Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Kalamazoo County Sheriff's deputies apprehend two on stolen vehicle charges
OSHTEMO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - What started out as an investigation into a possible carjacking in Allegan County ended with the apprehension of two suspects on stolen vehicle charges in Kalamazoo County o...
Nov 09, 2022 (Photo by John McNeil).
Kalamazoo County voters reject Headlee override proposal
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's been said that Kalamazoo County voters never met a millage they didn't like. It appears they found one yesterday, defeating a county request to rollback the Headlee A...
Nov 09, 2022
Faces to change on Portage and Kalamazoo school boards
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There were school board races on the ballot yesterday and there will be changes in the two of the biggest districts in Kalamazoo County. The most dramatic switch may be in P...
Nov 09, 2022 Portage Public Schools logo courtesy of Portage Public Schools)
Huizenga wins reelection, now representing Michigan's 4th Congressional District
ZEELAND, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Congressman Bill Huizenga, the Zeeland Republican, will be returning to Washington D.C., but representing the newly redrawn 4th Congressional District. Major news organizati...
Nov 08, 2022 Congressman Bill Huizenga (courtesy U.S. House)
Officials: Progress continues toward finding solutions to gun violence in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The community effort to prevent gun violence in Kalamazoo is moving forward slowly, but officials say they are making progress. Jen Heymoss, who coordinates the Gun Violen...
Nov 08, 2022 (courtesy City of Kalamazoo)
AUDIO: Leaders of community groups question city officials on KDPS chief's investigation progress
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It has been nearly four months since Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Chief Vernon Coakley was put on leave following harassment complaints, and local officials in th...
Nov 08, 2022 Former Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Police Chief Vernon Coakley. (Photo courtesy of KDPS).
Unionized nurses at Ascension Borgess Hospital to hold informational picket Saturday morning
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - In anticipation of the expiration of their contract this Friday at midnight, unionized nurses at Ascension Borgess Hospital plan to hold an informational picket Saturday m...
Nov 08, 2022 Beacon Kalamazoo Hospital, formerly Ascension Borgess
Suspect wanted on an outstanding warrant leads police on late night chase, still at large
PAVILION TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There were no injuries, but a suspect is still at large after a police chase through several townships and the City of Kalamazoo late Monday. Around 10:00 p.m., Ka...
Nov 08, 2022 (Photo by John McNeil)
Upton wants local officials to push back on proposed postal service changes
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Congressman Fred Upton wants local officials to protest changes to the Postal Service that could further delay deliveries. The proposal would force postal carriers from a ...
Nov 07, 2022 Congressman Fred Upton, with Keven Trayer from Michiana Area Association of Postal Supervisors at his office in Kalamazoo Nov. 7, 2022 (courtesy John McNeill)
Consumers Energy crews continuing power restoration, with emphasis on election polling locations
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Consumers Energy crews have restored more than 103,000 customers as of late Monday morning after wind gusts over 65 mph swept through the state and took down nearly 2,000 ...
Nov 07, 2022 A Consumers Energy crew working to restore power (courtesy Consumers Energy)
Wed Aug 19
Kalamazoo, MI, USA
76°FFeels Like: 76°F
Wind/Dir: 12 MPH-NNW
Humidity: 61%
