Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Deb Lenz expected to be approved as Kalamazoo County's director of public health
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County board is expected to approve Deb Lenz as their new director of public health. Lenz is being promoted from being second in command to take over for her...
Dec 15, 2025 Kalamazoo County Health and Community Services Department logo
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County commission to get presentation on child care costs
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County commissioners will hear a presentation this week that could lead to a request for another special millage request, this time to help fund child care. The ...
Dec 15, 2025 stuartmiles / Depositphotos.com
Kalamazoo to hold public hearing on 2026 budget, approve water, sewer rate hikes
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Kalamazoo will be holding a public hearing on their 2026 budget this evening and giving early approval to the item that may affect residents most, another incr...
Dec 15, 2025
DoorDash driver assaulted and robbed overnight, two juveniles in custody
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A food delivery driver was assaulted and robbed early Sunday morning in Kalamazoo, and two juveniles are now in custody. Around 1:30 a.m. officers from the Kalamazoo Depar...
Dec 14, 2025 philberrry@gmail.com / Depositphotos.com
Ugly sweaters in the spotlight today in downtown Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - If you've been invited to and ugly sweater party for the holidays but have nothing to wear, you can correct that today in downtown Kalamazoo. Santa's Workshop for Ugly Swe...
Dec 13, 2025
Two convicted of murder after man was gunned down in broad daylight at Kalamazoo apartment complex
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A pair of men have been found guilty this week in the shooting death of another man at the Fox Ridge Apartments in Kalamazoo in 2024. 30-year-old Charles Lee Weir was gunn...
Dec 12, 2025 iqoncept / Depositphotos.com
Kalamazoo, Calhoun county medical director: Keep giving babies Hepatitis B vaccine
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan health officials continue to recommend the Hepatitis B birth dose. A federal committee that makes recommendations to the CDC recently voted to delay the vaccine. ...
Dec 12, 2025 NIAID / CC
Battle Creek man facing child exploitation charges
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 35-year-old Battle Creek man is facing charges of accosting a child for immoral purposes and using a computer or the internet to communicate with a person to commit a...
Dec 12, 2025
Kalamazoo official: Water leaks might result in larger water bills
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The next time you get a water bill in the city of Kalamazoo, you may want to check what you are paying, and if it's a lot higher than your previous bill, you may have spru...
Dec 12, 2025
AUDIO: WMU fall commencement is Saturday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Many of the seniors at Western Michigan University have something extra to celebrate this weekend. Saturday is Fall Commencement. New president Russ Kavalhuna is promising...
Dec 12, 2025 (courtesy Western Michigan University)
