Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Calhoun County Sheriff's Office gets $50,000 grant for AEDs
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office is receiving a $50,000 grant from Walbridge that will be used to purchase 22 Stryker Lifepak CR2 Automated External Defibrillators, ...
Mar 05, 2026
Amy Williams appointed president, CEO of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra's board of directors has appointed Amy Williams as their new president and CEO. She is coming to Kalamazoo from Savannah, Georgia where sh...
Mar 05, 2026
Longtime west Michigan meteorologist Terri DeBoer running for Congress
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Longtime west Michigan TV meteorologist Terri DeBoer is running for Congress. DeBoer filed paperwork as a Republican challenging incumbent Democratic Congresswoman Hill...
Mar 05, 2026
Northbound US-131 back open after semi truck crash
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Northbound US-131 has reopened in Grand Rapids after a semi crash near Ann Street just before noon Wednesday shut it down until 3 p.m. Michigan State Police say the sem...
Mar 05, 2026 Michigan State Police - Photo by Jeana Gondek
Downtown Kalamazoo parking rates changing next month
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Parking in downtown Kalamazoo is changing in April. It will cost $2 an hour for on-street parking in the central core of the city, including along the Kalamazoo Mall, $1.5...
Mar 05, 2026
Kalamazoo men, Battle Creek teen charged with U.P. prison drug drop
LUCE COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two men from Kalamazoo and a teenager from Battle Creek are facing charges in the Upper Peninsula for allegedly trying to smuggle drugs into the Newberry Correctional Fa...
Mar 05, 2026 Scott Davidson / CC
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County officials discuss lower infant mortality rate
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County is a much safer place to have to a baby, and that is that is a big change for the better. Cradle Kalamazoo has just released their latest infant mortality...
Mar 04, 2026
LGBTQ student sues Kalamazoo Public Schools after being assaulted
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools are facing a federal lawsuit from a Loy Norrix High School student who says the district did not protect her or investigate her claims of being as...
Mar 04, 2026
Perrigo to lay off 7% of workforce
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Pharmaceutical manufacturer Perrigo is going to lay off around 7% of its workforce in a two-year effort to streamline operations. The company has its North American headquar...
Mar 04, 2026 FDA approves 1st over-the-counter contraceptive, produced by Perrigo (Perrigo logo courtesy of the Perrigo Co.)
Man sentenced for deadly drunk driving crash
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 57-year-old Martin man will spend the next 13-and-a-half-years in prison after he pled no contest to second-degree murder in the drunk driving crash last April that killed...
Mar 04, 2026
