Category Archives: Kalamazoo News

PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Portage city council approved a controversial rewrite of their ordinance for zoning homes by the thinnest of margins, partly because of citizen opposition. On a rare 4-t...

ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 24, 2026) - If Lakeshore seniors missed the Community Day in Holland a month ago, a similar event takes place this Thursday in Allegan. The Allegan County Senior Expo foc...

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety has identified the victim in Sunday's homicide investigation as 44-year-old Alexis "Alex" Jose Freay-Caballero. Around 5:40 p.m. ...

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement and Crime Reduction teams have seized nearly a pound of fentanyl when they executed two search warrants in the city of Kalamazoo on June 1...

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo jury has found 47-year-old Vernon Powell guilty of second-degree murder in the September 2022 shooting death of 28-year-old Aaron Starling. He was also convict...

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Court records say the death in November 2025 of a three-month-old boy in Kalamazoo named Brooklyn was caused by an overdose of the active ingredient in Benadryl. Tristan S...

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man was killed around 9:30 p.m. Monday when he was hit by an Amtrak train in Kalamazoo. Public safety responded to the railroad tracks at Oliver Street near Stadium Driv...

DOWAGIAC, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 22-year old Dowagiac man has been arrested and charged with failure to stop at an accident resulting in death, reckless driving causing death, and tampering with evidence...

LAWTON, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After President Trump endorsed one of his chief rivals, Senator Aric Nesbitt has suspended his campaign for governor in Michigan. In an email to supporters Monday, Nesbitt he...

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Summer graduation ceremonies will be held this Saturday at Western Michigan University, with nearly 1,000 degrees to be awarded. The university says that is 709 at the bac...