Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Portage partnering with City Wise Software on rental website
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Portage and City Wise Software are partnering to launch a new website to make it easier for landlords to list properties and residents to be able to find somewhe...
Oct 24, 2025 Portage City Hall seal. (Photo by John McNeil).
Kalamazoo Loaves and Fishes prepared to help is SNAP benefits are curtailed due to federal government shutdown
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - In Kalamazoo County, there are 35,183 recipients of SNAP benefits, including 39% who are under the age of 18, and they are in danger of losing those food benefits if the f...
Oct 23, 2025
AUDIO: Portage trash controversy not going away anytime soon
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's not clear how big an impact the ongoing trash controversy in Portage will have on city elections in two weeks, but it's clear the issue is not going away. This week, th...
Oct 23, 2025
Palisades contractor falls into water tank above reactor
COVERT TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A contractor at Palisades nuclear power plant in Covert Township is back on the job after they fell into a water tank that was above a nuclear reactor on Tuesday. Ho...
Oct 23, 2025
Mendon automotive supplier laying off 178 workers
MENDON, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - International Automotive Components Mendon is laying off 178 employees in early December. The company filed a notice with the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opport...
Oct 23, 2025 Feverpitch / Depositphotos.com
AUDIO: Portage rejects deal with Kalamazoo County for emergency management staffer
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Portage city council has rejected a deal worked out between city and Kalamazoo County officials to share an emergency manager, saying they want that person focused on th...
Oct 23, 2025 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
Fuel Wood Harvest begins next month in Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The City of Portage is now accepting applications for Fuel Wood Harvest Permits as part of the city's Timber Harvest Program, which launches November 1. City officials say t...
Oct 23, 2025 (courtesy City of Portage)
Kalamazoo County board has a few finishing touches to make to 2026 budget
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County board has approved their 2026 budget but still have some finishing touches to put on the document. They have time, as it doesn't take effect until the...
Oct 22, 2025
Calhoun County deputies seize 68 dogs in animal cruelty investigation
NEWTON TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - 68 dogs have been surrendered to the Calhoun County Animal Shelter by a 68-year-old Newton Township woman. The county sheriff's office responded to her home in the 8...
Oct 22, 2025 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
Kalamazoo Gospel Mission says they have open beds in shelter
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There are open beds available for the homeless in Kalamazoo at the Kalamazoo Gospel Mission. Chief operating officer John Simpson says they have 80 beds for men and 60 bed...
Oct 22, 2025 Kalamazoo Gospel Ministries (KGM) logo. (Image courtesy of Kalamazoo Gospel Ministries).
