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Portage Public Schools holding focus group February 26 in search for new superintendent
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Portage Public Schools will hold a focus group session next Wednesday, February 26 at 6 p.m. as they work on the search process for the next superintendent. Participants wil...
Feb 18, 2025 Portage Public Schools logo courtesy of Portage Public Schools)
Kalamazoo utilities director believes 2025 won't be as disruptive for road work in city as 2024
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's going to be another busy construction season in Kalamazoo, but one city official says it's going to be a much less disruptive one than last year. Bad timing forced th...
Feb 18, 2025 City of Kalamazoo Utility Director James Baker at the City Commission meeting Sept 6, 2022
AUDIO: Kalamazoo city commission approves tax-exempt Neighborhood Enterprise Zone
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo city commission has approved a tax-exempt Neighborhood Enterprise Zone in downtown for the development of new one-bedroom apartments. Developers Brian and Ca...
Feb 18, 2025 (courtesy Discover Kalamazoo)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo city commission urged to take bold action for homeless
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - With wind chills dipping below zero following the freezing death of a homeless woman in Kalamazoo, homeless advocates demanded the city commission take bold action now, to...
Feb 18, 2025 Kalamazoo City Hall in winter. (Photo by John McNeil)
WMU officials believe on-campus shooting death was self-inflicted
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Police say a person whose body was found outside the Western Michigan University Public Safety building Monday appears to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Ar...
Feb 17, 2025 aijohn784 / Depositphotos.com
Michigan's average gas price down three-cents
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan's average gas price is three-cents a gallon lower to start the week at $3.07. Triple-A Michigan says the price is seven-cents less than last month, and down 16-cen...
Feb 17, 2025
Another phase of work on Westnedge Ave planned in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There will be more reconstruction on Westnedge Avenue near downtown Kalamazoo this summer, but city officials hope it won't be as disruptive as it was last year. Kalamazoo...
Feb 17, 2025 wabeno / Depositphotos.com
County looks at how to invest unused opioid settlement dollars
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners will talk about investing millions to work in a different way to fight substance abuse this week. Billions in opioid settlement...
Feb 17, 2025 Find Rehab Centers / CC
DNR officials suspect bird flu of Canadian geese at Allegan State Game Area
FENNVILLE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Department of Natural Resources officials say 77 Canada geese and one mallard at the Fennville Farm Unit at the Allegan State Game Area in Allegan County are amon...
Feb 16, 2025 dizanna / Depositphotos.com
A pair of programs at WMU could be canceled due to federal funding cuts
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -Western Michigan University programs are in danger of being canceled as part of the funding cuts from the U.S. Department of Education where officials claim money is being ...
Feb 15, 2025 Violka08 / Depositphotos.com
