Category Archives: Top News Stories
Plans to restore Kalamazoo's Peninsula Building get city commission support
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There are plans for a $3.3 million project to restore Kalamazoo's historic Peninsula Building. It's the triangular structure downtown just past the downtown mall at the Y ...
Feb 17, 2026 (courtesy Discover Kalamazoo)
AUDIO: State House Speaker does not want more state money spent on Rx Kids
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall of Richland is opposed to spending more state money on the Rx Kids program. Rx Kids pays pregnant mothers $1,500 when they are expecting and...
Feb 17, 2026 (Courtesy City of Flint)
AUDIO: Two new businesses opening in Portage this week
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two new businesses open in Portage this week and it could impact your plans. As we told you last week, Raising Cane's, a new fast food chicken restaurant, is expected to ope...
Feb 16, 2026
No injuries in Sunday afternoon house fire
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It took firefighters to put out a blaze Sunday afternoon in Kalamazoo. At 12:06 pm, officers responded for a structure fire in the 1300 block of Krom Street. When officers...
Feb 15, 2026
One dead after crash on West Main late Saturday
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office says speed appears to be a factor in fatal crash late Saturday night in Ostemo Township. Around 11:40 p.m. Kalamazoo Consolida...
Feb 15, 2026 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
No injuries in early Saturday blaze in Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM] - There were no injuries in an early Saturday blaze in a Portage trailer park. At approximately 3:45 a.m. the Portage Fire Division responded to a reported structure fire at 4...
Feb 14, 2026 (courtesy Portage Department of Public Safety)
KVET investigation leads to arrest, seizure of drugs and automatic handgun
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An Oshtemo Township man faces drug and weapons charges after a raid by the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team and Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Crime Reducti...
Feb 13, 2026
Union nurses approve new contract at Beacon Kalamazoo Hospital
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Nurses Association says the union nurses at Beacon Kalamazoo Hospital, which used to be Ascension Borgess, have ratified a new contract. The deal includes a t...
Feb 13, 2026 Beacon Kalamazoo Hospital, formerly Ascension Borgess
AUDIO: Western Michigan University to transfer stewardship of Asylum Lake Preserve to Kalamazoo County
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Western Michigan University Board of Trustees has agreed in principle to transfer stewardship of the Asylum Lake Preserve to Kalamazoo County, to be maintained by the ...
Feb 13, 2026 Image from Asylum Lake Preserve's Facebook page.
Rogers wants to help small businesses affected by extended construction projects
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo lawmaker is proposing legislation that will provide small businesses relief if they are affected by road construction work. House Bill 5524 will be introduced by...
Feb 12, 2026 wabeno / Depositphotos.com
