Category Archives: Kalamazoo News

Kalamazoo Public Schools beefing up security
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools will be beefing up security at events on their school campuses with a pair of portable outdoor surveillance towers. They are the same kind of unit...
John McNeill Dec 22, 2025

Over $1-million damage in fire at Battle Creek commercial building
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A portion of a commercial building on Surby Avenue in Battle Creek was destroyed after a vehicle inside the building caught fire. Friday at 8:57 p.m., the Battle Creek ...
Ken Delaney Dec 20, 2025

Kalamazoo armed robbery suspect arrested, arraigned on multiple charges
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says it has removed a "violent offender from the community" with the arrest of an armed robbery suspect earlier this week. Sunday...
Ken Delaney Dec 20, 2025 Tazman Montel Jefferson (courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)

Hit-and-run crash kills man in Hartford
HARTFORD, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A suspected hit-and-run crash in the Hartford area late Wednesday night has resulted in the death of a 34-year-old man. The Van Buren County Sheriff's Office says they rece...
Michael Arney Dec 19, 2025 Van Buren County Sheriff's Office cruiser (Photo by John McNeil)

State lawmakers adjourn for 2025 with fewest bills passed since 1842
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan lawmakers have adjourned for the rest of 2025 and passed the fewest bills in a regular session since 1842. The prior record was 90 public acts signed that year by G...
Michael Arney Dec 19, 2025

Man arrested for shooting into Vicksburg home
VICKSBURG, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Vicksburg police have arrested a 61-year-old man for allegedly firing shots into a home with people inside. It happened Wednesday night on South Mill Street south of West ...
Michael Arney Dec 19, 2025

Holtec Palisades says nuclear power plant won't restart until early 2026
COVERT TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Holtec Palisades says it will not get the Palisades nuclear power plant restarted by the end of 2025, but officials say they expect to do so in early 2026. Senior ma...
Michael Arney Dec 19, 2025

Arcadia Creek Festival Place begins renovations
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Arcadia Creek Festival Place in downtown Kalamazoo is now undergoing renovations. City officials say they closed the park at the start of this month and soil borings a...
Michael Arney Dec 19, 2025

Kalamazoo Beer Exchange, which priced beer like stock market prices, set to close this weekend
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A restaurant and bar in downtown Kalamazoo is set to close its doors for good this weekend. After 15 years of beer prices that rose and fell every 15 minutes based on dema...
Ken Delaney Dec 18, 2025

KDPS investigates non-fatal shooting and armed robbery in two separate incidents
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says officers responded to two separate violent incidents Tuesday night, including a non-fatal shooting and an unrelated armed ro...
Ken Delaney Dec 18, 2025 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety cruiser (Photo by Jeana Gondek).
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