Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Family of Lions DE Aidan Hutchinson releases statement after surgery
ALLEN PARK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The family of Detroit Lions defensive end Aidan Hutchinson says he will be back and better than before. Hutchinson suffered a broken tibia in the win over the Dallas Cowb...
Oct 15, 2024
AUDIO: Whitmer, Evers on Harris-Walz Blue Wall Bus Tour in Wisconsin
WASAU, WI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer is on a Harris-Walz Blue Wall Bus Tour in Wisconsin along with Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers. He pushed for voters to cast their ballot. The group wi...
Oct 15, 2024 Governor Whitmer announces record number of health insurance enrollees (Photo by John McNeil).
AUDIO: Woman to be charged with driving drunk causing serious injuries in hayride crash
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Charges of operating while intoxicated causing serious injuries are pending against a woman for driving her SUV into a hayride trailer south of Allegan on Saturday night. He...
Oct 15, 2024 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County board to vote on 2025 budget tonight
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County board is scheduled to hold a public hearing and take a final vote on their proposed 2025 budget tonight, but still have some items to nail down. Among...
Oct 15, 2024
AUDIO: Women's march held at Bronson Park in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Hundreds of people turned up for a women's march in Bronson Park in downtown Kalamazoo Sunday, coming from all over Michigan and northwest Indiana. The women called for su...
Oct 14, 2024
Unattended campfire destroys outbuilding in Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An unattended campfire in Portage quickly spread to a nearby outbuilding Saturday afternoon on Harvest Lane. The outbuilding was a complete loss, but firefighters got the fl...
Oct 14, 2024 Arseni Mourzenko
Second suspect arrested, charged in July 24 Kalamazoo murder
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The second suspect in the July 24 murder of 30-year-old Charles Weir on Fox Ridge Drive has been arrested. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says 21-year-old Deyon...
Oct 14, 2024
AUDIO: Homeless issues continue to prompt people to call for city of Kalamazoo action
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Affordable housing continues to be a problem in Kalamazoo, and pressure is once again building now that temperatures have begun to dip. Public comment at city commission m...
Oct 14, 2024 Mess from homeless encampment on the Kalamazoo River - Courtesy Kalamazoo River Alliance
Man arrested in KVET bust
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 45-year-old Kalamazoo man is facing several felony charges after the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team executed a search warrant Thursday in the 700 block of Staples Ave...
Oct 14, 2024
SUV strikes hay ride south of Allegan, several hurt
TROWBRIDGE TWP., MI (WKZO-AM/FM) - A fall fun tradition turned sour south of Allegan on Saturday evening, Oct. 12. According to Allegan County Sheriff's Sergeant Blair Kacos, deputies and other first ...
Oct 12, 2024
