Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
ECHL players prepared to strike after Christmas
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Members of the Professional Hockey Players' Association (PHPA) have served the ECHL with a strike notice indicating a potential work stoppage starting this Friday, the day...
Dec 23, 2025
Powerball jackpot grows to a staggering $1.7-billion
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The multistate Powerball jackpot is now up to $1.7-billion. If you're wondering, that looks like $1,700,000,000. No one matched all the numbers in last night's drawing with ...
Dec 23, 2025 Henita May / CC
Secretary of State releases top license plates for 2025
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Most Michigan drivers have the white Pure Michigan license plate on their vehicles in 2025. The Secretary of State's office says over 70% of vehicles have the white plate wi...
Dec 23, 2025
Edmund Fitzgerald life ring sells at auction for $150,000
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The life ring from the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald and a wooden plank from one of the ship's lifeboats has sold at an auction in Detroit for $150,000. The orange life ring was fo...
Dec 23, 2025 Edmund Fitzgerald in 1971 - via Wikipedia
Cause of Sunday night blaze at Battle Creek home under investigation
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There were no injuries in a fire Sunday night at a home in Battle Creek. The Battle Creek Fire Department and LifeCare Ambulance were dispatched to the report of a resi...
Dec 22, 2025
Housing projects in downtown Kalamazoo get major boost with state Brownfield Plan program grant
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Brownfield Plan program grant from the State of Michigan will be leveraged for the redevelopment of property in downtown Kalamazoo to add 115 new housing units. The Mich...
Dec 22, 2025 The Speareflex Building on Kalamazoo Avenue (courtesy PlazaCorp Properties)
Arson suspected in South Haven Water Treatment Facility fire
SOUTH HAVEN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Arson is believed to be the cause of a fire outside the South Haven Water Treatment Facility early Saturday morning. Several portable toilets were on fire when South Hav...
Dec 22, 2025
Powerball jackpot up to $1.6 billion tonight
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The jackpot in the multistate Powerball game is up to $1.6-billion after no tickets matched all the numbers Saturday. Tonight's prize is the fourth-largest Powerball jackpot...
Dec 22, 2025 Henita May / CC
Average Michigan gas price down 12¢ in past week
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The average price for a gallon of gas in Michigan is now at $2.73, a drop of 12 in the past week. Triple-A Michigan says the price is 43 less than last month and down 38 in...
Dec 22, 2025
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County providing funding for housing vouchers after federal cut
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County will be stepping in with stop gap funding to temporarily restore housing vouchers, cut by the Trump administration that could leave some of the most vulne...
Dec 22, 2025 iqoncept / Depositphotos.com
