Category Archives: Top News Stories
AUDIO: Kalamazoo city commission to vote on downtown mall parking changes
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Plans for changes in downtown parking, including higher rates and the end of free parking on the downtown mall, will be up for approval tonight. It's part of a larger effo...
Jul 15, 2024 Parking meter (photo by John McNeil)
VP Harris to make stops in Kalamazoo and Battle Creek this week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - While the Republican National Convention will be going on in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Vice President Kamala Harris is scheduled to make stops in Kalamazoo and Battle Creek th...
Jul 14, 2024 Sheilaf2002 / Depositphotos.com
Boy on mini-dirt bike seriously injured after riding into path of pick-up truck
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An 11-year-old Battle Creek boy is in stable, but critical, after his mini-dirt bike was struck by a pick-up truck Thursday evening. The Battle Creek Police Department ...
Jul 14, 2024
State officials to host roundtable with Kalamazoo leaders to discuss opportunities to support clean energy transitions
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After the Michigan Legislature passed the 2025 Fiscal Year budget agreement that provides funding for the newly created Community and Worker Economic Transition Office, th...
Jul 13, 2024
Two teenagers charged in KIK Pool shooting
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Safety says two teenagers have been charged for the shots fired incident at the KIK Pool on June 19. One is a 13-year-old boy, and the other is a 15-year-...
Jul 12, 2024 KDPS Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety cruiser (Photo by Jeana Gondek)
NRC holds public meeting on possibility of reopening Palisades nuclear power plant
COVERT TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission held a public meeting last night to gather input on the possibility of reopening the Palisades nuclear power plant in Covert Townsh...
Jul 12, 2024
AUDIO: MDOT closing US-131 in both directions Monday near Schoolcraft
SCHOOLCRAFT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Transportation will be closing US-131 in both directions south of Schoolcraft starting Monday. MDOT's Nick Schirripa says it is to rebuild the...
Jul 12, 2024 Road closed sign
Small Business Administration opens Disaster Loan Outreach Center in Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Small Business Administration has set up a Disaster Loan Outreach Center for Kalamazoo County in Portage. The move is the result of the May 7 EF-2 tornado that hit the c...
Jul 12, 2024 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
Kalamazoo Olympian receives send off for Paris Summer Olympics
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Hackett Catholic Prep High School graduate Heath Baldwin received a hero's send off yesterday as he prepares to compete in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Baldwin atten...
Jul 12, 2024
AUDIO: Kalamazoo Public Schools fills board vacancy
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools trustees have selected someone who can hit the ground running to fill a vacancy on their board. They picked, someone who is not only knowledgeable...
Jul 12, 2024
