Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners begins funding priority process for next year
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners met at a budget retreat Tuesday to set priorities for next year's spending plan and some of the millions they have in reserve. ...
Jul 31, 2024 Kalamazoo County Government logo
Sheriff's Office investigating two shooting incidents late Tuesday in Oshtemo Township
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office is investigating a pair of shooting incidents in Oshtemo Township, but they aren't sure whether they are related or not. Just ...
Jul 31, 2024
City of Kalamazoo to celebrate completion of Inkster Bridge reconstruction
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo city officials will celebrate the completion of a major bridge reconstruction with a ribbon cutting ceremony this Friday. Work on the Inkster Bridge began in ear...
Jul 31, 2024 The newly reconstructed Inkster Bridge (courtesy City of Kalamazoo)
Utility work and street rerouting moves to the next stage in downtown Kalamazoo Wednesday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Consumers Energy says the ongoing work to modernize utilities and prepare for the coming event center will shift southward on Park Street starting Wednesday, July 31. Park...
Jul 30, 2024 (courtesy City of Kalamazoo)
Portage teachers to receive two percent pay raise this coming school year
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Portage Public Schools teachers will receive a two percent pay raise after the Board of Education approved a new agreement with the Portage Education Association. The contra...
Jul 30, 2024 Portage Central High School (courtesy of Portage Public Schools)
KIA receives $1 million gift from the family of its former art school director
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Institute of Arts says it has received a $1 million gift from the Kirk and Georgia Newman Family in support of the Kirk Newman Art School. The gift will help...
Jul 30, 2024 (courtesy kirknewman.com)
AUDIO: Community college tuition-free for more in Michigan
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM.FM) - The recently-signed Fiscal Year 2025 state budget will allow any students who graduated high school in 2023 and after to attend community college in Michigan tuition-free....
Jul 30, 2024 Kalamazoo Valley Community College sign (photo courtesy of Kalamazoo Valley Community College)
AUDIO: Consumers Energy working to trim trees to minimize power outages
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Over 300 Consumers Energy crews are busy around the entire state trimming trees that are in danger of falling on power lines and interrupting people's electricity. Utility...
Jul 30, 2024 (courtesy Consumers Energy)
One hospitalized after Cass County crash
CASS COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One person is hospitalized after a three-vehicle crash in Cass County yesterday afternoon. The sheriff's office says a man from Elkhart, Indiana was westbound on Mason S...
Jul 30, 2024 Cass County Sheriff's Office sign. (Photo by John McNeil)
Radisson Plaza Hotel receives AAA Four Diamond designation
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Radisson Plaza Hotel at Kalamazoo Center has once again received the AAA Four Diamond designation. The hotel had received the designation for over a decade before not ...
Jul 30, 2024
