Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Governor Whitmer not 100% on board for gas tax holiday despite high prices, but not ruling it out
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer says she is not in favor of a state gas tax holiday as prices have hit $4 a gallon due to the war with Iran by the U.S. and Israel. She says t...
Mar 19, 2026
Three Rivers leaders discuss tornado response
THREE RIVERS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Officials in Three Rivers are discussing the area's March 6th tornado response. At the commission meeting last night, the city manager, fire chief, American Red Cross v...
Mar 18, 2026
Kalamazoo County board accused of violating Open Meetings Act; investigation underway
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - This is "Sunshine Week" in Michigan, the time we celebrate our rights to have open public meetings and access to governmental documents. That's why a complaint made this w...
Mar 18, 2026 Kalamazoo County Administration building - Google Street View
Kalamazoo approves first step to turn one-way streets to two-way
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Downtown Kalamazoo will be a lot different in a few years as the city is planning to turn Kalamazoo Avenue from one-way to two-way. That work could start later this year a...
Mar 18, 2026 (courtesy City of Kalamazoo)
Kalamazoo taking Imagine 2035 master plan to WMU for student input
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo city officials will be at Western Michigan University today to get campus input on their Imagine 2035 master plan. It is the latest listening session to be held ...
Mar 18, 2026
FEMA, state officials survey SWMI tornado damage
UNION LAKE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Teams from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the state surveyed the tornado damage in southwest Michigan yesterday from the four twisters that hit March 6th. Th...
Mar 18, 2026
Kalamazoo County board approves resolution against "SAVE America Act"
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County board has given a preliminary OK to a resolution that would oppose efforts to make it more difficult to register to vote. The "SAVE America Act" has c...
Mar 18, 2026 Close-up of man holding ballot and giving his voice during voting
Groundbreaking Friday for new $8 million geology facility at Western Michigan University
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Groundbreaking will be Friday on a new facility for the Michigan Geological Repository for Research and Education, a division within the Michigan Geological Survey at West...
Mar 18, 2026
Public hearing on Portage residential zoning standards Thursday
PORTAGE, MI (WKOZ AM/FM) - The Portage Planning Commission will hold a public hearing this Thursday to consider proposed updates to the city's residential zoning standards as part of the city's new Un...
Mar 18, 2026 City of Portage logo
U.S. senators want to know why no tornado watch in place March 6th
WASHINGTON, DC (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan's two U.S. senators are asking the National Weather Service why a tornado watch was not in place on March 6th when four tornadoes ripped through the southwest pa...
Mar 17, 2026
