Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Portage to vote on new zoning Tuesday to upgrade Portage Road commercial corridor
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Portage wants to upgrade one of its oldest shopping corridors, and could approve new zoning Tuesday to make that happen. The target is the Portage Road commercia...
Jan 06, 2025 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
Commissioners expected to approve new City of Kalamazoo budget Monday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo City Commission is expected to approve the city's 2025 $388 million budget at their meeting Monday. The budget covers all funds, including General, Water, Wa...
Jan 05, 2025 GotCredit / CC
Vehicles may have been racing, leading to fatal U.S. 131 crash
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP (WKZO AM/FM) - One man is dead and another is in police custody after a crash on U.S. 131 in Kalamazoo County's Oshtemo Township early Sunday. Around 2:45 a.m., deputies with the Kala...
Jan 05, 2025 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Huizinga returns to Congress for eighth term
WASHINGTON D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) - Congressman Bill Huizenga officially took the oath of office to represent Michigan's 4th Congressional District in the 119th Congress Friday. It will be his eighth term ...
Jan 04, 2025
Large sewer rehabilitation project begins next week in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The City of Battle Creek will start a major sewer rehabilitation project next week. City officials say the Elm to Union Sanitary Sewer project aims to reinforce the exi...
Jan 03, 2025 City of Battle Creek logo
AUDIO: Western Michigan University grad makes Forbes 30 Under 30 list
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Western Michigan University graduate Tinashe Chaponda has been named to Forbes' 30 Under 30 list just days before his 30th birthday. He was a Kalamazoo Promise scholarship...
Jan 03, 2025
Unemployment rates rise for area counties in November
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Figures released Thursday by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management, and Budget showed unemployment rates for area counties in November near steady from October...
Jan 03, 2025 Kevin Smith / CC
Death of Kalamazoo woman in November now ruled a homicide
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Medical Examiner's Office has now ruled the death of 68-year-old Minette Suzanne Weaver in November 2024 a homicide. Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety of...
Jan 02, 2025 fergregory / Depositphotos.com
Two Allegan County Sheriff's Office K9s to receive bullet, stab protective vests
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Allegan County Sheriff's Office will receive bullet and stab protective vests for K9 officers Kyro and Zadok. The vests are expected to be delivered within the next ten ...
Jan 02, 2025 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
First Kalamazoo baby of 2025 born at 12:31 a.m. New Year's Day
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO A/FM) - Kalamazoo's first baby born in 2025 came into the world at Bronson Birthplace at 12:31 a.m. on January 1. Jumir Nausjay Quin Hudson was seven-pounds-one-ounce and he is the...
Jan 02, 2025
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