Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: Room and board rates increasing in fall for WMU students
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Western Michigan University students planning to return next fall got a early preview of what room and board rates are going to look like at this week's Board of Trustees ...
Dec 05, 2025 WMU logo (courtesy Western Michigan University)
Officials in Comstock and Oshtemo townships face possible recall after petition language approved
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Organizers will now begin collecting signatures to put the recall of officials in Comstock and Oshtemo townships on the ballot. The Kalamazoo County Election Commi...
Dec 05, 2025 outchill / Depositphotos.com
Battle Creek, South Haven get MDOT grants for 2026 road projects
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Transportation has announced 11 Transportation Economic Development Fund Category F grants totaling $3.9 million to help rebuild local roads ...
Dec 04, 2025 elenathewise / Depositphotos.com
Poll shows 4th Congressional District between Huizenga, McCann nearly even
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A new poll from Public Policy Polling is showing a near dead heat in Michigan's 4th U.S. House district. Republican Congressman Bill Huizenga has a 44-to-42% edge over Dem...
Dec 04, 2025 State Senator Sean McCann
Bittersweet Resort open today for skiing
OTSEGO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Bittersweet Resort is the first ski area in west Michigan to open for the season. They are welcoming skiers starting today at 3 p.m., and they have 20 runs open. Timber Ridge...
Dec 04, 2025
Bronson Health, United Healthcare reach deal extending coverage through January
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Bronson Health and United Healthcare have reached a deal to extend in-network coverage through January 2026. The negotiations for a long-term deal are still progressing. U...
Dec 04, 2025 Bronson sign in Kalamazoo. (Photo by John McNeil)
MDOT looking at temporary fix to reopen ramp
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Transportation is looking at a temporary fix to get the ramp from westbound Interstate 196 to southbound US-131 open around the start of Janu...
Dec 04, 2025
Study finds Michigan drivers saving average $357 on auto insurance
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A study has found Michigan drivers are saving $357 on average on auto insurance since reforms were made to the state's no-fault insurance law in 2019. That is a drop of 18.8...
Dec 03, 2025 Chris Yarzab / CC
AUDIO: Model UN conference being held at Radisson in downtown Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Residents of downtown Kalamazoo may notice they have been invaded this week by very young adults. Here is Downtown Kalamazoo Incorporated's Jane Ghosh. Participating stude...
Dec 03, 2025 Radisson Plaza Hotel - Kalamazoo, MI - Google Street View
U.S. Department Of Energy giving Holtec International $400-million for reactors
COVERT TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Holtec International is receiving $400-million from the U.S. Department of Energy to complete two small modular reactors at the Palisades nuclear power plant in Cove...
Dec 03, 2025
