Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
As of Tuesday afternoon, about 5.8% of Consumers Energy customers in Kalamazoo County still without power
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - While a large amount of Consumers Energy customers who lost power in Monday's severe thunderstorms in southwestern Michigan are back online, crews continue working around ...
Apr 28, 2026 iqoncept / Depositphotos.com
Wendzel's Project Lighthouse advances out of committee, designed to repeal Michigan's 2023 green energy mandates
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A west Michigan lawmaker is pushing a plan to repeal Michigan's 2023 green energy mandates. 39th District State Representative Pauline Wendzel, chairwoman of the Michigan Ho...
Apr 28, 2026 State Representative Pauline Wendzel (courtesy gophouse.org)
State House Speaker: Lawmakers will renegotiate budget with next governor
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The next fiscal year's budget is shaping up to be approved not only on time, but possibly early this year after last year's negotiations stretched into October. State House ...
Apr 28, 2026
17-year-old facing attempted murder charges in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 17-year-old boy is in custody of Battle Creek police and accused of two counts of attempted murder. He turned himself in after he allegedly shot a 17-year-old girl an...
Apr 28, 2026 Battle Creek Police Cruiser (photo by John McNeill).
Rx Kids expanding in Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties this summer
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Rx Kids is expanding in Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties. Enrollment starts June 1st in the city of Galesburg, Oshtemo Township, and Wakeshma Township in Kalamazoo Co...
Apr 28, 2026
Winds knock tree onto Kalamazoo house, hospitalizing man
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -Strong winds knocked a tree over onto a home in the area of Hoffman Court and Locust Street in Kalamazoo, trapping a man under the debris. Kalamazoo Public Safety Chief Dav...
Apr 28, 2026 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety . (Photo by Jeana Gondek).
Ousted Kalamazoo Township treasurer wants off ballot
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Ousted Kalamazoo Township treasurer Sherine Miller is asking the township clerk to remove her name from the primary election ballot in August. Miller last week sa...
Apr 28, 2026
UPDATE: Suspect Arraigned in Gobles-Area Fatal Shooting
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 27, 2026) - Charges have been filed against a 44-year-old Gobles area woman stemming from the death of a 52-year-old man last Wednesday night. On Monday, Jennifer Dana Mo...
Apr 27, 2026 Jennifer Dana Moore (photo courtesy Allegan County Sheriff's Office)
Western Michigan University and Kalamazoo Valley Community College launch guaranteed admissions partnership
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An automatic admission to Western Michigan University program for Kalamazoo Valley Community College students was unveiled Saturday at the WMU Football Spring Showcase. Th...
Apr 27, 2026 Western Michigan University and Kalamamazoo Valley Community College officials sign Bronco Bound Guarantee agreement April 25, 2026 (courtesy WMU/KVCC)
KVET arrests three men for illegal weapons possession
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Three people are in police custody after the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team and Crime Reduction Team seized four illegally possessed firearms last Thursday. Officers fo...
Apr 27, 2026
