Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Kalamazoo County sets September 1st deadline for organizations to spend COVID-19 relief money
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - All the organizations that have received federal COVID-19 recovery grants from Kalamazoo County will be given a given a deadline to use it or lose it. Kalamazoo County rec...
May 18, 2026
Kalamazoo public safety officer catches baby thrown from window of burning home
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A woman and her baby are safe after a fire at their multi-level home in Kalamazoo's Edison neighborhood. The mother threw the baby from a window to a public safety officer...
May 18, 2026
Kalamazoo city commission to take action on KRESA contract, marijuana income change
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo city commissioners will take a couple of actions this evening to boost the job and generational wealth opportunities for economically disadvantaged city resident...
May 18, 2026
Open Roads Bike Program launches capital campaign for new facility, renovations
KALAMAZOO, MI ( WKZO AM/FM) -Open Roads Bike Program has launched a $750,000 capital campaign to support the purchase, renovation, and transition into its home at 914 E. Vine Street in Kalamazoo's Edi...
May 17, 2026 Open Roads Bike Program exterior (courtesy Open Roads Bike Program)
Wrong-way driver on I-69 arrested after deputies deploy spike strips near Tekonsha
TEKONSHA, MI (WTVB) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office arrested two Lansing residents early Saturday morning after deputies stopped a wrong-way driver traveling northbound in the southbound lanes o...
May 17, 2026 philberrry@gmail.com / Depositphotos.com
Open house Monday at the site of the replacement for the current El Sol School in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After construction was approved in a 2022 bond issue, the Kalamazoo Public Schools is about to work on building the new El Sol School. A community open house will be held ...
May 16, 2026
Acrisure Amphitheater officially opens tonight in Grand Rapids
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Tonight is the opening night officially for Grand Rapids' Acrisure Amphitheater. Brian Vander Ark, the lead vocalist of the local band The Verve Pipe, will open the sho...
May 15, 2026
Police capture drug fugitive at Kalamazoo hotel
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A fugitive wanted for drug charges has been arrested at a Stay Bridge Suites hotel in Kalamazoo by the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office. Detectives arrested Bruce Smith J...
May 15, 2026
Portage couple to receive Ellis Island Medal of Honor
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Charles Zhang and Lynn Chen-Zhang of Portage will receive the Ellis Island Medal of Honor for their contributions to business, public service, and philanthropy. The two are ...
May 15, 2026
House Speaker Hall sets June 1 deadline for Selfridge ANG Base funding
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall of Richland has set a firm deadline of June 1st for lawmakers to approve funding for Selfridge Air National Guard Base to build a new runway...
May 14, 2026
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