Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Kalamazoo Township seeking applicants for trustee vacancy
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Township Board of Trustees is asking any residents interested in becoming a trustee to apply. A letter of interest needs to be emailed to Township S...
Nov 26, 2024 (courtesy Kalamazoo Township)
AUDIO: Incoming state House Speaker Matt Hall unveils GOP road funding plan
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Incoming state House Speaker Matt Hall of Richland has unveiled his party's proposal for spending $2.7 billion for road funding and says it will not affect the School Aid Fu...
Nov 26, 2024 State Representative Matt Hall (left)
AUDIO: Thanksgiving travel could set record
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - If you're heading to relatives or friends this Thanksgiving, you'll have a lot of company, kicking off on Tuesday. Triple-A Michigan's Adrienne Woodland says it's expected ...
Nov 25, 2024
Motorcyclist from Plainwell killed in Barry County crash
ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A motorcycle crash in Barry County took the life of a 31-year-old Plainwell man on Sunday night. The Michigan State Police from the Wayland Post report the crash...
Nov 25, 2024 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
AUDIO: 1st trimester ending as KPS goes on Thanksgiving break this week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - This week doesn't just mark the start of the holiday season, it also marks the end of the first trimester at Kalamazoo Public Schools. Superintendent Dr. Darrin Slade says...
Nov 25, 2024
Michigan's gas price down 12-cents a gallon
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - With the Thanksgiving holiday around the corner, Michigan's average gas price is down 12-cents a gallon to start the week at $3.01. AAA Michigan says that's down 17-cents f...
Nov 25, 2024
AUDIO: Communities in Schools of Kalamazoo giving away Thanksgiving meal fixings this week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Hundreds of low-income families in Kalamazoo will receive all the fixings they need to make their own Thanksgiving meals this week from Communities in Schools of Kalamazoo...
Nov 25, 2024 Paulo O / CC
Kalamazoo residents injured in Sunday morning Branch County crash
GIRARD TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Three persons were injured Sunday morning in a crash on I-69 south of Dayburg Road after the driver of a vehicle fell asleep at the wheel. The Branch County Sheriff's...
Nov 25, 2024
One killed after being struck by Amtrak train in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Few details have been released after Amtrak train struck and killed a pedestrian near downtown Kalamazoo Saturday afternoon. The accident happened near West Main Street an...
Nov 24, 2024 Richard Eriksson / CC
Hall proposes road plan he hopes will pass during lame duck session
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Incoming Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Township) Friday unveiled a plan that he says will fix Michigan's roads and bridges, that he hopes will be taken up dur...
Nov 22, 2024 Road closed sign
