Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: Final meeting tonight for 55th Kalamazoo City Commission
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The 55th Kalamazoo City Commission meets for the last time tonight, just long enough to pay tribute to retiring City Manager Jim Ritsema and approve some meeting minutes. ...
Nov 17, 2025 Kalamazoo City Hall in the fall. (Photo by John McNeill).
City to officially unveil new multipurpose building at the Kalamazoo Farmers Market today
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A ribbon cutting ceremony for the new multipurpose building at the Kalamazoo Farmers Market will be held this afternoon. The 3:00 p.m. ceremony will include a welcome from...
Nov 17, 2025
Two teens injured in Sunday night shooting incident
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two teens were wounded in a shooting incident in Kalamazoo Sunday evening. At approximately 8:40 p.m. Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officers responded to reports o...
Nov 16, 2025
City of Kalamazoo to hold community open houses for upcoming street safety projects
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The City of Kalamazoo is planning two open house-style public meetings in the next several weeks to roll out details on major street projects. City officials say improveme...
Nov 16, 2025 (courtesy City of Kalamazoo)
Mayor Anderson, plus three commissioners, to take oath of office Monday afternoon
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo City Commission will have a new look in its first meeting since the November 4 election. Mayor David Anderson, who was easily re-elected to a fourth term, al...
Nov 15, 2025 Kalamazoo Mayor David Anderson
Kalamazoo County Commission chair announces bid for State House
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The current chair of the Kalamazoo County Commission is hoping to make a move to Lansing next. Jen Strebs officially announced her bid for the 41st District State House se...
Nov 14, 2025
NTSB releases information about deadly Bath Township plane crash
BATH TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - New information about last month's deadly plane crash in Bath Township has been released by the National Transportation Safety Board. Investigators say the three-man c...
Nov 14, 2025
Deaths in Kalamazoo County returning to normal after COVID-19
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The latest data on deaths in Kalamazoo shows things continue to return to normal since the COVID-19 pandemic, with a slight uptick in local suicides among the young last y...
Nov 14, 2025 (courtesy Western Michigan University)
Human remains found near Otsego in welfare check
OTSEGO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State Police troopers say they found human remains near Otsego during a welfare check. They were called to an area on M-89 north of 106th Avenue in Otsego T...
Nov 14, 2025 MSP investigating death of 2 year old in Cass County
22 Republican lawmakers want U.S. Justice Department monitoring Michigan's elections
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - 22 Republican lawmakers, led by state Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt of Van Buren County, are asking U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to have the U.S. Department of Just...
Nov 14, 2025 State Senator Aric Nesbitt filing for paperwork for the 20th Senate District (submitted photo)
