Category Archives: Top News Stories
AUDIO: Kalamazoo's Career and Technical Center off to flying start
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo's new $100-million Career and Technical Center is off to a flying start in its first year of operation and looking forward to an eventful spring. The comprehensi...
Feb 11, 2026
Kalamazoo Public Library launches #DWord Book Club
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Public Library and the Disability Network Southwest Michigan have partnered up to launch a disability-focused book club. Called the #DWord Book Club, it has ...
Feb 10, 2026 (courtesy Kalamazoo Public Library)
Kalamazoo has neighborhood-based ways to cut construction costs of affordable homes
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One key to building affordable homes is to cut construction costs. Kalamazoo has a couple of new neighborhood-based ways to do that. Volunteering is one way to save. Ediso...
Feb 09, 2026 (courtesy Discover Kalamazoo)
One man in critical condition after Battle Creek shooting
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek police are investigating a shooting that happened Saturday morning. A 60-year-old man is hospitalized in critical condition after he was found with a gunsh...
Feb 09, 2026 (courtesy Battle Creek Police)
Kalamazoo College students explore what makes a city 'stick,' developing ideas to get students to stay in town after graduation
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Students at Kalamazoo College who will soon be graduating are working on a project that might encourage recent graduates to stay in Kalamazoo. A 2024 report from the W.E. ...
Feb 08, 2026 Senior business majors at Kalamazoo College (courtesy Kalamazoo College)
Woman dead after flames engulf camper in St. Joseph County
LOCKPORT TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - A woman died in a camper fire on Mitchell Road in St. Joseph County Friday night. According to a news release deputies along with fire personnel responded to the 57000 b...
Feb 07, 2026 Arseni Mourzenko
AUDIO: KPS superintendent gives update on strategic plan
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools superintendent Darrin Slade delivered his first strategic plan update to the trustees last night. It is like a report card on the whole school dis...
Feb 06, 2026
Kalamazoo Growlers and City of Kalamazoo announce 10-year lease extension, stadium improvements
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Growlers and the City of Kalamazoo have announced a 10-year extension to the team's lease at Homer Stryker Field. Club officials say the new agreement builds...
Feb 05, 2026 Homer Stryker Field in Kalamazoo, MI (courtesy Kalamazoo Growlers)
Comstock Township man arraigned after hit-and-run accident that seriously injured a pedestrian
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Comstock Township man faces charges related to a hit-and-run accident that seriously injured a pedestrian last month. 23-year-old Aaron David Alvarado was arraig...
Feb 05, 2026 Premium_shots / Depositphotos.com
Michigan House Speaker to investigate MPHI
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall says he will investigate the Michigan Public Health Institute, saying he feels it's a government scam. The Richland Republican says the nonp...
Feb 05, 2026
