Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Broncos get bid to Myrtle Beach Bowl to face Kennesaw State December 19
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After winning the MAC championship game Saturday, the 2025 Mid-American Conference Champion Western Michigan University football team is headed to South Carolina to play i...
Dec 08, 2025 (courtesy WMU Athletics)
Gilmore Car Museum hosting Run through the Lights Wednesday
HICKORY CORNERS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Gilmore Car Museum is inviting people to the facility Wednesday night from 5 to 9 p.m. for the Run through the Lights, presented by Gazelle Sports. The event is ...
Dec 07, 2025 Gilmore Car Museum logo
Two injured in Friday night crash in Cass County
HOWARD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A two-car crash Friday night in Cass County's Howard Township has injured two drivers. The sheriff's office says 44-year-old Nicholas Rice of Kalamazoo was heading n...
Dec 07, 2025 Cass County Sheriff's Office sign. (Photo by John McNeil)
WMU wins MAC championship, awaits bowl announcement
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Western Michigan University football team won the team's fourth league championship in school history with a 23-13 victory over Miami Ohio Saturday at Ford Field. ''We p...
Dec 07, 2025 Western Michigan University football team after MAC championship game Dec 6, 2025 (courtesy Ashley Blanchard, WMU Photographer)
Kalamazoo woman claims $3-million Mega Millions prize
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 79-year-old Kalamazoo woman has claimed a $3 million Mega Millions prize from the Michigan Lottery. Carol Bukant says she and her husband decided to buy $20 worth of tic...
Dec 05, 2025
WMU playing in MAC football championship game Saturday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's a good weekend to be a Bronco, as the football team plays this Saturday in the Mid-American Conference championship game. Athletic director Dan Bartholomae told the W...
Dec 05, 2025 (Photo courtesy of WMU)
Court Of Claims judge: Mismatched absentee ballots cannot be counted
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Court of Claims Judge Brock Swartzle has ruled that mismatched absentee ballots cannot be counted. He says the ballots only count when the unique-identifying number...
Dec 05, 2025 Mitchell Laurren-Ring / CC
AUDIO: Kalamazoo becoming more accessible for disabled, senior tourists
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo is becoming more popular for tourism. It's also a more accessible spot for those tourists who might have problems getting around. Discover Kalamazoo held a news ...
Dec 05, 2025 Jane Ghosh and Kelly Linton and other officials held their news conference at the Airway Fun Center, an accessible destination.
Construction wraps up on US-131 in Kalamazoo County
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The barrels and temporary barriers are now gone from US-131 north and southbound in Kalamazoo. The Michigan Department of Transportation says the three-year, $24-million p...
Dec 05, 2025 I 94 road project completion date revised (Photo by John McNeil)
AUDIO: Portage hold annual tree lighting ceremony Saturday evening
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - If you aren't in the holiday spirit already, here's an event to help you kickstart it. Portage will hold its annual tree lighting ceremony this Saturday evening. The event w...
Dec 05, 2025 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
