Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Kalamazoo County relaunches Veterans Treatment Court
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County is relaunching its Veterans Treatment Court to help people with a variety of issues from homelessness, family troubles, mental health support, and drug an...
Nov 11, 2025 Judge Charles A. Pratt Justice Center (courtesy Kalamazoo County Government)
Lifeguard framework to go before South Haven city council
SOUTH HAVEN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The South Haven city council will review a 93-page report from consultants on re-launching a lifeguard program on the Lake Michigan beaches next Monday. If the council a...
Nov 11, 2025 South Beach at South Haven, MI (courtesy of southhaven.org)
MDHHS directs SNAP vendor to resume full November payments
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has directed its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program vendor to once again start issuing full SNAP benefits for Nov...
Nov 11, 2025 SNAP logo
Former Comstock Township deputy fire chief sentenced for drunk driving crash
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Comstock Township's former deputy fire chief will spend the next 18 months on probation for a drunk driving crash in June that injured 11-year-old La'Shae Parker. Michael ...
Nov 11, 2025
Funeral set for Wednesday for Oshtemo Township firefighter
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The funeral will be held tomorrow for Oshtemo Township firefighter Charlie Sullivan, who was killed in a fiery motorcycle crash last Wednesday on the west side of Kalamazo...
Nov 11, 2025
$1.6 Million initiative to boost wages for some Southwest Michigan child care workers
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Some early childhood educators in southwest Michigan may soon receive a financial boost through a $1.6 million grant from the Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Ad...
Nov 10, 2025
City of Kalamazoo hosting food drive to benefit Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Kalamazoo is hosting a food drive from Wednesday, November 12th through Thursday, November 20th. The drive was organized in response to increasing food insecur...
Nov 10, 2025
KVET arrests man on drug, gun charges
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team has arrested a 27-year-old Kalamazoo man for drug possession and illegal weapon possession. Officers executed a search warrant on Tue...
Nov 10, 2025
Tuesday is Veterans Day; veteran's memorial to be unveiled today at Pratt Justice Center
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Tuesday is Veterans Day, and this year there will be one new event and a new venue for the annual celebration in Kalamazoo. This afternoon, Kalamazoo County Administrator ...
Nov 10, 2025 Judge Charles A. Pratt Justice Center (courtesy Kalamazoo County Government)
Today is 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
WHITEFISH POINT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The freighter Edmund Fitzgerald sank 50 years ago today in Lake Superior, claiming the lives of the 29 crewmen aboard. Their family members gathered at Mariners' Chu...
Nov 10, 2025 Edmund Fitzgerald in 1971 - via Wikipedia
