Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
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
Kalamazoo city commission approves traffic safety plan
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo city commission this week approved a new traffic safety plan during a five-hour meeting Monday night. The plan is nearly 140 pages long. It includes intersec...
Jan 07, 2026
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County Sheriff says police who defended U.S. Capitol January 6, 2020 are being forgotten
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It was five years ago this week that President Trump's supporters engaged in the riot at the U.S. Capitol, and Kalamazoo County Sheriff Rick Fuller says there is one group...
Jan 07, 2026 Kalamazoo County Sheriff Richard Fuller at a press conference March 31, 2025
Michigan Senate Minority Leader Nesbitt wants MiLEAP investigated
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt is requesting an investigation into the Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential. The Van Buren Cou...
Jan 07, 2026
