Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Bell's Brewery releasing Oberon March 23rd
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Bell's Brewery will release its Oberon brew for 2026 on Monday, March 23rd this year. They will celebrate Oberon Day starting at 10 a.m. at Bell's Eccentric Cafe in downto...
Jan 14, 2026 Bell's Brewery logo. (Image courtesy of Bell's Brewery).
AUDIO: Portage's single-hauler trash system up for a vote in May
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The most divisive issue in Portage in years isn't going away. The city will implement a new single-hauler trash system in March, despite a citizen referendum on the question...
Jan 14, 2026 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
Former presidential candidate, author, scholar, and activist to highlight WMU Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Western Michigan University will host its 2026 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration Monday, January 19, with a program the university says will focus on the call to stan...
Jan 13, 2026 Dr. Cornel West
No injuries in Post Consumer Brands fire in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - No one was hurt in a fire Sunday afternoon at Post Consumer Brands in Battle Creek. Firefighters were called to the scene just before 5 p.m. and Post employees told the...
Jan 13, 2026
Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety now hiring
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety is now accepting applications for new officers. The department says the applications will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. on Wednesd...
Jan 13, 2026 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety logo
Family Promise of Southwest Michigan names Executive Director, hopes to open transitional family shelter by April
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The organization that will run Kalamazoo County's soon-to-open transitional shelter for unhoused families has named their Executive Director. Andrea Tramel will head the n...
Jan 13, 2026 Courtesy Kalamazoo County Facebook page
AUDIO: Wynton Marsalis coming to Kalamazoo for performance, arts funding talk
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A local pastor is bringing a famous acquaintance of his to Kalamazoo to first perform his artistry, and then to talk about declining support for the arts in school curricu...
Jan 12, 2026
Inmates producing 250th anniversary license plates
ADRIAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan's new license plates honoring the country's 250th anniversary will be on the bumpers of cars very soon. Inmates at Gus Harrison Correctional Facility in Adrian have ...
Jan 12, 2026
Average gas price in Michigan up 11¢
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It is 11 a gallon more expensive to fill the gas tank in Michigan to start the week. Triple-A Michigan says the average price is now up to $2.81, which is 10 lower than las...
Jan 12, 2026
Missing Paw Paw man with dementia found in Indiana
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State Police say an 84-year-old Paw Paw man with dementia has been found in Indiana. Troopers did not say where in the Hoosier state George Hein was found or what c...
Jan 12, 2026
