Category Archives: Top News Stories
AUDIO: Hispanic Kalamazoo County commissioner cautions against naming community sanctuary
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A local Hispanic leader is advising Kalamazoo officials to be cautious when taking any new action to protect its immigrant population, at least for now. County commissione...
Feb 10, 2025 Monteze Morales will represent District 2 of Kalamazoo County as of June 29, 2021. (Image via PMN Civic through Zoom meeting).
Statewide gas prices up 7-cents a gallon on average
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan's average gas price is up seven-cents a gallon to start the week at $3.10. Triple-A Michigan says the price is up three-cents from last month, but 12-cents less th...
Feb 10, 2025
Portage council to vote on changing what expenses need to be approved
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Last week, Kalamazoo city commissioners rejected a proposal by its city manager to alter what expenditures must be approved on the public record, calling it an issue of tran...
Feb 10, 2025 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
Kalamazoo County will have county fair in 2025
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Contrary to what you may have read in the Kalamazoo Gazette, there will be a Kalamazoo County Fair at the Kalamazoo Fairgrounds and Expo Center this summer, just as there ...
Feb 07, 2025
Lawton woman charged with embezzling $50,000 from her aunt
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Van Buren County woman has been charged with embezzling approximately $50,000 from her aunt. 66-year-old Barbara Cavner of Lawton was arraigned Wednesday in 7th District C...
Feb 06, 2025 kgtohbu / Depositphotos.com
KDPS warning of scam calls
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety is warning residents about a phone scam. The caller identifies themselves as Sergeant Brian Cake with the Kalamazoo County Sherif...
Feb 06, 2025 Fort George G. Meade Public Affairs Office / CC
AUDIO: Governor Whitmer's administration unveils Fiscal Year 2026 budget proposal
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Fiscal Year 2026 budget proposal has been released by Governor Whitmer's administration. Her $83.5 billion spending plan will be worked on by the state House, controlled...
Feb 06, 2025 Exterior of Michigan Capitol building (courtesy State of Michigan)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County board stops reading consent agenda at meetings
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County has dropped reading of their consent agenda altogether. At the same time, the Kalamazoo city commission is looking for ways to beef theirs up. It's a rout...
Feb 05, 2025 Kalamazoo County sign (Photo by John McNeil)
Battle Creek asking for snow plow name votes
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Battle Creek is asking the community to vote on their favorite names for snow plows. They asked people to submit their best plow name ideas in December and ...
Feb 05, 2025
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County preparing for possible loss of federal money
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Even though the Trump administration has rescinded a memo putting a freeze on government grants after a public outcry, Kalamazoo County officials say they will start prepa...
Feb 05, 2025
