Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
WMU playing in MAC football championship game Saturday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's a good weekend to be a Bronco, as the football team plays this Saturday in the Mid-American Conference championship game. Athletic director Dan Bartholomae told the W...
Dec 05, 2025 (Photo courtesy of WMU)
Court Of Claims judge: Mismatched absentee ballots cannot be counted
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Court of Claims Judge Brock Swartzle has ruled that mismatched absentee ballots cannot be counted. He says the ballots only count when the unique-identifying number...
Dec 05, 2025 Mitchell Laurren-Ring / CC
AUDIO: Kalamazoo becoming more accessible for disabled, senior tourists
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo is becoming more popular for tourism. It's also a more accessible spot for those tourists who might have problems getting around. Discover Kalamazoo held a news ...
Dec 05, 2025 Jane Ghosh and Kelly Linton and other officials held their news conference at the Airway Fun Center, an accessible destination.
Construction wraps up on US-131 in Kalamazoo County
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The barrels and temporary barriers are now gone from US-131 north and southbound in Kalamazoo. The Michigan Department of Transportation says the three-year, $24-million p...
Dec 05, 2025 I 94 road project completion date revised (Photo by John McNeil)
AUDIO: Portage hold annual tree lighting ceremony Saturday evening
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - If you aren't in the holiday spirit already, here's an event to help you kickstart it. Portage will hold its annual tree lighting ceremony this Saturday evening. The event w...
Dec 05, 2025 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
AUDIO: Room and board rates increasing in fall for WMU students
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Western Michigan University students planning to return next fall got a early preview of what room and board rates are going to look like at this week's Board of Trustees ...
Dec 05, 2025 WMU logo (courtesy Western Michigan University)
Officials in Comstock and Oshtemo townships face possible recall after petition language approved
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Organizers will now begin collecting signatures to put the recall of officials in Comstock and Oshtemo townships on the ballot. The Kalamazoo County Election Commi...
Dec 05, 2025 outchill / Depositphotos.com
Battle Creek, South Haven get MDOT grants for 2026 road projects
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Transportation has announced 11 Transportation Economic Development Fund Category F grants totaling $3.9 million to help rebuild local roads ...
Dec 04, 2025 elenathewise / Depositphotos.com
Poll shows 4th Congressional District between Huizenga, McCann nearly even
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A new poll from Public Policy Polling is showing a near dead heat in Michigan's 4th U.S. House district. Republican Congressman Bill Huizenga has a 44-to-42% edge over Dem...
Dec 04, 2025 State Senator Sean McCann
Bittersweet Resort open today for skiing
OTSEGO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Bittersweet Resort is the first ski area in west Michigan to open for the season. They are welcoming skiers starting today at 3 p.m., and they have 20 runs open. Timber Ridge...
Dec 04, 2025
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