Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: More than 2,300 students to walk the stage in largest graduation ceremony for WMU
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Here is another sure sign of the season. Saturday, April 29 will be Spring Graduation for students at WMU. Commencement is held three times a year at Western, but this wil...
Apr 28, 2023 (Photo by John McNeil).
AUDIO: WMU to allow alcohol sales at Waldo Stadium beginning in fall
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Western Michigan University will begin alcohol sales at Waldo Stadium on game days this fall for the first time. The WMU Board approved the request Thursday from Athletic ...
Apr 28, 2023 (Photo courtesy of WMU)
Consumers Energy will not use original route for new power line in Van Buren County
VAN BUREN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After getting pushback from residents, Consumers Energy is scrubbing its proposed route for a new high-voltage distribution line in Van Buren County. Officials with...
Apr 27, 2023 Matthew Paul Argall / CC
Kalamazoo's Edison Neighborhood to celebrate Arbor Day on Friday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Edison Neighborhood Association and City of Kalamazoo is inviting residents to celebrate Arbor Day with a Tree Planting Ceremony and ribbon cutting at 5 p.m. Friday, A...
Apr 27, 2023
Lane closure scheduled Friday for South Sprinkle Road between East Centre Avenue and Tiffany Avenue
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The southbound lane in the 7600 Block of South Sprinkle Road will be reduced to one lane beginning at 8 a.m. on Friday, April 28. City officials say the lane closure is nece...
Apr 27, 2023
Several area school district millage proposals up for vote on Tuesday, May 2
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - West Michiganders are preparing to head to the polls on Tuesday, May 2nd to vote on a number of proposed millages that are new and up for renewal in several local school d...
Apr 27, 2023 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
KDPS officers save man who was trapped underneath his vehicle for 10 minutes
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - And now a story from a few days ago that could have had a bad ending, but didn't. Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officers jumped into action quickly at an address o...
Apr 27, 2023 Image from Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Facebook page.
Allegan County woman killed in vehicle-train crash Wednesday
LEE TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Allegan County Sheriff's deputies are investigating a vehicle crash with a train that killed a Pullman resident Wednesday morning. Authorities say it happened around 9:...
Apr 27, 2023 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Calhoun County log splitter theft being investigated by State Police
BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The theft of a log splitter in Calhoun County's Burlington Township is being investigated by Michigan State Police Troopers from the Marshall Post. The log splitt...
Apr 27, 2023 Michigan State Police - File photo
City decides not propose rezoning land that could have led to a mega car wash at Stadium and Drake
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Public opposition has prompted the City of Kalamazoo to drop plans to rezone land at Stadium Drive and Drake Road for commercial development. The rezoning was a small part...
Apr 27, 2023 City of Kalamazoo logo
