Category Archives: Kalamazoo News

Opponents of Ford's BlueOval Battery Plant appeal to Michigan Supreme Court
MARSHALL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Opponents of Ford Motor Company's planned BlueOval Battery Plant in Marshall are planning to appeal a Michigan Court of Appeals decision to the Michigan Supreme Court. The ...
Michael Arney Mar 03, 2026 Courtesy Ford Blue Oval Park

New wholesale tax drops cannabis revenue in Michigan 16% in January
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM.FM) - The cannabis industry in Michigan is reeling from the results of a 24% wholesale tax that took effect January 1st. Revenue is down 16% statewide and a group of state senator...
Michael Arney Mar 03, 2026 jeremyn / Depositphotos.com

AUDIO: Kalamazoo city commission hears all sorts of feedback
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - When it comes to public interaction, few local governmental bodies get more of it than the city of Kalamazoo. Commissioners give the public a chance to speak on any issue ...
John McNeill Mar 03, 2026 (courtesy Discover Kalamazoo)

One injured in Pennfield Township shooting
PENNFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One person is hospitalized after being shot and injured in Pennfield Township near Battle Creek. The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office says the shooting happened ar...
Michael Arney Mar 03, 2026 (courtesy Calhoun County Sheriff's Office)

AUDIO: More road work planned in Kalamazoo over the next several years
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A reminder that major construction could be coming to Kalamazoo soon, and for years to come. Last night, City Engineer Dennis Randolph asked city commissioners to approve ...
John McNeill Mar 03, 2026

Southwest Michigan First CEO stepping down
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Southwest Michigan First says CEO Jonas Peterson is stepping down on March 26th for a different job. President Carla Sones will be their interim CEO while they do a search...
Michael Arney Mar 03, 2026

More work at I-94/U.S. 131 interchange begins this week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A $13 million project to add a lane to the westbound I-94 to northbound U.S. 131 interchange near Kalamazoo began Monday. Work is expected to be completed by September 202...
Ken Delaney Mar 03, 2026 (courtesy Michigan Department of Transportation)

KDPS looking for suspect in February 22nd murder
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety is looking for a 37-year-old man wanted for murder. Nelson Cobas is accused of shooting and killing 35-year-old Jamel Coleman aro...
Michael Arney Mar 02, 2026

Kalamazoo man arrested on multiple charges after search warrant finds drugs, stolen gun, more
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 43-year-old Kalamazoo man is in the Kalamazoo County Jail on 8 charges after the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team, Crime Reduction Team, and SWAT carried out a search w...
Michael Arney Mar 02, 2026

AUDIO: Kalamazoo County has over $450,000 in ARPA money that needs to be spent
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County is once again having to reallocate unallocated federal COVID-19 dollars, with the clock ticking on that money. Any American Rescue Plan Act dollars not sp...
John McNeill Mar 02, 2026




