Category Archives: Kalamazoo News

Kalamazoo Wings release schedule for final season at Wings Event Center
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The ECHL's Kalamazoo Wings have released the schedule for their final season at Wings Event Center before moving to the new arena downtown in 2027. The Wings will have the...
Michael Arney May 20, 2026

Kalamazoo County board pausing plans for new Administration Building
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County board has called for a short time-out on plans to build a new Administration Building to assess their priorities, in light of problems at the county j...
John McNeill May 20, 2026

Michigan Dental Association Foundation to host free Mission of Mercy dental clinic in Kalamazoo next month
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A large-scale charitable dental clinic designed to address urgent dental needs and improve access to oral health care for underserved populations is coming back to Kalamaz...
Ken Delaney May 19, 2026 (courtesy Michigan dental Association)

Niles man killed in Cass County motorcycle crash
HOWARD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 28-year-old Niles man was killed in a motorcycle crash Sunday night in Cass County. The sheriff's office says he was Jessie Maurer. Maurer was northbound on M-60 i...
Michael Arney May 19, 2026 Cass County Sheriff's Office sign. (Photo by John McNeil)

One arrested after Oshtemo Township stabbing
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 30-year-old man was arrested around 4 a.m. Tuesday in Oshtemo Township for an alleged stabbing. The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office was called to the 6700 block...
Michael Arney May 19, 2026 Police lights

Kalamazoo College welcomes next president at reception
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo College welcomed its next president to campus with a reception last night. Karlyn Crowley was appointed the college's 19th president earlier this month and will ...
Michael Arney May 19, 2026

Anti-nuclear power protestors return to Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Nuclear protestors returned to Kalamazoo yesterday, protesting plans to not just restart, but to add new reactors to the Palisades nuclear power plant directly upwind from...
John McNeill May 19, 2026

Meeting tonight at Kalamazoo's Northside Community Development Association about weather
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Monday afternoon's sudden and violent rainstorm was another reminder of the changing nature of the weather in west Michigan, and its effect on neighborhoods. A meeting has...
John McNeill May 19, 2026 Northside Association for Community Development building

Man who spent 21 years in prison for wrongful conviction gets $5.25-million
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man who spent 21 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of the murders of two hunters has been awarded a $5.25-million settlement. Jeff Titus filed a $100-mill...
Michael Arney May 19, 2026 71-year-old Jeffery Titus who spent 21 years in prison for a double murder he did not commit, signs an Order of Dismissal of Criminal Proceedings document with Attorney Mary Chartier in Kalamazoo County's 8th District Court on Thursday, June 1. (Photo by Jerry Malec)

Kalamazoo city commission approves new Social District
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Normally, communities discourage residents from walking around with open alcoholic beverages, but it's become regular business in downtown Kalamazoo. They are called "Soci...
John McNeill May 19, 2026
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