Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: Representative Longjohn tells Portage City Council bills introduced to better regulate Flock cameras
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County state Representative Matt Longjohn says two bills have been introduced in the legislature to make sure Flock camera security systems are being used properly...
Feb 25, 2026
State of the State address tonight
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer will deliver her final State of the State address tonight before a joint session of the Michigan Legislature. Whitmer's speech is scheduled to begi...
Feb 25, 2026
Portage public safety officials grilled by city council on Flock license plate readers
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Portage public safety officials got a grilling last night from the city council to make sure that their Flock license plate readers are not being accessed by federal immigra...
Feb 25, 2026 Accident in Portage Tuesday seriously injures Kalamazoo man (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
Driver hospitalized after stolen vehicle crashes in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A juvenile who was driving a stolen Kia in Kalamazoo Tuesday is hospitalized with serious injuries after crashing the car. The crash happened at the intersection of Dougla...
Feb 25, 2026 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety cruiser. (Photo by Jeana Gondek).
AUDIO: Portage enacts moratorium on data centers, high-tech battery storage systems
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Portage has now enacted a temporary moratorium on high tech battery storage systems and data centers, to give them time to come up with new ordinances to regulat...
Feb 25, 2026 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
City of Kalamazoo officials say traffic crashes continue to decline
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The City of Kalamazoo says new data shows its Safe Streets for All Safety Action Plan continues to work, as 2025 marked another year of sustained improvement in city-wide ...
Feb 24, 2026
Housing Resources Inc. holding annual Walk to End Homelessness March 21st
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Housing Resources Incorporated is holding their annual Walk to End Homelessness on Saturday, March 21st. Hundreds of volunteers will take to the streets of Kalamazoo to ra...
Feb 24, 2026
Remains found in Grand Traverse County may be missing woman
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Western Michigan University Medical Examiner's Office in Kalamazoo is examining the human remains discovered Friday afternoon in Grand Traverse County to determine who...
Feb 24, 2026 (courtesy Western Michigan University)
Senator Nesbitt to deliver Republican response to Whitmer's State of the State
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt of Van Buren County will give the Republican response to Governor Gretchen Whitmer's final State of the State address. This will...
Feb 24, 2026 State Senator Aric Nesbitt, R-Lawton. (Photo courtesy Michigan Senate Republicans).
WMU College of Aviation receives $819,000 in federal funding to expand workforce development
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Officials with Western Michigan University's College of Aviation say a new $819,000 federal grant will help them bolster aviation workforce training at the school. The mon...
Feb 23, 2026 (courtesy WMU College of Aviation)
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