Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
New Kalamazoo Public Schools superintendent to receive $230,000 yearly salary
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education has officially approved their contract with new superintendent Dr. Darrin Slade. In addition to salary and benefits, the th...
May 26, 2023
The Salvation Army of Kalamazoo to hold Donut Eating Contest on May 30
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Attention donut lovers! The Salvation Army is looking for you for their 4th annual Donut Eating Contest. To celebrate National Donut Day, Salvation Army officials are once...
May 25, 2023
Friday at the Flats returns with a Craft Market and Building Tours
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Friday at the Flats returns to the city of Portage this Friday, May 26. Food trucks and local music will mark the renewal of the event at the Celery Flats pavilion. Activiti...
May 25, 2023 Celery Flats Historical Area in Portage, MI. (Photo by Will Kriss).
Kalamazoo County Memorial Day parade scheduled for Monday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The parade begins at 10:00 a.m. Monday, May 29 in downtown Kalamazoo on Michigan Avenue, near Rose Street, and will make its way to the Robert L. Cook Veterans Memorial Pl...
May 25, 2023
MEDC expansion projects to bring investment dollars and jobs to Mendon and Portage
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Economic Development Corporation announcing on Thursday, May 25 three business expansion projects and one community development project expected to create a t...
May 25, 2023 Ervins Strauhmanis / CC
Southwest MI to get more than $1 million for environmental cleanup through president's Investing in America Agenda
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Biden-Harris administration along with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announcing on Thursday, May 25 that $9.3 million is on it's way to Michigan to expedite...
May 25, 2023 DonkeyHotey / CC
Kalamazoo's Epic Center raises $1.95 million towards $2.2 million renovation goal
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo's Epic Center announcing on Thursday, May 25 that it has raised $1.95 million toward its $2.2 million goal to renovate the facility. Center officials say the fun...
May 25, 2023
Mosquito surveillance to start in Kalamazoo County
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As mosquito season begins, the Kalamazoo County Health & Community Services Department will be setting up and monitoring several traps throughout the county to capture...
May 25, 2023 Enrique Dans / CC
MSP asking for public's help in locating mother and woman accused of abandoning vulnerable adult daughter
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State Police are searching for the mother and a woman they say abandoned her vulnerable adult daughter in the Al Sabo Land Preserve in Texas Township near Portage...
May 25, 2023 (courtesy Michigan State Police Paw Paw Post)
19-year-old Portage man facing multiple charges after allegedly shooting at two people from vehicle
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 19-year-old Portage man is in custody after allegedly shooting at a man and a woman on Tuesday, May 23 over a domestic dispute from a couple weeks ago. Portage Department ...
May 25, 2023 Portage Police cruiser (photo by John McNeil)
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