Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
The garage of home under construction in Portage damaged by fire
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Investigators says oily stain rags caused a fire that damaged the garage of a home under construction in the 10300 block of Woodlawn in Portage. Portage fire crews arrived t...
Sep 28, 2024 Portage fire truck. (Photo courtesy City of Portage).
Battle Creek police find missing children, arrest mother
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek police have found two children who had been reported missing by their mother just after 2:30 a.m. Friday. The 32-year-old Battle Creek woman said her seven...
Sep 27, 2024
One injured in Cass County crash
LAGRANGE TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM.FM) - The Cass County Sheriff's Office says 42-year-old Bradley Schoetzow of Dowagiac is hospitalized after crashing his Jeep Wrangler just before 9 p.m. last night. Sch...
Sep 27, 2024
AUDIO: Students, faculty again demand WMU call for Gaza cease fire
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Pro-Palestinian protests have returned to college campuses as classes have resumed this fall across the nation and at Western Michigan University. It was standing room onl...
Sep 27, 2024 Western Michigan University Board of Trustees
KVET seizes crack cocaine, fentanyl, cash in drug bust
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team and the Kalamazoo Metro SWAT Team executed a drug raid yesterday in the 600 block West North Street near North Westnedge Avenue. Inve...
Sep 27, 2024
Kalamazoo Public Schools perform well on state tests in last school year
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The last school year was a very good one for Kalamazoo Public Schools according to state test scores. Superintendent Dr. Darrin Slade presented the results to the school b...
Sep 27, 2024
AUDIO: Two Men and a Truck collecting supplies in "Movers for Mutts"
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two Men and a Truck are holding a fundraiser through October 30 to benefit the Kalamazoo Humane Society called "Movers for Mutts." Claire Bouwens is the marketing speciali...
Sep 26, 2024
AUDIO: Lawmakers approve $125 million for school mental health, public safety
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Before state lawmakers in Lansing brake for November election campaigning, legislators are trying to address some loopholes in the Michigan government budget that takes effe...
Sep 26, 2024 Exterior of Michigan Capitol building (courtesy State of Michigan)
28 communities sharing $5.1 million in grants for road work in Michigan
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Twenty-eight villages and cities in Michigan will share $5.1-million in road repair grants from the state. Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the recipients yesterday, sayi...
Sep 26, 2024 I 94 road project completion date revised (Photo by John McNeil)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo Public Schools superintendent says tonight's meeting important
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Public Schools district has received what you might call its report card for the last school year, and the results will go public tonight. Most of the data c...
Sep 26, 2024 Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education meeting August 10, 2023 (courtesy John McNeill)
