Category Archives: Top News Stories
AUDIO: Comstock Public Schools hold ribbon cutting for Comstock Middle School
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The renovated Comstock Middle School is finally complete after several years of work to turn it from North Elementary into the middle school. Superintendent Jeffre...
Sep 05, 2024 (courtesy Comstock Public Schools)
Kalamazoo holding open house next Thursday for input on Michigan Avenue redesign
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Kalamazoo is holding a Kalamazoo Streets For All Community Open House next Thursday from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Epic Center on the Kalamazoo Mall. The m...
Sep 05, 2024
City of Kalamazoo launches Rave Mobility Safety System
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - City of Kalamazoo residents are being encouraged to sign up for the city's new mass notification system for emergencies. Called the Rave Mobility Safety System, it lets of...
Sep 05, 2024
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County to look at how money is spent on seniors
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County plans to take a renewed look at how they spend money on the elderly after voters have reapproved the senior millage last month. Don Saldia, who oversees t...
Sep 04, 2024 Kalamazoo County Government logo
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County Administrator to take over Office of Emergency Management
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County commissioners have agreed to realign the organization of the Office of Emergency Management to make it more responsive to the aftermath of local disasters...
Sep 04, 2024 Proposed Kalamazoo County Administrator Kevin Catlin (courtesy of Boone County, Illinois)
AUDIO: WMU, professors continue contract talks with possible strike looming
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Western Michigan University and the WMU Chapter of the American Association of University Professors are continuing to negotiate a new contract. WMU deputy spokesperson Pa...
Sep 04, 2024 Western Michigan University (photo by John McNeil)
AUDIO: City of Kalamazoo, Consumers Energy considering solar power partnership
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Kalamazoo has been looking into solar to supply its electricity needs, but won't be able to do it on their own. Sustainability coordinator Justin Gish says nea...
Sep 04, 2024
AUDIO: Some questioning if serial arsonist on loose in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Is there a serial arsonist loose in Kalamazoo? A series of fires has some wondering. The blazes have mostly occurred in vacant and abandoned buildings, and they are consid...
Sep 04, 2024
Vacant commercial building in downtown Kalamazoo catches fire
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A vacant commercial building in downtown Kalamazoo caught fire Tuesday morning. Kalamazoo Public Safety says the fire was under control by around 6 a.m. and no one was hur...
Sep 03, 2024
AUDIO: KPS superintendent visiting rough neighborhoods
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Public Schools superintendent has been visiting rough neighborhoods at night on the weekends, and recently announced plans to continue doing it this fall. Dr...
Sep 03, 2024
