Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Former Battle Creek police officer gets probation for pointing gun
LIVONIA, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Former Battle Creek police officer Hunter Barnett will be on probation for a year after he pointed a gun at another officer when they were both off-duty and at a Livonia hot...
Oct 22, 2025
Kalamazoo County Fair might return in August 2026
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It looks like the Kalamazoo County Fair might just make a comeback next summer. Last night, the county board authorized staff to find somebody or someway to organize a fai...
Oct 22, 2025 Kalamazoo County Youth Fair and Family Festival logo
Animal cruelty case under investigation in Cass County
CASS COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An animal cruelty case is under investigation by the Cass County Sheriff's Office. The Animal Control Division received two dogs on September 30 that were found as stray...
Oct 22, 2025 (courtesy Cass County Animal Control)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County board approves 2026 budget
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It came down to the home stretch, but the Kalamazoo County commission has approved its 2026 budget. Commissioners and staff were tying up loose ends right up until the fin...
Oct 22, 2025 jittawit.21 / Depositphotos.com
Anonymous $1.52 million gift to WMed will expand access to child and adolescent psychiatry care in Southwest Michigan
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Officials with the Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine say a recent $1.52 million gift from anonymous donors in the Kalamazoo community will ...
Oct 21, 2025 (courtesy Western Michigan University)
Battle Creek Police investigating fatal motorcycle crash on SW Capital Avenue
BATTLE CREEK, Mi (WKZO AM/FM) - A 24-year-old man who had been riding a motorcycle collided with another vehicle and was killed Monday afternoon in Battle Creek. The Battle Creek Police Department say...
Oct 21, 2025 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Palisades nuclear plant receives new fuel ahead of restart
COVERT TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Palisades nuclear power plant in Covert Township has received its first shipment of nuclear fuel as Holtec International moves toward restarting the plant. They ...
Oct 21, 2025
AUDIO: Malcolm Hankins selected as Kalamazoo's next city manager
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The City of Kalamazoo will open contract negotiations with Des Moines Assistant City Manager Malcolm Hankins to be their next city manager. It was a close vote by the city...
Oct 21, 2025
YWCA Kalamazoo warns of service reductions with new state budget, appealing to community for funding
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Officials with YWCA Kalamazoo say they are facing major cuts from the Michigan state budget passed earlier this month, and they say that puts lives are on the line. "For a...
Oct 20, 2025 Maryland GovPics / CC
Two separate firearms arrests over the weekend in Calhoun County
SPRINGFIELD, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office made two separate firearms-related arrests in the City of Springfield over the weekend as part of what they say are ongoing patrol ef...
Oct 20, 2025
