Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: City of Kalamazoo to renovate Arthur Washington Jr. Crosstown Center
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Kalamazoo has big plans for a structure that used to house district court before they built the new courthouse downtown. The Arthur Washington Jr. Crosstown Ce...
Nov 26, 2025
Man arrested on multiple charges in Cass County
CALVIN TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Cass County Drug Enforcement Team has arrested a 55-year-old man in Calvin Township on charges including possession of drugs with intent to deliver, possessing s...
Nov 26, 2025 Cass County Sheriff's Office sign. (Photo by John McNeil)
Kalamazoo County planning to bring back full-blown county fair in 2026
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County will be working to bring back a full-blown county fair next summer but its future remains unsettled. County Parks Director Dave Rachowicz says they will a...
Nov 26, 2025 Kalamazoo County Youth Fair and Family Festival logo
AUDIO: Opposition continues to proposed car wash near Asylum Lake Preserve
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Cities usually bend over backwards to welcome new businesses, but residents in Kalamazoo continue to ask the city to do the opposite on one special parcel. Environmentalis...
Nov 26, 2025 Image from Asylum Lake Preserve's Facebook page.
Winter Storm Warning issued for Kalamazoo and surrounding counties Wednesday and Thursday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Just ahead of the Thanksgiving Day holiday, the National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning from Wednesday at 7:00 a.m. until Thursday at 7:00 p.m. with hea...
Nov 25, 2025
False alarm after authorities thought an explosive may have been left outside a bank in Oshtemo Township
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The bomb squad was called to a bank in Kalamazoo County's Oshtemo Township after a customer left a suspicious package near the bank Tuesday. The Kalamazoo County Sh...
Nov 25, 2025
Michigan Supreme Court reappoints three Calhoun County judges
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Three Calhoun County judges have been reappointed for two-year terms starting January 1, 2026. The Michigan Supreme Court took the action for Judge Sarah Lincoln, Judge...
Nov 25, 2025
No injuries in vacant commercial structure fire Sunday
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Battle Creek Fire Department says no one was injured in a fire at a vacant commercial structure Sunday morning on Upton Avenue. The flames were reported just before...
Nov 25, 2025
AUDIO: Former Kalamazoo commissioner Don Cooney gives farewell message
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Don Cooney left a message before he stepped down as Kalamazoo city commissioner last week, one impacted by the state of affairs nationally and the airing of Ken Burns' Ame...
Nov 25, 2025 City of Kalamazoo commissioner Don Cooney (courtesy City of Kalamazoo)
Battle Creek man arraigned on murder charge, denied bond
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Battle Creek man accused of killing Tyshaan Williams on May 25th, 2024 is now charged with open murder and felony firearm. Bond for 22-year-old Jamareon Stein-Harri...
Nov 25, 2025 HayDmitriy / Depositphotos.com
