Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Kalamazoo County housing millage recommendations made
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The latest housing millage recommendations have been made to get three more housing projects up and running in Kalamazoo County. County housing director Mary Balkema says ...
Oct 17, 2025 Kalamazoo County sign (Photo by John McNeil)
AUDIO: One Kalamazoo city manager finalist drops out; last interview held
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There is news out of Kalamazoo's city manager search process as the city commission completed its fourth and final interview by Zoom this morning. Mayor Dave Anderson anno...
Oct 17, 2025
Kalamazoo Public Schools to visit homes of truant students this weekend
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - You may get a knock on your door this weekend, and it won't be trick-or-treaters. Kalamazoo Public Schools superintendent Darrin Slade says he and a group of staff volunte...
Oct 17, 2025
MSU study finds 1-in-6 pregnant woman used cannabis
EAST LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One in six women in Michigan admit they used cannabis while they were pregnant. Michigan State University researchers say there are areas of the state where 25-percent ...
Oct 17, 2025 Elsa Olofsson / CC
Michigan Army National Guard deploying to southwest border
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Army National Guard says 120 members will be deploying to the nation's southwest border with Mexico to help support U.S. Customs and Border Protection. It will ...
Oct 17, 2025 (courtesy Michigan National Guard)
AUDIO: KPS M-STEP results improve for elementary, middle schools
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools continue to buck educational trends. While reading scores went down statewide once again last year, they rose in KPS's elementary and middle schoo...
Oct 17, 2025
Cocaine, meth, money, gun seized from Paw Paw home
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One man is in police custody after Van Buren County Sheriff's Office deputies seized almost 40 ounces of narcotics, a gun, and cash from his home in Paw Paw. The home is on ...
Oct 17, 2025 (Photo by John McNeil)
Kalamazoo officials want public input on traffic safety plan
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Public input is being sought by city of Kalamazoo officials in their traffic safety plan. The city received $750,000 from the federal government in 2023 to help with the p...
Oct 17, 2025
AUDIO: KPS joins Kalamazoo Arts Council for Chenery Auditorium upgrade capital campaign
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools have joined with the Kalamazoo Arts Council on a capital campaign to make upgrades at the 100-year-old Chenery Auditorium in the Community Educati...
Oct 17, 2025
Halloween Forest returns to Milham Park on October 25
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kzoo Parks is bringing Halloween Forest back to Milham Park on Saturday, October 25th from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. It is a free trick-or-treating event for families and is spo...
Oct 16, 2025
