Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
This is National Bike Month and Bike Week in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It' s National Bike Month as well as Bike Week in Kalamazoo. Events began Saturday and continue today with the annual Bike Rodeo. That's a free event for kids, to learn ab...
May 13, 2026 Kalamazoo Bike Week event. (Photo by John McNeil).
Three teenagers arrested for attempted robbery in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Three teenagers have been arrested by Kalamazoo Public Safety for an attempted robbery in the 1000 block of Interfaith Boulevard. The victim told officers they were held a...
May 12, 2026
Schuring Road closed Wednesday through Friday in Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Portage will be closing Schuring Road from Oakland Drive to South Westnedge for through traffic starting at 8 a.m. Wednesday. The closure is to allow crews to in...
May 12, 2026
Comstock Public Schools looking at options after bond failed second time
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The board of education at Comstock Public Schools is looking at their options after a second bond request was defeated at the ballot box last week. The district ha...
May 12, 2026 (courtesy Comstock Public Schools)
Kalamazoo city commission accepts grant to try to solve train traffic in downtown
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo City Hall has a plan to eliminate long waits at train crossings downtown, but it won't happen anytime soon, if it happens at all, and the end result may be under...
May 12, 2026 Brian Arechiga / CC
AAA projects over 1.3 million Michiganders will travel for Memorial Day
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - AAA Michigan is projecting over 1.3-million Michiganders will be traveling at least 50 miles from home for Memorial Day weekend. The figure is the second-highest projection...
May 12, 2026
Portage Road to go on a road diet
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Kalamazoo is about to put Portage Road on a road diet. That's what they call it when they reduce the number of lanes, increase the congestion in order to slow ...
May 12, 2026
KRESA superintendent named Region VII Superintendent of the Year
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency superintendent Dr. Dedrick Martin has been named the Michigan Association of Superintendents and Administrators 2026 Region V...
May 12, 2026
KCC commencement ceremony this Thursday at Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kellogg Community College says a record number of 449 graduates will walk across the stage during their 68th commencement ceremony this Thursday. The graduation program...
May 12, 2026 (courtesy Kellogg Community College)
Kalamazoo in Bloom Planting Days to celebrate community and America's 250th anniversary
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Volunteer-powered events to transform public spaces into welcoming, colorful landscapes in Kalamazoo and Portage are underway this spring. Community Planting Days in downt...
May 11, 2026 (photo courtesy of John Seward)
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