Category Archives: Kalamazoo News

Boy on mini-dirt bike seriously injured after riding into path of pick-up truck
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An 11-year-old Battle Creek boy is in stable, but critical, after his mini-dirt bike was struck by a pick-up truck Thursday evening. The Battle Creek Police Department ...
Ken Delaney Jul 14, 2024

Area fire departments rescue two from the water in St. Joseph County
COLON, MI ( WKZO AM/FM) - A water rescue team had to pull two people from a rain swollen creek in St. Joseph County Friday. At 11:36 a.m. Colon Community Fire and Rescue was dispatched as mutual aid w...
Ken Delaney Jul 14, 2024 (courtesy Colon Community Fire and Rescue)

State officials to host roundtable with Kalamazoo leaders to discuss opportunities to support clean energy transitions
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After the Michigan Legislature passed the 2025 Fiscal Year budget agreement that provides funding for the newly created Community and Worker Economic Transition Office, th...
Ken Delaney Jul 13, 2024

Two teenagers charged in KIK Pool shooting
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Safety says two teenagers have been charged for the shots fired incident at the KIK Pool on June 19. One is a 13-year-old boy, and the other is a 15-year-...
Michael Arney Jul 12, 2024 KDPS Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety cruiser (Photo by Jeana Gondek)

NRC holds public meeting on possibility of reopening Palisades nuclear power plant
COVERT TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission held a public meeting last night to gather input on the possibility of reopening the Palisades nuclear power plant in Covert Townsh...
Michael Arney Jul 12, 2024

AUDIO: MDOT closing US-131 in both directions Monday near Schoolcraft
SCHOOLCRAFT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Transportation will be closing US-131 in both directions south of Schoolcraft starting Monday. MDOT's Nick Schirripa says it is to rebuild the...
Michael Arney Jul 12, 2024 Road closed sign

Small Business Administration opens Disaster Loan Outreach Center in Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Small Business Administration has set up a Disaster Loan Outreach Center for Kalamazoo County in Portage. The move is the result of the May 7 EF-2 tornado that hit the c...
Michael Arney Jul 12, 2024 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)

MSP involved in Thursday shooting in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State Police troopers were involved in a shooting Thursday in Kalamazoo, but say no one was injured. They were trying to arrest a fugitive suspect at his home on ...
Michael Arney Jul 12, 2024 MSP investigating death of 2 year old in Cass County

Kalamazoo Olympian receives send off for Paris Summer Olympics
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Hackett Catholic Prep High School graduate Heath Baldwin received a hero's send off yesterday as he prepares to compete in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Baldwin atten...
Michael Arney Jul 12, 2024

AUDIO: Kalamazoo Public Schools fills board vacancy
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools trustees have selected someone who can hit the ground running to fill a vacancy on their board. They picked, someone who is not only knowledgeable...
John McNeill Jul 12, 2024




