Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
WMU names finalists in business pitch competition
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Western Michigan University has named nine finalists in their Cultivate 269 business pitch competition. The five WMU students selected by judges are Genesis Erhabor, Caden...
Mar 31, 2026 WMU logo (courtesy Western Michigan University)
Kalamazoo Township trustee named interim township treasurer
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Township trustee Clara Robinson has been named the township's interim treasurer. She will serve until a new treasurer is elected in November and has ser...
Mar 31, 2026 (courtesy Kalamazoo Township)
Battle Creek VA Medical Center to receive nearly $14.5 million in infrastructure upgrades
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Battle Creek VA Medical Center will be receiving $14,497,160 to modernize, repair, and improve buildings on its campus as part of the Veterans Health Administration...
Mar 30, 2026 Battle Creek VAMC (courtesy of the Veterans Affairs Administration)
Calhoun County's opioid settlement funds make an impact
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM)- Calhoun County has released its 2024-2025 Opioid Settlement Funds Impact Report, detailing the strategic distribution of the first $1 million received from national opio...
Mar 30, 2026
Feeding Broncos offering free Easter dinner Thursday at WMU
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Feeding Broncos is offering a free Easter dinner on Thursday at Kanley Chapel on the Western Michigan University campus from 5 p.m. until 6 p.m. The organization will have...
Mar 30, 2026
Battle Creek names new assistant city manager, fire chief
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek has promoted two long-time city employees to key leadership roles. Marcie Gillette and Bush McCarthy have been promoted to assistant city manager and fire ...
Mar 30, 2026 City of Battle Creek logo
One firefighter injured battling flames in Columbia Township early Sunday
COLUMBIA TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - South Haven Area Emergency Services says one firefighter is recovering after cutting their hand fighting a fire early Sunday morning at a mobile home. The flames b...
Mar 30, 2026
Kalamazoo celebrating 10th year of Pastors on Patrol program
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - When you dial 911 in Kalamazoo, public safety responds, but sometimes so will a pastor. The city of Kalamazoo is celebrating the tenth year of its Pastors on Patrol progra...
Mar 30, 2026 (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek)
Kalamazoo County Consolidated Dispatch Authority to have everyone on same communications system
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Everyone in Kalamazoo County is about to be just a little bit safer. 911 dispatch will soon get everyone on the same system for communications. Earlier this month, the Kal...
Mar 30, 2026
Michigan's average gas price up 4¢
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The weekly rise in the average gas price in Michigan has slowed down, rising 4 a gallon. Triple-A Michigan says the average price is now $3.96 a gallon, 97 more than last m...
Mar 30, 2026
