Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Former Mattawan school bus driver suing district
MATTAWAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A former bus driver at Mattawan Consolidated Schools is suing the school district for wrongful termination. Sarah Robinson says she was fired last year after passing out ho...
Feb 05, 2026 Bill McChesney / CC
Comstock Township man arraigned after hit-and-run accident that seriously injured a pedestrian
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Comstock Township man faces charges related to a hit-and-run accident that seriously injured a pedestrian last month. 23-year-old Aaron David Alvarado was arraig...
Feb 05, 2026 Premium_shots / Depositphotos.com
Michigan House Speaker to investigate MPHI
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall says he will investigate the Michigan Public Health Institute, saying he feels it's a government scam. The Richland Republican says the nonp...
Feb 05, 2026
Denny's locations in Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids close
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two Denny's restaurants in west Michigan have closed for the last time. The doors are locked at the Denny's on Cork Street in Kalamazoo near I-94 and on Plainfield Avenue ...
Feb 05, 2026
African American builder who broke racial barriers to honored in Kalamazoo Friday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An African-American builder whose business constructed many historically significant buildings in Kalamazoo during the late 19th and early 20th century will be be honored ...
Feb 05, 2026 Albert White (photo courtesy of Annette Taborn and Kalamazoo Public Library)
Kalamazoo man convicted in 2024 shooting that injured four
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo man has been convicted in connection to a 2024 shooting that resulted in numerous people being injured. A Kalamazoo County Circuit Court jury Wednesday found J...
Feb 04, 2026 Javion Jamar Jackson (courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
Three dogs taken into protective custody in Calhoun County
FREDONIA TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Three dogs are in protective custody after a search warrant was carried out Tuesday afternoon in Fredonia Township. The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office Animal Cont...
Feb 04, 2026
Grand Rapids Police Chief Winstrom leaving for Florida job
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Grand Rapids Police Chief Eric Winstrom is becoming the new police chief in Pensacola, Florida. Winstrom has spent the past four years as the top cop in the Furniture C...
Feb 04, 2026 Photo from the Grand Rapids Police Department's Facebook page.
Local beer history presentation Thursday in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Nearly 200 years of local beer history will be on display tomorrow in Kalamazoo as part of Kalamazoo Craft Beverage Week. Brewery Outr will have a free presentation led by...
Feb 04, 2026
AUDIO: Kalamazoo-based recycling company gets national spotlight
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A local company that is a leader in recycling has gotten a national spotlight. Kalamazoo-based Schupan and Sons was recently featured on CNBC's "Now We Know" program. The ...
Feb 04, 2026 Nicolas Raymond / CC
