Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
State House Speaker sides with Trump in Gordie Howe International Bridge threat
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall is siding with President Donald Trump in Trump's threat to prevent the Gordie Howe International Bridge from opening without getting concess...
Feb 12, 2026 Matt Johnson / CC
AUDIO: State Senate Minority Leader asks for federal review of Dearborn nonprofits
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt of Van Buren County is asking the U.S. Attorney General to investigate two Dearborn-based nonprofits. Nesbitt wants a review of ACC...
Feb 12, 2026 State Senator Aric Nesbitt filing for paperwork for the 20th Senate District (submitted photo)
Governor Whitmer signs bills banning cell phones in K-12 classrooms
DELTA TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Cell phones will be banned in K-12 classrooms throughout Michigan. Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed two bipartisan bills Tuesday at Waverly High School near Lansing, ...
Feb 11, 2026 Governor Gretchen Whitmer announcing her Lowering MI Costs Plan in Lansing, MI Feb 6, 2022 (courtesy Office of Governor)
Portage trash hauler contract still topic of public comments at city council meeting
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The campaign has begun for the trash election in Portage, which is still over three months away in May. The debate has been going on for years over the regulation of trash h...
Feb 11, 2026 Portage City Hall seal. (Photo by John McNeil).
Portage Public Safety officers help couple who had baby in parking lot
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Portage Public Safety officers got a little more than they were expecting when they responded to a call of a woman screaming in a parking lot last Monday. They found Jessiah...
Feb 11, 2026 Accident in Portage Tuesday seriously injures Kalamazoo man (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
AUDIO: Portage enacting traffic rules for Raising Cane's opening
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A brand-new fast-food restaurant opens in the city of Portage next week and city officials are worried Raising Cane's could be raising traffic problems along its main thorou...
Feb 11, 2026
Kalamazoo Township Treasurer censured again
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Township Treasurer Sherine Miller has been censured for a second time by the township board. Township supervisor David Combs said Miller again violated ...
Feb 11, 2026 (courtesy Kalamazoo Township)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo's Career and Technical Center off to flying start
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo's new $100-million Career and Technical Center is off to a flying start in its first year of operation and looking forward to an eventful spring. The comprehensi...
Feb 11, 2026
Michigan State Police: Stolen taxidermized bear found
GANGES TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State Police say the taxidermized black bear that was stolen from a porch last month in Allegan County has been found. Troopers say it was recovered within ...
Feb 10, 2026 MSP investigating death of 2 year old in Cass County
Kalamazoo Public Library launches #DWord Book Club
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Public Library and the Disability Network Southwest Michigan have partnered up to launch a disability-focused book club. Called the #DWord Book Club, it has ...
Feb 10, 2026 (courtesy Kalamazoo Public Library)
