Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Open Roads Bike Program launches capital campaign for new facility, renovations
KALAMAZOO, MI ( WKZO AM/FM) -Open Roads Bike Program has launched a $750,000 capital campaign to support the purchase, renovation, and transition into its home at 914 E. Vine Street in Kalamazoo's Edi...
May 17, 2026 Open Roads Bike Program exterior (courtesy Open Roads Bike Program)
Wrong-way driver on I-69 arrested after deputies deploy spike strips near Tekonsha
TEKONSHA, MI (WTVB) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office arrested two Lansing residents early Saturday morning after deputies stopped a wrong-way driver traveling northbound in the southbound lanes o...
May 17, 2026 philberrry@gmail.com / Depositphotos.com
Open house Monday at the site of the replacement for the current El Sol School in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After construction was approved in a 2022 bond issue, the Kalamazoo Public Schools is about to work on building the new El Sol School. A community open house will be held ...
May 16, 2026
Acrisure Amphitheater officially opens tonight in Grand Rapids
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Tonight is the opening night officially for Grand Rapids' Acrisure Amphitheater. Brian Vander Ark, the lead vocalist of the local band The Verve Pipe, will open the sho...
May 15, 2026
Police capture drug fugitive at Kalamazoo hotel
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A fugitive wanted for drug charges has been arrested at a Stay Bridge Suites hotel in Kalamazoo by the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office. Detectives arrested Bruce Smith J...
May 15, 2026
Portage couple to receive Ellis Island Medal of Honor
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Charles Zhang and Lynn Chen-Zhang of Portage will receive the Ellis Island Medal of Honor for their contributions to business, public service, and philanthropy. The two are ...
May 15, 2026
House Speaker Hall sets June 1 deadline for Selfridge ANG Base funding
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall of Richland has set a firm deadline of June 1st for lawmakers to approve funding for Selfridge Air National Guard Base to build a new runway...
May 14, 2026
Mike and Sharon Seelye Family Foundation gives $6,000 grant to Broncos Kitchen Foundation
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Broncos Kitchen Foundation has received a $6,000 grant from the Mike and Sharon Seelye Family Foundation. The money will help provide operational resources and free, n...
May 14, 2026
Woman dead, other driver hospitalized after Allegan County crash
OVERISEL TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Allegan County Sheriff's Office says a woman has died after she was ejected from her SUV in a crash with a pickup truck Wednesday evening in Overisel Township....
May 14, 2026 Allegan County Sheriff's Patch (image courtesy Allegan Co. Sheriff's Dept.)
Portage City Manager to retire in July
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After nearly four years on the job in Portage, City Manager Pat McGinnis announced Wednesday that he will retire effective July 3, 2026. McGinnis started his position with t...
May 13, 2026 Portage City Manager Patrick McGinnis
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