Category Archives: Top News Stories
City of Kalamazoo has a week of events for Imagine Kalamazoo 2035 project
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Kalamazoo is planning a week of events downtown as they put a wrap on the Design it! Phase of their Imagine Kalamazoo 2035 project. They are putting together a...
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Four From Kalamazoo Arrested in Allegan Co. Drug Bust
MARTIN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 24, 2026) - Four persons from Kalamazoo were arrested following a multi-agency drug bust on Wednesday near Martin. According to the Michigan State Police, detectives ...
Apr 24, 2026 Apr. 22, 2026; Martin Twp., MI, USA; Evidence seized during a traffic stop on US-131 near 116th Avenue (M-222). (photo courtesy Michigan State Police/Southwest Enforcement Team)
Arbor Day is today with events in Kalamazoo and Portage
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Today is Arbor Day, the day each year when the nation celebrates trees. While no one will be getting a day off work to celebrate, it is one of those holidays that has been...
Apr 24, 2026
Kalamazoo Public Schools discipline improving
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools has had a reputation in the past as a rough district, but they have done a lot to improve discipline since superintendent Darrin Slade came on boa...
Apr 24, 2026
Ousted Kalamazoo Township treasurer running for office again
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The ousted Kalamazoo Township treasurer has filed paperwork to run for the seat again. Kalamazoo Township officials, however, are trying to stop Sherine Miller fr...
Apr 23, 2026
Representative Wendzel secures funding to replace CR 657 bridge over Paw Paw River
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The County Road 657 bridge over the east branch of the Paw Paw River in Antwerp Township would be replaced under $800,000 included in the state House budget for the next fis...
Apr 23, 2026
Man convicted in 2018 Kalamazoo murder
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo jury has convicted 29-year-old James Reed of first-degree premeditated murder in the shooting death in 2018 of 32-year-old Marcus Ford. Reed was also found gui...
Apr 22, 2026
Kalamazoo County Administrator Catlin: inmates are getting plenty of bottled water
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County officials are denying media reports that inmates at the Kalamazoo County Jail aren't getting enough clean water. County Administrator Kevin Catlin reporte...
Apr 22, 2026 Kalamazoo County Jail (photo by John McNeil)
Kalamazoo working to address flooding
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo city crews were out Monday, doing what they can to access the flooding damage from last week's heavy rains and will be out again today helping pump out flooded b...
Apr 21, 2026
Hopkins Man Sentenced in July Cockfighting Ring Arrest
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 21, 2026) - A 37-year-old Hopkins man was sentenced on charges stemming from a cockfighting ring that was busted last summer. On Monday, Allegan County Circuit Court Judg...
Apr 21, 2026 Edin Dilson Rodas (courtesy Allegan County Sheriff's Office)
