Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
No injuries in Battle Creek house fire
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Battle Creek Fire Department says no one was injured in a house fire that broke out just before 7 a.m. Wednesday. Firefighters responded to the home on Roosevelt Av...
Jul 02, 2026
KDPS looks for public's help in locating assault suspect
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says it's looking for 45-year-old man for questioning in several assaults Tuesday. KDPS says Darius Dagonne Williams is also want...
Jul 01, 2026
Kalamazoo woman charged in fatal hit and run accident involving motorcycle
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo woman has turned herself in and is being charged in a Kalamazoo Township hit-and-run crash in April that killed a motorcyclist. 55-year-old Carol Kosc...
Jul 01, 2026 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Trump reverses FEMA rejection of disaster aid for SW Michigan
UNION CITY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - President Donald Trump has reversed a federal decision and approved $32.1 million in disaster relief aid for southwest Michigan, overriding a previous rejection by the Fe...
Jul 01, 2026
Jeffrey Willis seeks new trials after being convicted for two murders
MUSKEGON, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Convicted murderer Jeffrey Willis is seeking new trials, claiming he was wrongfully convicted of killing Rebekah Bletsch and Jessica Heeringa. He was found guilty by separa...
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OutFront Kalamazoo to hold first Black Pride festival in August
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - OutFront Kalamazoo will hold their first Black Pride festival on August 29th in Bates Alley downtown. The block party will feature signature cocktails, mocktails, and cele...
Jul 01, 2026 Outfront Kalamazoo logo
Woman turns herself in for deadly Kalamazoo hit-and-run
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 55-year-old woman has been arraigned on a felony charge of not stopping at an accident when at fault resulting in death for a deadly hit-and-run in Kalamazoo on April 14...
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Deadline for approving state's next fiscal year's budget is today
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The deadline is today for state lawmakers to approve the Fiscal Year 2027 budget, but it's looking like the votes will be taken tomorrow. A large omnibus spending bill and a...
Jul 01, 2026
Southwest Michigan First selects new CEO
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Southwest Michigan First has selected Jennifer Owens as its new CEO. She has been the president of Lakeshore Advantage in Holland since 2014 and is expected to start the n...
Jul 01, 2026
Group looks to put health care initiative on the November ballot in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An advocacy group that says it's "fed up with a lack of access to healthcare and skyrocketing costs" plans to deliver boxes of signatures to the Kalamazoo City Clerk Wedne...
Jun 30, 2026
