Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Wings West to reopen as BIGGBY COFFEE Ice Cube - Kalamazoo in June
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The former Wings West ice arena will reopen in June and have a new name. Black Bear Sports Group says the facility will be called the BIGGBY COFFEE Ice Cube - Kalamazoo. I...
Mar 13, 2026
Cleanup continues from Friday's four deadly tornadoes
THREE RIVERS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Cleanup efforts are continuing around southwest Michigan as a result of the four tornadoes that hit from Edwardsburg to Clarendon Township on Friday. Over 50 American R...
Mar 12, 2026
Whitmer sends letter asking Congress to enact statutory restraints on presidential tariff power
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has sent a letter signed by 18 other governors to Congress to urge they pass statutory constraints on presidential tariff power. The gover...
Mar 12, 2026 Governor Gretchen Whitmer announcing her Lowering MI Costs Plan in Lansing, MI Feb 6, 2022 (courtesy Office of Governor)
State House Republicans Spotlight "Project Lighthouse" Effort to Turn Back Renewable Energy Mandates
YouTube video courtesy Michigan House Republicans LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 12, 2026) - Energy was on the mind of majority Republicans in the state House on Wednesday. Speaker Matt Hall used his w...
Mar 12, 2026
Stryker Corporation hit by Iranian cyberattack
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Stryker Corporation in Portage has been hit by a cyberattack linked to Iran. The medical technology manufacturing company says they have had a "global network disruption to ...
Mar 12, 2026 Stryker logo. (Photo courtesy of Stryker).
Two boys, 14 and 16-years-old, arrested on weapons charges in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 14-year-old boy and a 16-year-old boy are both in the Kalamazoo County Juvenile Home on several weapons charges. The two were arrested Monday by the Kalamazoo Crime Redu...
Mar 11, 2026
President Trump to send more funding for 2025 ice storm recovery
WASHINGTON, DC (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer met with President Donald Trump at the White House yesterday and secured a deal for more federal funding for recovery efforts from last year's n...
Mar 11, 2026 Matt Johnson / CC
KDPS uses over one-million gallons of water at recycling plant fire
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety used over a million gallons of water to put out a large fire outside Kalamazoo Metal Recyclers Monday night and early Tuesday mor...
Mar 11, 2026 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety graphic (courtesy of KDPS)
AUDIO: WMU to purchase Newell Rubbermaid building
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Western Michigan University board of trustees has decided at a special meeting not to resell the former Newell Rubbermaid Research Facility at the BTR Park, but it was...
Mar 11, 2026 The Newell Rubbermaid facility at Western Michigan University (courtesy WMU)
City of Kalamazoo seeking applications from small businesses for MEDC Match on Main grants
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The City of Kalamazoo is inviting downtown small businesses to apply for a chance to receive up to $25,000 in grant funding through the Michigan Economic Development Corpo...
Mar 11, 2026 (courtesy City of Kalamazoo)
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