Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra announces Jonathan Martin as interim president and CEO
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Former Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra president and CEO Jonathan Martin is set to become the interim president and CEO of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra. He will take ove...
Oct 01, 2025
No state budget approved yet, but no state government shutdown
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer says state government will remain open despite lawmakers not yet approving a budget for Fiscal Year 2026, which began at midnight. House Appropriat...
Oct 01, 2025 Exterior of Michigan Capitol building (courtesy State of Michigan)
Swatting incident in Kalamazoo Township under investigation
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Township police are investigating a swatting call that prompted an emergency response at a home on Brook Drive off of Gull Road yesterday afternoon. The...
Oct 01, 2025 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
Fire damages Fazoli's restaurant in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A fire has damaged the Fazoli's restaurant in Battle Creek. Firefighters got the flames under control in about ten minutes yesterday afternoon, but say the entrance suf...
Oct 01, 2025
Kalamazoo Public Schools holding public sessions on discipline, school security
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Discipline in Kalamazoo Public Schools recently became national news when a viral video showing a Kalamazoo Central High School junior varsity football player body slammin...
Oct 01, 2025 (Photo provided by John McNeill)
Hopkins man arrested in Allegan County animal fighting case
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 37-year-old Hopkins man has been charged on five felony counts stemming from the bust of a suspected cock fighting event this past July in Allegan County. Edin Dilson Roda...
Sep 30, 2025 Edin Dilson Rodas (courtesy Allegan County Sheriff's Office)
Kalamazoo's iconic State Theatre sold to new owners
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo's iconic State Theatre has new owners who are planning to update the technology, renovate the historic building, and get it back open for concerts and shows. Dan...
Sep 30, 2025 Holly and Dan Carmichael, the new owners of the State Theatre
Pair who fled into Schoolcraft Township cornfield facing multiple charges
SCHOOLCRAFT TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man and woman who fled the scene of an accident Sunday which forced the cancellation of classes for School Community Schools Monday are facing multiple counts...
Sep 30, 2025 Miranda Paige Hagaman and Erick R. Kibler (courtesy Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office)
One dead in Allegan County crash
OVERISEL TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Allegan County Sheriff's Office is investigating a deadly crash that happened just before 7:00 a.m. Tuesday in Overisel Township. Police say 22-year-0ld Austin...
Sep 30, 2025 Allegan County Sheriff's Patch (image courtesy Allegan Co. Sheriff's Dept.)
John Ball Zoo euthanizes two animals
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Officials at John Ball Zoo say they had to euthanize two animals this past weekend. Forty-seven-year-old Sammy, a chimpanzee, had been at the Grand Rapids facility sinc...
Sep 30, 2025
