Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Portage City Council to discuss data center and battery storage facility permits, Comstock Township to consider protest over supervisor's liquor license
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two area meetings tonight could each draw quite a crowd, for very different reasons. The Portage City Council will hold a public hearing on its plans to put a one-year morat...
Mar 24, 2026 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
Arrest made in fatal Christmas Eve crash in Kalamazoo, driver charged with second degree murder
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 20-year-old man is being charged with second degree murder after an accident last Christmas Eve that claimed the life of a Kalamazoo woman. The Kalamazoo County Prosecut...
Mar 23, 2026 AVFC / Depositphotos.com
Three top seeds in NCAA hockey tournament are Michigan teams
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Three of the four top seeds in the NCAA men's hockey tournament are Michigan teams. Defending national champion Western Michigan University is the top seed in the Loveland...
Mar 23, 2026 WMU hockey team vs Minnesota State March 27, 2025 (photo courtesy of Dan Cash, Midwest Communications, Fargo)
Michigan gas prices up 33¢ in past week
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Gas prices in Michigan are at their highest level since August, 2023. AAA Michigan says the average price is up 33 from last week to $3.92 a gallon, which is $1.07 more tha...
Mar 23, 2026
Spring break starts Friday; KPS urging parents to check children's grades
KALAMAZOO, MIM (WKZO AM/FM) - Spring break begins at the end of this week in Kalamazoo-area public school districts. Kalamazoo Public Schools superintendent Darrin Slade says this is a good time for p...
Mar 23, 2026 (Photo provided by John McNeill)
U.S. Department of Justice seizes four websites used by Iran for cyberattacks
WASHINGTON, DC (WKZO AM/FM) - The website that the Iranian hacker group Handala used for their cyberattack on Portage-based Stryker Corporation has been seized by the U.S. Department of Justice. The D...
Mar 23, 2026 Stryker logo. (Photo courtesy of Stryker).
Kalamazoo County awards contracts for new downtown parking ramp
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Contracts have been awarded to start construction on the new Kalamazoo County parking ramp just off Kalamazoo Avenue. When it's finished, it could be one of the most disti...
Mar 23, 2026
Kahil Fennell named new WMU men's basketball coach
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Western Michigan University has hired a highly successful coach from Texas to head its men's basketball program. President/Director of Athletics Dan Bartholomae has announ...
Mar 22, 2026
Pedestrian struck and killed on US-131 in Oshtemo Township Saturday night
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 21-year-old man from Illinois is dead after being struck by a vehicle on northbound US-131 Saturday night. The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office says the man was ...
Mar 22, 2026 Alex_Schmidt / Depositphotos.com
Shooting victim in critical condition, KDPS looking for suspect who fled the scene
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety is asking for the public's help to identify a suspect following an early Saturday morning shooting. Just after midnight KDPS offi...
Mar 21, 2026 zimmytws / Depositphotos.com
