Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Kalamazoo County board, KPS, Kalamazoo city commission get organized for 2026
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As 2026 begins, Kalamazoo's three largest elected boards all got organized for the new year this week as they held their first meetings. Last night, the Kalamazoo Public S...
Jan 09, 2026
Next phase of Imagine Kalamazoo 2035 begins later this month
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The City of Kalamazoo is launching the Design It! phase of Imagine Kalamazoo 2035, with city officials saying it marks a key step in transforming the community's shared vi...
Jan 09, 2026
Two arrested in Battle Creek New Year's Day shooting
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek Police executed a search warrant Wednesday at a residence in the 1000 block of Columbia Avenue, resulting in the arrest of two men linked to a shooting tha...
Jan 08, 2026
Comstock Township adds fire engine to replace totaled one
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Comstock Township has replaced a fire engine that was totaled responding to a crash on I-94 east of Sprinkle Road on December 12, 2024. The fire department held a ...
Jan 08, 2026
Attorney General: Funding cut by state House unconstitutional
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says the action taken by the Republican majority on the state House Appropriations Committee to cut $645-million from work projects is ...
Jan 08, 2026
Portage residents submit petition signatures challenging single waste hauler contract
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Portage residents who are still upset by the city's single waste hauler contract that takes effect this year have submitted petition signatures to the city clerk as they try...
Jan 08, 2026 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
Calhoun County Sheriff's Office seizes firearm, recovers stolen vehicles in domestic assault investigation
CLARENCE TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Authorities are searching for a Clarence Township man after a domestic assault investigation led to the discovery of stolen property and narcotics on Tuesday. Depu...
Jan 08, 2026
Second conviction in Mother's Day 2023 fatal shooting in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -A Kalamazoo man entered a guilty plea this week in connection with a deadly drive-by shooting that occurred Mother's Day 2023. 20-year-old Andrew Johnson Tuesday pleaded gu...
Jan 07, 2026 chrisdorney / Depositphotos.com
Huizenga nominates area students to U.S. Service Academies
WASHINGTON D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) - Congressman Bill Huizenga Wednesday announced the nomination of 14 students from west and southwest Michigan to U.S. Service Academies for the class of 2030. According t...
Jan 07, 2026 demerzel21 / Depositphotos.com
New Jersey man accused of scamming Van Buren County woman out of over $200,000
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 55-year-old New Jersey man is in the Van Buren County Jail, accused of bilking a 72-year-old woman of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Donald Johnson Jr. was arrested Dec...
Jan 07, 2026
