Category Archives: Top News Stories
KVET arrests 52-year-old Kalamazoo Township man in drug bust
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team has arrested a 52-year-old Kalamazoo Township man for drug dealing. KVET executed a search warrant last Thursday at a home i...
Sep 17, 2024
AUDIO: Proposed ordinance would make pedestrians entering work zones a civil infraction in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An ordinance that would make it a civil violation for a pedestrian to enter a designated work zone has been put on the table at Kalamazoo City Hall. The city attorney's of...
Sep 17, 2024 Kalamazoo City Hall in the fall. (Photo by John McNeill).
AUDIO: Northside residents in Kalamazoo say weekend partying a big issue
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Following the latest murder in Kalamazoo, residents in one northside Kalamazoo neighborhood say weekend partying is ruining their quality of life. 20-year-old Ladarious Ja...
Sep 17, 2024 Kalamazoo Public Safety police cruiser (photo by John McNeil)
Money recognizes Kalamazoo as one of the 50 Best Places to Live in the U.S.
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Money, a personal finance website, has listed Kalamazoo and Detroit as two of the 50 Best Places to Live in the U.S. in 2024, with a special mention to Ferndale as a subur...
Sep 17, 2024 (courtesy Rangely García / Money)
Kalamazoo City Commission considering MDOT negotiations on closing railway crossings
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo City Commission will consider beginning negotiations with the Michigan Department of Transportation to close three railway crossings at tonight's meeting. Th...
Sep 16, 2024 Railroad Crossing (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Three persons shot following argument in parking lot of Battle Creek bar
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Battle Creek Police say an argument in the parking lot of the #1 Legends Club on Porter Street in the Post Addition eventually led to the shooting of three persons short...
Sep 16, 2024
Schoolcraft man charged in Kalamazoo stabbings
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 39-year-old Schoolcraft man is charged with stabbing people in three assaults in Kalamazoo September 12 and September 13. Kalamazoo County Prosecutor Jeff Getting says W...
Sep 16, 2024 (courtesy Discover Kalamazoo)
Michigan's average gas price remains $3.25
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Gas prices across Michigan are holding steady with last week's average at $3.25. Triple-A Michigan says the price is down 27-cents in the past month and 47-cents less than ...
Sep 16, 2024
One killed, one injured in Kalamazoo shooting
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Safety is searching for a shooting suspect who killed one person early Saturday morning. The victim and one of their three passengers were shot as they we...
Sep 16, 2024 (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek)
Gun owner injured after gun goes off in her purse at Kalamazoo County store
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A woman whose firearm went off accidentally in her purse at a Kalamazoo County store Sunday afternoon was injured, as well as another nearby customer. The Kalamazoo...
Sep 15, 2024 (Photo by John McNeil).
