Category Archives: Top News Stories
Michigan congressmen say missile defense site should be built at the Fort Custer Training Center
AUGUSTA, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Four Michigan congressmen are urging the federal government to make Michigan the future home of an advanced missile defense site. Friday, Representatives Bill Huizenga (R-Ze...
Mar 14, 2025 (courtesy of The National Guard)
City of Portage to hold annual Spring Cleanup Program March 31 until May 1
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Portage will be conducting its annual Spring Cleanup Program between March 31 and May 1. Residents can place unwanted household items at the curb for collection....
Mar 14, 2025
Kalamazoo man found guilty of murder in 2023 shooting
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A jury has found a Kalamazoo man guilty of murder in the shooting death of another man in June 2023. 47-year-old Tieshawn Labar Matthews was found guilty of 1st Degree Mur...
Mar 13, 2025 chrisdorney / Depositphotos.com
KDPS puts out fire Wednesday night in 900 block of Southworth Terrace
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It took Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety crews about a half-hour to get a fire at a home under control Wednesday night. They were called to the 900 block of Southwort...
Mar 13, 2025
AUDIO: Cuts to U.S. Department of Education worry Governor Whitmer
LIVONIA, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer says the cutting of the U.S. Department of Education's workforce by nearly 50% has her worried. Whitmer said in metro Detroit yesterday that "there...
Mar 13, 2025
AUDIO: Kalamazoo vice mayor has idea for new city nickname: Education City
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The improvements at Kalamazoo Public Schools is just one reason a group is thinking that the city should have a new nickname: "Education City." Right now an informal group...
Mar 13, 2025 Kalamazoo Public School Kalamazoo Promise sign (courtesy John McNeill)
Kalamazoo Public Schools graduation rate up 9.4%
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools has announced what Superintendent Darrin Slade says are some "amazing" graduation numbers for the last school year. It took the Michigan Departmen...
Mar 13, 2025
Five arrested in drug, weapons busts in Kalamazoo County
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Five people have been arrested between March 5th and 7th in drug and weapons busts in Kalamazoo County. The Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team and Crime Reduction Team were...
Mar 12, 2025
AUDIO: Scientology debate breaks out at Portage City Council meeting
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - They were holding a Portage City Council meeting last night when a debate over Scientology broke out. A resident asked for a proclamation honoring the 75th anniversary of th...
Mar 12, 2025 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
Man arrested in Comstock Township for felonious assault
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office has arrested a 46-year-old man in Comstock Township for allegedly firing a shot from a rifle at the vehicle of two people who...
Mar 12, 2025 (Photo by John McNeil).
