Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Kalamazoo city commission unanimously denies rezoning near Asylum Lake
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo city commission has voted to reject a controversial rezoning request to put businesses near Asylum Lake after a long hearing last night. The unanimous vote c...
Jan 27, 2026 Image from Asylum Lake Preserve's Facebook page.
One dead in Sunday night shooting on Reed Avenue
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man is dead and the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety is still looking for the murder suspect in the Sunday night shooting. Officers responded to a report of shots f...
Jan 26, 2026 zimmytws / Depositphotos.com
Portage city council has trash issue back on agenda Tuesday
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A controversial trash issue will be back on the Portage city council agenda this week. The council will be asked to formally send ballot language to the Kalamazoo County Cle...
Jan 26, 2026 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
Michigan's average gas price down 10-cents in past week
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan drivers are paying ten-cents a gallon less to fill the gas tank than last week. Triple-A Michigan says the average price is now $2.86, up one-cent from last month ...
Jan 26, 2026
Several Kalamazoo Township homes under boil water advisory
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Several homes in Kalamazoo Township are under a boil water advisory due to a water main break. The city of Kalamazoo Department of Public Services says the boil w...
Jan 26, 2026
Kalamazoo Township police looking for two murder suspects
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Township police are investigating the shooting death Saturday morning of a 20-year-old man. Two suspects are on the run after the shooting happened on N...
Jan 26, 2026 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
Lengthy Kalamazoo city commission meeting projected tonight
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Unless the weather intervenes, it could be a long night at Kalamazoo City Hall. On the agenda is a controversial rezoning request for residential property just up the hill...
Jan 26, 2026
Winter Weather Advisory continues through 10:00 p.m. for Kalamazoo County
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After sub-zero temperatures Saturday, steady snow across Southwest Michigan Sunday is expected to add several more inches what is currently on the ground. Van Buren, Kalam...
Jan 25, 2026
Kalamazoo County Dems to host community forum on ICE activity, rights, and public safety
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -A committee of the Kalamazoo County Democratic Party says in response to increased Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity across the country and events in Minneapolis...
Jan 24, 2026
Fatal two-vehicle crash under investigation in Burlington Township
BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 54-year-old woman from Morrice, Michigan was killed in a two-vehicle crash on M-60 near 9 Mile Road in Calhoun County's Burlington Township Friday morning. The...
Jan 23, 2026 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
