Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Unintended consequences possible in Portage trash hauler battle
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There could be unintended consequences to the fight in Portage over who will haul homeowner's trash. The ballot language proposed by petitioners could eliminate some other p...
Jan 28, 2026 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
Feeding Broncos to mark one-year anniversary next month and celebrate over 5,000 free meals served to students
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After serving over 5,000 free meals to Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo College, and Kalamazoo Valley Community College students, as well as their spouses and childr...
Jan 28, 2026 WMU President Russ Kavalhuna (L) with Aden DeWees, Feeding Broncos President, at the organization's Labor Day kick-off dinner in 2025 (courtesy Feeding Broncos)
Brothers headed to prison in shooting death of Kalamazoo man in 2024
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One man was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole and another will spend decades behind bars as well after being convicted in the shooting death of...
Jan 27, 2026 Don'quay Jyshonne White (left) and Deyonte James Armstrong (right) were convicted in the shooting death of Charles Weir (courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
Multiple accidents on I-94 and U.S. 131 as latest blast of snow hits the area Tuesday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Portions of I-94 and U.S. 131 were shut down Tuesday morning with multiple crashes involving semi-tractor trailers. Northbound U.S. 131 was closed shortly after 10:45 a.m....
Jan 27, 2026
Calhoun County Deputies save the life of ten year old girl
PENNFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 10-year-old child in Pennfield Township is recovering in a local hospital after Calhoun County Sheriff's deputies saved her life with immediate CPR during a med...
Jan 27, 2026
United Airlines returning to Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - United Airlines is coming back to the Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport on April 30th. Airport director Craig Williams says United will have four flights a day ...
Jan 27, 2026
Burglars target solar farm for third time in recent weeks
SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Sheriff's detectives in Calhoun County are investigating a breaking and entering incident at the River Fork Solar facility after two individuals were captured on s...
Jan 27, 2026
KVET arrests 30-year-old Kalamazoo resident on weapons violations, meth dealing charges
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 30-year-old Kalamazoo resident is in the Kalamazoo County Jail for several weapons violations and possession with intent to distribute meth. The Kalamazoo Valley Enforce...
Jan 27, 2026
Anti-ICE protest held in downtown Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A huge crowd protesting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement descended on downtown Kalamazoo last night, filling the sidewalks outside Kalamazoo City Hall and Bronson ...
Jan 27, 2026 (courtesy Discover Kalamazoo)
WMU: U.S. Customs and Border Protection pulls out of job fair
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - U.S. Customs and Border Protection will not be at a job fair at Western Michigan University. The school says the agency pulled their registration last week, a day after ac...
Jan 27, 2026 WMU logo (courtesy Western Michigan University)
