Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: Two new businesses opening in Portage this week
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two new businesses open in Portage this week and it could impact your plans. As we told you last week, Raising Cane's, a new fast food chicken restaurant, is expected to ope...
Feb 16, 2026
No injuries in Sunday afternoon house fire
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It took firefighters to put out a blaze Sunday afternoon in Kalamazoo. At 12:06 pm, officers responded for a structure fire in the 1300 block of Krom Street. When officers...
Feb 15, 2026
KDPS warns about falling ice damaging gas meters
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - With recent warmer temperatures, the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says it has seen a rise in calls regarding residential gas meters damaged by falling ice. They s...
Feb 15, 2026 IndyEdge / Depositphotos.com
One dead after crash on West Main late Saturday
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office says speed appears to be a factor in fatal crash late Saturday night in Ostemo Township. Around 11:40 p.m. Kalamazoo Consolida...
Feb 15, 2026 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
No injuries in early Saturday blaze in Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM] - There were no injuries in an early Saturday blaze in a Portage trailer park. At approximately 3:45 a.m. the Portage Fire Division responded to a reported structure fire at 4...
Feb 14, 2026 (courtesy Portage Department of Public Safety)
KVET investigation leads to arrest, seizure of drugs and automatic handgun
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An Oshtemo Township man faces drug and weapons charges after a raid by the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team and Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Crime Reducti...
Feb 13, 2026
Sextortion investigation by Calhoun County Sheriff's Office leads to North Carolina man's arrest
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A North Carolina man is in police custody and facing over 25 felony sex crime charges after a sextortion investigation began with the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office. T...
Feb 13, 2026 Calhoun County Sheriff's Office cruisers. (Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office).
Union nurses approve new contract at Beacon Kalamazoo Hospital
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Nurses Association says the union nurses at Beacon Kalamazoo Hospital, which used to be Ascension Borgess, have ratified a new contract. The deal includes a t...
Feb 13, 2026 Beacon Kalamazoo Hospital, formerly Ascension Borgess
Bronson man accused of threatening phone call to state Capitol
BRONSON, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 50-year-old Bronson man accused of making a call to the state Capitol threatening Republicans was back in court yesterday. Gabriel Hetrick is charged with one count of mak...
Feb 13, 2026
Western Michigan University renames under-construction dormitory Valley Oaks
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The new residence hall under construction at Western Michigan University now has a name: Valley Oaks. The WMU board of trustees had named it Golden Oaks in April 2025, but...
Feb 13, 2026 WMU logo (courtesy Western Michigan University)
