Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County to start 2024 with new medical examiner
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County will start the new year with a new medical examiner. He is Dr. Patrick Hansma, a Michigan State University graduate who served as deputy medical examiner ...
Dec 26, 2023
Driver ejected, killed in rollover crash Christmas Day
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One person is dead following a fiery rollover crash Christmas Day in Kalamazoo. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety responded to the 1100 block of Gull Road in refer...
Dec 25, 2023 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Two arrested after Christmas Eve shooting incident on West Main Street in Kalamazoo Township
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two men are in custody after a shooting incident Christmas Eve in Kalamazoo Township. At approximately 6:30 p.m. Sunday, officers from the Township of Kalamazoo P...
Dec 25, 2023 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
Kalamazoo's Ecumencial Senior Center receives $4 million gift to boost Capital Building Campaign
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Officials with the Ecumenical Senior Center (ESC) in Kalamazoo say their Capital Building Campaign received a major boost recently with a $4 million grant from the Stryker...
Dec 23, 2023
Bronson announces top baby names for 2023
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Oliver and Amelia topped the list of most popular names chosen in the Kalamazoo area. In 2023, there were more than 4,000 babies born at the Bronson BirthPlace locations i...
Dec 23, 2023 Doni Fernandes / CC
Suspect in 2021 Arbors of Battle Creek party shooting found guilty, sentencing set for February 9
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man has been found guilty in connection with a fatal shooting during a party at the Arbors of Battle Creek in July of 2021. Lansing Hodges was found guilty of volunta...
Dec 22, 2023 Brian Turner / CC
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County board appears happier with treasurer
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamazoo County board appears happier with the county treasurer now than they were when the year began. Back then they had just been informed that their books were i...
Dec 22, 2023 Kalamazoo County Treasurer Thomas Whitener answers questions concerning the performance of his duties for a second time under oath. (Photo from John McNeill)
Corewell Health releases top baby names in west Michigan for 2023
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The most popular name for baby boys born in west Michigan this year was Theodore and the most popular name for baby girls was Charlotte according to Corewell Health. T...
Dec 22, 2023 New Bronson South Haven location. (Photo courtesy of Bronson Healthcare).
One dead in Alamo Township crash
ALAMO TOWNSHIP, MI -- One person has been killed in a crash in Alamo Township near Plainwell. The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office say a vehicle turned out of a driveway to the left on West B Avenue ...
Dec 22, 2023
AUDIO: Kalamazoo focused on downtown road changes instead of neighborhood road repairs
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- "Fixing the damn roads" has been the focus of Governor Whitmer and the state over the last few years. But it hasn't been in Kalamazoo, and it looks like road surfaces in ...
Dec 22, 2023
