Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: Comstock Public Schools break ground on new STEM Academy
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Comstock Public Schools officials have broken ground on the district's new STEM Academy building. Principal Christopher Chopp says it will be a big improvement. It...
Sep 13, 2024 (courtesy Comstock Public Schools)
Man suffers serious injuries in crash between motorcycle, van in Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 64-year-old man from Vicksburg is hospitalized in Kalamazoo with serious injuries after being in a crash while he was riding a motorcycle. Portage Public Safety says he hi...
Sep 13, 2024 (photo by John McNeil)
WMU President announces his retirement, effective June 30, 2025
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After leading Western Michigan University for the past seven years, President Edward Montgomery has announced his retirement, effective next summer. WMU officials say Mont...
Sep 12, 2024 Western Michigan University President Edward Montgomery (courtesy WMU)
Whitmer files appeal of FEMA's tornado assistance denial
LANSING, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has written a letter to President Joe Biden which appeals FEMA's decision to deny the governor's Major Disaster Declaration request for Bra...
Sep 12, 2024 Lori Higgins took this picture of a tornado touching down on Prairie Corners Road, just south of Mendon. Courtesy Clayton Lyczynski II - Community Connector Facebook page
Several countywide candidates to be featured at Meet the Candidate Night in Kalamazoo next week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - While it won't cover all of those running for public office in November, the League of Women Voters of the Kalamazoo Area, in conjunction with other nonpartisan organizati...
Sep 12, 2024 (courtesy The League of Women Voters of the Kalamazoo Area)
Open house tonight for turning Michigan Avenue in Kalamazoo two-ways
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo officials want to get the public's thoughts about the redesign of Michigan Avenue from Michikal and West Main streets to Harrison Street. The road is currently o...
Sep 12, 2024
Online threat closes Three Rivers Community Schools Thursday
THREE RIVERS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There are no classes today in Three Rivers Community Schools. District officials say they have canceled the day after a threat was made on social media. They say they a...
Sep 12, 2024 Three Rivers Middle School, Three Rivers, MI
AUDIO: State House Republicans say budget has $320 million for Renaissance Center demolition
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Minority Republicans in the Michigan House say the upcoming fiscal year budget has around $320-million in it to demolish the Renaissance Center in Detroit. Representative Ma...
Sep 11, 2024 skonech@aol.com / Depositphotos.com
AUDIO: WMU professor, state Senate Minority Leader give presidential debate reactions
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump held their first and possibly only debate Tuesday night in Philadelphia. Western Michigan University politic...
Sep 11, 2024 Radek Kucharski / CC
AUDIO: 11th annual Suicide Prevention Walk coming September 21
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The 11th annual Suicide Prevention Walk in downtown Kalamazoo's Bronson Park is set for next Saturday, September 21. Gryphon Place is putting on the walk, which will be a ...
Sep 11, 2024
