Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Michigan DNR takes rescued, injured bald eagle from Van Buren County Sheriff's Office
HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has taken an injured bald eagle from the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office after it was found Sunday morning in a Hami...
Nov 04, 2024 (Logo courtesy of Michigan DNR)
AUDIO: Governor Whitmer pleased with early in-person voting turnout
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer is very pleased that the state exceeded expectations for how many people took advantage of the chance to cast an early in-person ballot. This is ...
Nov 04, 2024
AUDIO: Election work takes a large effort
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It takes a lot of manpower to conduct an election. Besides county, city, and township clerks, there is full time staff and hundreds of volunteers who take an oath and work...
Nov 04, 2024 hjl / CC
AUDIO: Election Day is tomorrow
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Tomorrow is Election Day, and yesterday was the last day you could take advantage of an early, in-person polling station in Michigan. Clerks and their teams will be busy t...
Nov 04, 2024
Metro Link reaches six-month anniversary
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Metro's new pilot program called Metro Link has reached its six-month anniversary. Director Sean McBride says 16-thousand rides have been provided by the program...
Nov 04, 2024 This diagram shows where the Metro Link system is operating. The numbers in red circles are popular stops in those areas.
AUDIO: Republican Vice Presidential nominee JD Vance holds rally in Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Republican Vice Presidential nominee JD Vance held a campaign rally in Portage Friday afternoon. He says Democratic Presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris has alr...
Nov 01, 2024
Michigan State Police announce new commander of the Fifth District
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - First Lieutenant Jeremy Carlisle has been promoted to become the new commander of the Michigan State Police Fifth District for southwest Michigan. Carlisle was promoted on T...
Nov 01, 2024
Man guilty of December 2022 murder in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo jury has found 28-year-old Keyshawn Givhan guilty of 1st degree murder and other crimes in the shooting death on December 30, 2022 of 29-year-old James White J...
Nov 01, 2024
Old Burdick's Bar & Grill closing December 22 for renovation, rebrand
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Old Burdick's Bar & Grill in downtown Kalamazoo will temporarily close on December 22 until the fall of 2025. Greenleaf Hospitality Group says they will renovate the f...
Nov 01, 2024
AUDIO: WMU, Kalamazoo Public Schools unveil Spanish dual enrollment program
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Western Michigan University is making it easier for Kalamazoo Public Schools students to take college Spanish courses that will count for a Spanish minor before they gradu...
Nov 01, 2024
