Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Warming shelters and centers to continue around Kalamazoo into next week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As most of area prepares for sub-zero temperatures overnight and windchills as low as -20, warming shelters and centers across the Kalamazoo area are gearing up for more v...
Jan 23, 2026 pixeldreams / Depositphotos.com
40,000 pounds of pinto beans spill in semi crash
OLIVE TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An overturned semi on 120th Avenue and Bingham Street in Olive Township spilled 40,000 pounds of pinto beans. The crash happened around 5 a.m. Thursday, and the Olive...
Jan 23, 2026 Jason Rojas / CC
Michigan Senate passes cell phone ban in K-12 public schools
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Senate has approved a bill to ban cell phones in all K-12 public school classrooms. The House passed the bill earlier this week and the Senate vote signaled bic...
Jan 23, 2026
More snow, bitter cold in forecast
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - West Michigan is under a winter weather advisory until 1 p.m. today with two to four more inches of snow possible. Over the last 36 hours, some areas, especially along the...
Jan 23, 2026
Sheridan Township man arrested in multistate investigation
SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 21-year-old man from Sheridan Township was arrested by the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office Wednesday, following a multi-state investigation into the sexual explo...
Jan 23, 2026 Alex_Schmidt / Depositphotos.com
Kalamazoo officials asking residents to get parked cars off residential streets to allow for snow plowing
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - With the latest snowfall and more predicted this weekend, the City of Kalamazoo is asking residents to keep parked vehicles off residential streets so they can continue to...
Jan 22, 2026 Shnurochek13 / Depositphotos.com
Thursday morning crash on North Sprinkle Road kills two
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office is investigating a deadly crash that happened just after 5:30 a.m. Thursday. Deputies responded to the two-vehicle crash in the 7000 ...
Jan 22, 2026 KCSD investigating fatal one car accident in Comstock
Planned Parenthood of Michigan adds vasectomy service in Grand Rapids
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Planned Parenthood of Michigan is adding vasectomy services at its location in Grand Rapids. The pilot program will be expanded to other health centers statewide throug...
Jan 22, 2026 Planned Parenthood in Kalamazoo (Photo by John McNeil)
Kalamazoo County could upgrade sheriff's office, jail
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County's board of commissioners is looking into 11 recommended projects as part of their master plan update. Among the work would be upgrading the office of the ...
Jan 22, 2026 Kalamazoo County Jail (photo by John McNeil)
Kalamazoo County board sets aside $850,000 for two major housing developments
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County commissioners have set aside $850,000 to help fund two major new housing developments that will create 156 new workforce housing units on the south side o...
Jan 22, 2026 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Station #1. Photo from Google Maps
