Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
KDPS chief says youth gun violence has dropped in the city
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, it seemed that teen gun violence had gotten out of hand in Kalamazoo, and many local efforts were initiated in response. Kalamazoo ...
Jan 20, 2026
Winter Storm Warning continues for Kalamazoo County, with treacherous roads multiple accidents
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Temperatures in the teens, snow, and gusty winds are contributing to make the start of the week a challenge around southwest Michigan. Kalamazoo County is under a Winter S...
Jan 19, 2026 ronniechua / Depositphotos.com
Suspect in woman's death accused of taking several hundred dollars from her
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The man charged with killing 71-year-old Virginia Cramer is also accused of taking several hundred dollars from her bank account after he killed her. Cramer's boyfriend, J...
Jan 19, 2026 Murder suspect Jose Louies Mata (courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
State House Republicans get legal win in work project fund battle
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan House Republicans have received a legal win in their fight to stop 645-million-dollars in work project funds from being spent. Court of Claims Judge Michael Gadola ...
Jan 19, 2026
AUDIO: WMU has MLK Jr. Day events today
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day and events are being held throughout the state to remember the slain civil rights leader. At Western Michigan University, chair of MLK ...
Jan 19, 2026 WMU logo (courtesy Western Michigan University)
Kalamazoo County commission being asked to approve Housing for All Millage funding for two projects
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County board will be asked Tuesday to approve funding from the Housing for All Millage to a couple of downtown multi-family housing projects. One of the gran...
Jan 19, 2026
Gas prices up 15¢ from last week in Michigan
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan drivers are paying 15 more per gallon to fill the gas tank than last week. Triple-A Michigan says the statewide average price is now $2.96, up 18 from last month a...
Jan 19, 2026
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County board to look at using housing millage to extend voucher program
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County board will consider dipping into the housing millage to extend a housing voucher program that has been put in jeopardy by the federal government. Fund...
Jan 19, 2026
AUDIO: Kalamazoo city commission to consider rezoning 19 acres next to Asylum Lake Preserve
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - When the Kalamazoo city commission considers the highly controversial plans to rezone land near Asylum Lake for a car wash next Monday, fur may fly, but it will the the fa...
Jan 19, 2026
Juvenile pedestrian sustains serious injuries in hit-and-run accident
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A teenager was seriously injured after being struck in a hit-and-run accident in Kalamazoo County's Comstock Township Saturday evening. The accident happened just ...
Jan 17, 2026 72soul / Depositphotos.com
