Category Archives: Top News Stories
VIDEO: Car slams into fire truck on-scene for another accident on I-94 near Kalamazoo
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two crashes are being investigated by the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office that happened on westbound I-94 around 5:30 a.m. Monday. The first was when a truck wen...
Jan 20, 2025
AUDIO: Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day; volunteer events throughout Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Today is the Martin Luther King Jr. Day national holiday. That means federal, state, and local governmental offices will be closed, and there will be no mail. The stock ma...
Jan 20, 2025 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park. (Image via City of Kalamazoo).
National Weather Service issues cold weather advisory for entire state
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The National Weather Service has issued a cold weather advisory for the entire state of Michigan until Wednesday. Wind chill readings are expected to be between ten and 25...
Jan 20, 2025 Rachel Kramer / CC
Kalamazoo Public Schools holding three safety and security meetings starting Tuesday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools have already taken steps to harden school buildings, with secure entrances, camera surveillance and officials are now considering metal detectors....
Jan 20, 2025 Kalamazoo Loy Norrix High School (photo courtesy of Kalamazoo Public Schools)
Warming centers in place for upcoming frigid weather
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - With temperatures expected in the single digits Monday and Tuesday and wind chills as low as minus 25, a number of warming centers will be operational in Kalamazoo. They i...
Jan 19, 2025 graphicphoto / Depositphotos.com
Protesters fill Bronson Park ahead of Trump inauguration
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -In conjunction with protests around the country, more than 300 people showed up in Bronson Park Saturday as part of the Kalamazoo Women's March, just prior to the inaugurat...
Jan 18, 2025 Protesters in Kalamazoo's Bronson Park Jan.18, 2025 (courtesy WOOD TV-8)
Hunger relief charities hosting free Martin Luther King Jr. Day dinner
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - God's Kitchen of Michigan and Broncos Kitchen are co-hosting a free Martin Luther King Jr. Day dinner on Monday. The two nonprofit hunger relief charities will serve the m...
Jan 17, 2025 God's Kitchen of Michigan and Broncos Kitchen logos
AUDIO: Kalamazoo residents get look at Michigan Avenue redesign plans
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo city residents got their first look at initial plans for the complete reconstruction of Michigan Avenue downtown last evening. Four lanes of two-way traffic comi...
Jan 17, 2025
Man sentenced to life in prison for August 2023 murder
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A sentence of life in prison without parole has been given to 22-year-old Axel Zuniga-Rivera of Kalamazoo for the August 26, 2023 murder of 24-year-old Marcell Alguarelles...
Jan 16, 2025
One hospitalized, one arrested after early morning crash in Charleston Township
CHARLESTON TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 43-year-old man is hospitalized with severe injuries suffered in a car crash Thursday morning in Charleston Township. The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office res...
Jan 16, 2025 (Photo by John McNeil)
