Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Oshtemo Charter Township awarded $50,000 grant to plan a "safer, more connected West Main- Drake Corridor"
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Officials with Oshtemo Charter Township say they have secured a $50,000 grant from Kalamazoo County to launch a collaborative transportation plan for the West Main ...
Nov 21, 2025
Portage Public Schools announces construction timeline after $132.4 million bond approved
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After district voters passed a $132.4 million bond earlier this month, Portage Public Schools officials say construction of the new Amberly Elementary School will begin in 2...
Nov 20, 2025 Portage Public Schools logo
WMU Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine announces Joseph Adrian Tyndall as new dean, president, and CEO
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine has a new dean, president, and CEO. Dr. Joseph Adrian Tyndall is currently the executive vice preside...
Nov 20, 2025
Porter Street NEZ part of Transformational Brownfield Project to expand housing in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Kalamazoo has several projects that will soon be underway to develop more housing for the area. An abandoned warehouse at 619 Porter Street will be turned into...
Nov 20, 2025 (courtesy Discover Kalamazoo)
AUDIO: KPS board holding meetings at neighborhood schools
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Public Schools board of education is taking their act on the road and holding meetings in neighborhood schools instead of at the Administration Building. Ton...
Nov 20, 2025
Man acquitted in Whitmer kidnapping plot running for governor
DELTON, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One of the three men who were acquitted of charges for allegedly planning to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer during the COVID-19 pandemic is seeking the Republican gubernato...
Nov 20, 2025 .2022 State of the State is set for Wednesday evening at 7.
AUDIO: Elected women in Kalamazoo County raising money, donations for Thanksgiving
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - For the first time, the Portage city council has a majority of women running the show. That board is not unique. The Kalamazoo County commission has 5 women and 4 men. The...
Nov 20, 2025 AllaSerebrina / Depositphotos.com
19-year-old suspected of shooting five people in Kalamazoo arrested in Minnesota Wednesday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The suspect in a Kalamazoo shooting that left five wounded has been arrested in St. Paul, Minnesota. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says 19-year-old Naledge Qui...
Nov 19, 2025
Murder suspect returned to Kalamazoo returned from Texas to face charges
KALAMAZOO, MI - The suspect in a Kalamazoo murder last November has been returned from Texas to face charges in Michigan. 35-year-old Norris Deshane Baker was arraigned Tuesday on open murder and othe...
Nov 19, 2025
AUDIO: Portage swears in new city council
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Portage city council swore in recently elected members and said goodbye to one council member who has held his seat for well over two decades. Mayor Patricia Randall, an...
Nov 19, 2025
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