Category Archives: Top News Stories
Over 180 attend Road to Restoration clinic in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Over 180 people attended a special session in Kalamazoo last week, designed to help them restore their driving privileges. The Michigan Secretary of State's office and com...
Mar 09, 2025
Residents and physicians at WMU medical school poised to strike
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Saying their calls for fair salaries and respect in the workplace are being ignored, more than 200 residents and physicians at the Western Michigan University Homer Stryke...
Mar 07, 2025 (courtesy Western Michigan University)
AUDIO: 16-year-old suspect cooperating with Kalamazoo authorities in 12-year-old's shooting
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The 16-year-old boy who is suspected of shooting a 12-year-old girl in the face with a shotgun Wednesday night is cooperating with police in Kalamazoo. Public Safety Capta...
Mar 07, 2025 KDPS Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety cruiser (Photo by Jeana Gondek)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo Public Schools approve curriculum overhaul for return to semesters
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools trustees have approved a massive overhaul of their school curriculum for this fall to adjust to the return to regular semesters. The district is s...
Mar 07, 2025
Kalamazoo woman to be sentenced to prison later this month on arson and murder charges
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM)- While a co-defendant still faces charges, a Kalamazoo woman will be sentenced later month on arson and murder charges, in a case from 2022. 34-year-old Shawna Fay Kroeger p...
Mar 06, 2025 Shawna Fay Kroeger (courtesy Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office)
Two charged in Gull Road, West Main Street shootings from October, December 2024
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two suspects are now charged in two separate shootings in Kalamazoo. Kalamazoo Public Safety says 20-year-old Dominique Motton and 18-year-old Javion Jackson are charged i...
Mar 06, 2025
Battle Creek Federal Center on list of non-core government properties; could be sold
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek's Federal Center is included on a list of hundreds of buildings owned by the federal government that could be sold. The Trump administration released a lis...
Mar 06, 2025
One juvenile shot, another arrested in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One juvenile is hospitalized and another is in custody after a shooting just after 7 p.m. last night in Kalamazoo. The victim is in stable condition and authorities have n...
Mar 06, 2025
Stadium Drive ramp closes Monday as US-131 bridge replacement in Kalamazoo resumes
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A multi-year construction project to rebuild the US-131 bridges over KL Avenue and the Amtrak rail in Kalamazoo resumes this coming Monday. The three-year, $24 million pro...
Mar 06, 2025 (courtesy Michigan Department of Transportation)
One ramp to be removed, streets to be widened as part of U.S. 131 and West Main Street project
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Major changes are coming to the U.S. 131 intersection at West Main Street/M-43 in Oshtemo Township this spring, and the Michigan Department of Transportation is hol...
Mar 05, 2025 Violka08 / Depositphotos.com
