Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Schuring Road closed Wednesday through Friday in Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Portage will be closing Schuring Road from Oakland Drive to South Westnedge for through traffic starting at 8 a.m. Wednesday. The closure is to allow crews to in...
May 12, 2026
Comstock Public Schools looking at options after bond failed second time
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The board of education at Comstock Public Schools is looking at their options after a second bond request was defeated at the ballot box last week. The district ha...
May 12, 2026 (courtesy Comstock Public Schools)
Kalamazoo city commission accepts grant to try to solve train traffic in downtown
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo City Hall has a plan to eliminate long waits at train crossings downtown, but it won't happen anytime soon, if it happens at all, and the end result may be under...
May 12, 2026 Brian Arechiga / CC
AAA projects over 1.3 million Michiganders will travel for Memorial Day
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - AAA Michigan is projecting over 1.3-million Michiganders will be traveling at least 50 miles from home for Memorial Day weekend. The figure is the second-highest projection...
May 12, 2026
Portage Road to go on a road diet
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Kalamazoo is about to put Portage Road on a road diet. That's what they call it when they reduce the number of lanes, increase the congestion in order to slow ...
May 12, 2026
KRESA superintendent named Region VII Superintendent of the Year
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency superintendent Dr. Dedrick Martin has been named the Michigan Association of Superintendents and Administrators 2026 Region V...
May 12, 2026
KCC commencement ceremony this Thursday at Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kellogg Community College says a record number of 449 graduates will walk across the stage during their 68th commencement ceremony this Thursday. The graduation program...
May 12, 2026 (courtesy Kellogg Community College)
Kalamazoo in Bloom Planting Days to celebrate community and America's 250th anniversary
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Volunteer-powered events to transform public spaces into welcoming, colorful landscapes in Kalamazoo and Portage are underway this spring. Community Planting Days in downt...
May 11, 2026 (photo courtesy of John Seward)
South Haven mom, daughter graduate from CMU on Mother's Day weekend
MOUNT PLEASANT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A South Haven mother and daughter graduated from Central Michigan University over Mother's Day weekend. Sheena Northern-Espinoza was awarded her master's degree in hu...
May 11, 2026
KPS student leaders update board on activities for this year
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As the school year winds down toward summer vacation, student leaders took center stage at the most recent meeting of the Kalamazoo Public Schools board to update trustees...
May 11, 2026
