Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Storms cause power outages, damage to trees, and downed power lines across multiple counties
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Severe thunderstorms ripping through West Michigan Monday afternoon, August 29, following warm and muggy air that was prevalent earlier in the day. The National Weather S...
Aug 29, 2022 Photo of storm damage in Calhoun County near I-94 and Helmer Road. (Photo courtesy of Jennifer Davis)
Kalamazoo named one of 2022 top 100 best places to live by Livability
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The city of Kalamazoo named one of 2022 Top 100 Best Places to Live according to Livability.com. With a total population of just over 76,000, Kalamazoo outpaced more than...
Aug 29, 2022
Consumers Energy preparing for potentially hazardous thunderstorms for Monday evening
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Consumers Energy is preparing for damaging winds and severe thunderstorms that are expected to impact the lake shore, Grand Rapids, and the areas south of I-96 starting M...
Aug 29, 2022 Consumers Energy truck parked at WKZO studios in Kalamazoo, MI. (Photo by Will Kriss).
Bell's Brewery's 'Go Where The Trail Leads You' campaign returns for 2022
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Bell's Brewery is teaming up with Partnership for the National Trails System (PNTS) for the second year in a row to encourage people to enjoy trails across America, and i...
Aug 29, 2022 Bell's Brewery logo. (Image courtesy of Bell's Brewery).
Portage police identify Kalamazoo woman killed in shooting incident on I-94 Friday
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Portage police have now identified the 22-year-old fatal victim of a Friday evening shooting as Naya Reynolds of Kalamazoo. As of Monday morning, a second female victim, who...
Aug 29, 2022 (photo by John McNeil)
Two injured in shooting incident on Lake Street in Kalamazoo Sunday afternoon
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two people were struck by gunfire in a shooting in the 1100 block of Lake Street in Kalamazoo Sunday afternoon. At approximately 2:00 p.m., officers with the Kalamazoo Dep...
Aug 29, 2022 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety vehicle. (Photo by John McNeil).
AUDIO: School is back in session Kalamazoo County: Are you ready?
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Today, Monday, August 29, is the first day of school in Kalamazoo County, and for the first time in a few years, classes will begin in it's largest school district withou...
Aug 29, 2022 Bill McChesney / CC
WMU student dies after hit and run accident early Saturday morning
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The victim in Saturday's early morning hit and run accident in Kalamazoo has passed away.The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says 21-year-old Kaylee Gansberg from Li...
Aug 28, 2022 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Parker Hannifin Corporation donates bike repair station to Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo area bikers will soon have a new resource at their fingertips. As of Tuesday, August 30, they'll have a bike repair station at Portage's Celery Flats Pavilion tha...
Aug 28, 2022
1 dead, 2 wounded, including infant, in overnight shooting
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Police are investigating a shooting where one woman was killed, another woman wounded, along with an infant Friday evening, August 26. Portage Public Safety fire and police...
Aug 27, 2022 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
