Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
KVET arrests suspect after shots fired from moving vehicle on Gull Road
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A suspect is in custody after police say he fired into the parking lot of a Gull Road party store from a moving vehicle in Kalamazoo Township. Last Friday around ...
Dec 16, 2025 zimmytws / Depositphotos.com
Kalamazoo Public Schools making progress on state math tests
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools continue to show progress where it counts, literally. Superintendent Darrin Slade informed trustees Monday night that the district's latest perfor...
Dec 16, 2025
Kalamazoo city commission holds public hearing on 2026 budget proposal
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo city commissioners held a public hearing on their proposed 2026 budget Monday but unlike previous years, some residents had something to say. Usually, no one spe...
Dec 16, 2025 Kalamazoo City Hall in winter. (Photo by John McNeil)
Man sentenced for child pornography possession
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Calhoun County man will serve between ten and 15-years in prison for possessing child pornography. The judge in the case against Kevin Wilson called it one of the mos...
Dec 16, 2025 Joe Gratz
AUDIO: KDPS Chief Boysen talks about two deaths in Kalamazoo in past week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The discovery of two people found dead outside in Kalamazoo in the last week and the colder temperatures, once again has homeless advocates demanding the city do more to h...
Dec 16, 2025
Huizenga Announces Reelection Intentions
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 16, 2025) - Bill Huizenga apparently wants to continue making regular trips to Washington. Whether voters in southwest Michigan will vote to have him do so remains to be ...
Dec 16, 2025 US House Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-Holland) (photo Gary Stevens, Midwest Communications)
Consumers Energy schedules electric upgrade for early Friday morning on Kalamazoo's west side
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - About 4,500 Consumers Energy customers in Kalamazoo will lose power for up to two hours early Friday morning as the utility works with ITC Michigan to make upgrades to sub...
Dec 15, 2025
Fennville Public Schools receives a $2.2 million estate gift from a pair of former district educators
FENNVILLE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A $2.2 million estate gift from a pair of former district educators will likely benefit the Fennville Public Schools for decades to come. The Allegan County Community Foun...
Dec 15, 2025 The late James and Grace Walz (courtesy Allegan County Community Foundation)
Statewide gas prices up slightly in past week
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's 3 more expensive per gallon to fill the gas tank in Michigan this week. Triple-A Michigan says the statewide average is now at $2.85, which is 19 less than last month ...
Dec 15, 2025
Portage council to vote on promoting Matt Wolfe to public safety chief
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Portage didn't go far to find their new public safety chief. The city council will be asked to confirm Matt Wolfe, the current assistant police chief, to take ov...
Dec 15, 2025 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
