Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
USDA declares disaster for 11 Michigan counties for sweet cherries
WASHINGTON, DC (WKZO AM/FM) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has declared a disaster in eleven Michigan counties for the sweet cherry crop in 2024. Antrim, Benzie, Charlevoix, Crawford, Grand Trav...
Oct 16, 2024 USDA logo
AUDIO: City of Kalamazoo to celebrate lead pipe replacement efforts Thursday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Thursday, October 17th is Imagine a Day Without Water Day, and the city of Kalamazoo is planning a party. It all traces back to the lead-tainted water crisis in Flint, whi...
Oct 16, 2024 (courtesy Discover Kalamazoo)
18-year-old from Paw Paw charged with raping several people
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An 18-year-old man from Paw Paw is charged with four counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct. Christian Crane was arraigned this week and was also charged yesterday w...
Oct 16, 2024 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Protestors demand Kellogg remove artificial colors from cereal
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Protestors demonstrated outside the headquarters of W.K. Kellogg Company yesterday as they called for the company to stop using artificial colors in its breakfast cerea...
Oct 16, 2024 Kellogg's company logo
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County commission approves 2025 budget, pay raise
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County commissioners have approved their tentative 2025 budget, but it wasn't unanimous and there was controversy. A proposal to raise commissioner salaries by a...
Oct 16, 2024 GotCredit / CC
Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety launches Gun Amnesty Program
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety has launched a Gun Amnesty Program, which they say will offer residents a safe and anonymous way to dispose of unwanted firearms....
Oct 15, 2024 (courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
Woodford-Paige sentenced to 28 to 60 years in prison for shooting death in Kalamazoo last November
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 37-year-old man has been sentenced to 28 to 60 years in prison for a fatal shooting in Kalamazoo last November. Laquay Lee Woodford-Paige was sentenced Monday after bein...
Oct 15, 2024 Laquay Lee Woodford-Paige (courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
Family of Lions DE Aidan Hutchinson releases statement after surgery
ALLEN PARK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The family of Detroit Lions defensive end Aidan Hutchinson says he will be back and better than before. Hutchinson suffered a broken tibia in the win over the Dallas Cowb...
Oct 15, 2024
AUDIO: Whitmer, Evers on Harris-Walz Blue Wall Bus Tour in Wisconsin
WASAU, WI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer is on a Harris-Walz Blue Wall Bus Tour in Wisconsin along with Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers. He pushed for voters to cast their ballot. The group wi...
Oct 15, 2024 Governor Whitmer announces record number of health insurance enrollees (Photo by John McNeil).
AUDIO: Woman to be charged with driving drunk causing serious injuries in hayride crash
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Charges of operating while intoxicated causing serious injuries are pending against a woman for driving her SUV into a hayride trailer south of Allegan on Saturday night. He...
Oct 15, 2024 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
