Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Blue Dolphin serves free Christmas meals for 48th year
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo's Blue Dolphin restaurant spent Christmas providing a free meal for anyone who needed one for the 48th straight year. The tradition began in the late 1970s and t...
Dec 26, 2025
Battle Creek nonprofit CEO charged with welfare fraud
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The CEO of Battle Creek nonprofit Reintegration to Support and Empower, also known as R.I.S.E. Corp., is facing charges of welfare fraud over $500. Forty-seven-year-old...
Dec 26, 2025 londondeposit / Depositphotos.com
Winter Weather Advisory issued, freezing rain expected
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Freezing rain early Friday is expected to lead to difficult driving conditions across the region. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory from 5:00 a.m...
Dec 25, 2025
One dead in Christmas Eve two car crash
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One person is dead and two others injured after a crash in Kalamazoo Wednesday afternoon. Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officers responded to a report of a t-bone ...
Dec 25, 2025 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Galesburg home badly damaged in fire
GALESBURG, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Galesburg home was heavily damaged in a fire Tuesday afternoon. Firefighters responded to the flames at the home on West Battle Creek Street and Grove Street and say the...
Dec 24, 2025
Arson ruled out in South Haven fire
SOUTH HAVEN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - South Haven police say they have determined the fire that destroyed seven portable bathrooms outside a municipal building Saturday was not arson. The fire was reported j...
Dec 24, 2025
Bronson Healthcare and UnitedHealthcare reach new contract agreement
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Bronson Healthcare patients covered by UnitedHealthcare are breathing a sigh of relief after healthcare officials announced Tuesday all Bronson hospitals, outpatient locat...
Dec 23, 2025
Pedestrian seriously injured after being hit by car on M-40 in Hamilton
HEATH TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A pedestrian suffered serious injuries after being struck by a car in Allegan County's Heath Township on Tuesday evening. Around 6:00 p.m. multiple deputies from the ...
Dec 23, 2025 philberrry@gmail.com / Depositphotos.com
Vicksburg man sentenced for crash that killed 10-year-old Amish boy
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Nearly a year ago, an intoxicated Vicksburg man hit and killed a 10-year-old on his bike near the intersection of Banker Street and Balk Road in Sherman Township. ...
Dec 23, 2025 Ken Hawkins / CC
MDOT orders Amtrak to fix the height of the Howard Street railroad crossing
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Transportation is ordering Amtrak to fix the rail crossing at Howard Street in Kalamazoo near Western Michigan University. The crossing was rais...
Dec 23, 2025 (courtesy of Amtrak)
