Category Archives: Top News Stories
Man who ran over woman in Oshtemo Township parking lot sentenced to life in prison
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man found guilty of running down a woman in a Kalamazoo County Walmart parking lot has been sentenced. Prosecutors say Xuan Thanh Vo of Kalamazoo hit and killed 65-year-...
Feb 27, 2025 tomloel / Depositphotos.com
AUDIO: Governor Whitmer delivers her 7th State of the State Address
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer says the state of our state remains strong. She delivered her 7th State of the State Address Wednesday night before a joint session of the Michigan...
Feb 26, 2025
Kalamazoo Public Schools celebrating Literacy Nights tonight and Thursday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools will kick-off their celebration of March as National Reading Month with their annual Literacy Nights this week. The elementary school Literacy Nig...
Feb 26, 2025 serezniy / Depositphotos.com
City of Portage to purchase 7716 South Westnedge Avenue
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AMM/FM) - The city of Portage may be thinking about expanding their municipal campus on South Westnedge Avenue. Last night after a closed session to discuss a land purchase, the coun...
Feb 26, 2025
AUDIO: Portage Environmental Council holding plastic bag collection drive
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Portage Environmental Council is challenging the community to help safely dispose of plastic bags, with a drive to collect them. Beginning this Saturday, March 1st, they...
Feb 26, 2025 Portage installing charging stands to improve cleaner energy use
AUDIO: Comstock Township board approves new fire truck purchase
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A new fire truck will be purchased for the Comstock Township Fire and Rescue Department after three crashes since November damaged several of their vehicles. Fire ...
Feb 25, 2025
Authorities say woman whose body was found in a vacant Portage office building died of natural causes
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Portage Department of Public Safety says the Plainwell woman whose body was found in a vacant office building last September died of natural causes. 25-year-old Destiny ...
Feb 24, 2025 The body of 25-year-old Destiny Naigus was found in a vacant office building in Portage (courtesy Portage Department of Public Safety)
AUDIO: KPS recognizes stellar Kalamazoo Central swimmer
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools has recognized one of their stand-out students, a senior at Kalamazoo Central High School, who has made her mark. Maggie Spybrook is holding down ...
Feb 24, 2025
Kalamazoo man arrested for Facebook Marketplace armed robbery
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Safety has arrested a 24-year-old man for armed robbery in a Facebook Marketplace transaction in early February. Officers arrested Ignacio Pederson of Kal...
Feb 24, 2025
AUDIO: Cooney, Strebs calling for protests of Trump administration policies
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two local officials say it is time to protest the Trump administration's attempts to cut programs that hurt people. Kalamazoo city commissioner Don Cooney and Kalamazoo Co...
Feb 24, 2025 Former President Donald Trump in Grand Rapids, MI April 2, 2024
