Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Mike and Sharon Seelye Family Foundation gives $6,000 grant to Broncos Kitchen Foundation
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Broncos Kitchen Foundation has received a $6,000 grant from the Mike and Sharon Seelye Family Foundation. The money will help provide operational resources and free, n...
May 14, 2026
Woman dead, other driver hospitalized after Allegan County crash
OVERISEL TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Allegan County Sheriff's Office says a woman has died after she was ejected from her SUV in a crash with a pickup truck Wednesday evening in Overisel Township....
May 14, 2026 Allegan County Sheriff's Patch (image courtesy Allegan Co. Sheriff's Dept.)
Portage City Manager to retire in July
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After nearly four years on the job in Portage, City Manager Pat McGinnis announced Wednesday that he will retire effective July 3, 2026. McGinnis started his position with t...
May 13, 2026 Portage City Manager Patrick McGinnis
Assessment underway in Kalamazoo and other regions in the state to possibly free up FEMA funds
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Teams of federal, state, and local personnel are compiling information in the city of Kalamazoo and 30 other counties in the Michigan, as the state looks to ask for assist...
May 13, 2026 EpicTop10.com / CC
No gloating as Portage officials thank voters, staff for election night
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Portage city council members didn't gloat Tuesday night at their first meeting since voters rejected a challenge of their new single hauler waste system, but they did thank ...
May 13, 2026 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
Kalamazoo changes on-street parking rules again
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Kalamazoo is changing on-street parking rules again. The first 30-minutes someone is parked anywhere in the city is free through the fall of 2027. The maximum ...
May 13, 2026 (courtesy Discover Kalamazoo)
Invasive garlic mustard being removed by residents in Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The harvest this year has already begun for one particularly annoying crop in west Michigan. In fact, Portage is holding a contest to see who can collect the most. Garlic mu...
May 13, 2026
New poll gives Jocelyn Benson lead in gubernatorial race
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Democrat Jocelyn Benson is leading all candidates in the race to be Michigan's next governor in the latest poll from Glengariff Group. The current Secretary of State has 34....
May 13, 2026
Water, wastewater rates in Portage going up
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Portage city council has approved higher water and wastewater rates for the next year to cover the rising cost of providing the municipal services. They also held a fina...
May 13, 2026
Federal, state investigators surveying severe storm damage
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Teams of federal and state investigators are surveying damage from recent severe storms in Michigan. That includes Allegan, Barry, Kalamazoo, Montcalm, Muskegon, and Neway...
May 13, 2026
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