Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Portage trash referendum on Tuesday's ballot
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Tuesday is an election day in Michigan, and Kalamazoo area polls will have a number of items on ballots around the county, for those of you who haven't voted absentee. The m...
May 04, 2026 Portage City Hall seal. (Photo by John McNeil).
Career Connect students, partners recognized at 40th Annual Outstanding Achievement Awards
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency (KRESA) and KRESA Foundation honored 93 learners in Kalamazoo County at the 40th annual Outstanding Achievement Awards this p...
May 02, 2026
Traffic changes underway for West Centre Avenue construction project
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Beginning Friday, traffic control measures were put in place for the start of road construction on West Centre Avenue between Oakland Drive and Shaver Road. The West Centre ...
May 02, 2026
Shots fired late Thursday night outside Mobil gas station in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Shots were fired just after 11:00 p.m. Thursday in the city of Springfield at a Mobil gas station. The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office responded to the call from dispatc...
May 01, 2026 (courtesy Calhoun County Sheriff's Office)
Michigan's average gas price up to $4.58, 28¢ above national average
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The average price of a gallon of gas in Michigan is skyrocketing higher, up 71 in the last week and a $1.35 higher than last year. Triple-A Michigan says the statewide aver...
May 01, 2026 Robert Geiger / CC
House Speaker Hall wants property tax cut connected to budget
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall says he wants the Republican property tax cut plan connected with the final Fiscal Year 2027 budget. The Richland lawmaker says the plan has...
May 01, 2026
U.S. Small Business Administration grants disaster declaration for three SW Michigan counties
WASHINGTON, DC (WKZO AM/FM) - The U.S. Small Business Administration has granted a disaster declaration for Branch, Cass, and St. Joseph counties in southwest Michigan after four tornadoes hit the are...
May 01, 2026
Battle Creek names interim community services director
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Battle Creek has named Code Compliance manager Jason Francisco the city's interim community services director. Francisco will take on the role effective May...
Apr 30, 2026 City of Battle Creek logo
Allegan County Sheriff's Office says mother shot, killed 10-year-old son and then herself
CLYDE TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Allegan County Sheriff's Office has identified the mother and son who were found dead in a murder-suicide Wednesday morning in Clyde Township. Deputies say she wa...
Apr 30, 2026 Allegan County Sheriff's Patch (image courtesy Allegan Co. Sheriff's Dept.)
200 apply ahead of Kalamazoo County transitional family shelter opening
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) The former Country Inn & Suites Hotel in Kalamazoo has been transformed to be a transitional family shelter for the homeless in Kalamazoo County. 200 applications...
Apr 30, 2026
