Category Archives: Kalamazoo News

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Pactiv Evergreen packaging plant on Miller Road in Kalamazoo is shutting down this summer. The company filed a WARN Act report with the state saying the 153 employees ...

PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Portage's 12 snowplows have now been named thanks to the Portage Youth Advisory Committee. The names include Let it Plow, Salt-Shaker, Jack Frost, Slush Puppy, Plow-Zilla, a...

SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Calhoun County Sheriff's deputies were able to disarm an intoxicated, suicidal male armed with a chainsaw without injuries Wednesday afternoon. Around 2:45 p.m. de...

COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Helping Hands Wellness Clinic is now open at Comstock High School for students and the entire community. Theresa Hawkins is the executive director of the Helpi...

PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo area governmental officials are closely monitoring events in Washington as the Trump administration seeks to slash federal spending in ways that may trickle down t...

PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Portage wants to turn part of their town into a village-like setting. We have reported on their plans for the Lake Center District before. Next week, the city wi...

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - With forecasters predicting two to three possible snowstorms lining up to hit southwest Michigan over the next few weeks, school officials say they are prepared to cancel ...

LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State House Speaker Matt Hall of Richland is reacting to Governor Gretchen Whitmer's $3 billion plan to fix Michigan roads. He says what was put forward this week is a big i...

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch for most of the area, including Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties, from early Wednesday afternoon until Thursday ...

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Another winter storm is about to hit west Michigan. The National Weather Service says the next one will start around 1 p.m. tomorrow and last until 7 a.m. Thursday. Betwee...