susan Mast ALS Foundation. The money raised at Lawson Ice Arena on the Western Michigan University campus ...
Mar 12, 2025 (Photo by John McNeil).
Five arrested in drug, weapons busts in Kalamazoo County
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Five people have been arrested between March 5th and 7th in drug and weapons busts in Kalamazoo County. The Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team and Crime Reduction Team were...
Mar 12, 2025
AUDIO: Scientology debate breaks out at Portage City Council meeting
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - They were holding a Portage City Council meeting last night when a debate over Scientology broke out. A resident asked for a proclamation honoring the 75th anniversary of th...
Mar 12, 2025 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
Man arrested in Comstock Township for felonious assault
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office has arrested a 46-year-old man in Comstock Township for allegedly firing a shot from a rifle at the vehicle of two people who...
Mar 12, 2025 (Photo by John McNeil).
AUDIO: Portage City Council approves woman's permit request for door-to-door sales
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Portage City Council has given a woman with a criminal history permission to do door-to-door sales, despite the fact that the chief of police rejected her permit. Rishel...
Mar 12, 2025 Portage City Hall seal. (Photo by John McNeil).
Group that's working to clean-up Kalamazoo looking for help to do more trash pick-up
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Organizers of a volunteer group that has been cleaning up trash across the Kalamazoo area have launched a GoFundMe campaign to purchase a truck to help them pick up more t...
Mar 12, 2025 (courtesy TrashLoveKzoo)
Groundbreaking set for March 26 for The Legacy Senior Living in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Ground will be broken on Wednesday, March 26 on The Legacy Senior Living in Kalamazoo's Northside neighborhood. Southwest Michigan First and Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Ediso...
Mar 11, 2025 Bret Bostock
Portage council to have proclamation recognizing 75th anniversary of "Dianetics" on agenda tonight
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Portage City Council will have a proclamation on the agenda tonight to possibly recognize the 75th anniversary of the publication of the book "Dianetics" by L. Ron Hubba...
Mar 11, 2025 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
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