Category Archives: Top News Stories
AUDIO: Former Kalamazoo Public Safety lieutenant accepts settlement
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo Public Safety lieutenant who sued, claiming the department was a hostile and racist work environment, has apparently accepted a settlement. Lakisha McMillon cl...
Jul 02, 2024 Current Royal Oak, MI City Attorney Aaron Leal has been selected as Kalamazoo's next City Attorney (courtesy John McNeill)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo moving away from free parking on downtown mall
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Kalamazoo is one step closer to ending free parking on the downtown mall. It's one of several changes to downtown parking that could be implemented after ordin...
Jul 02, 2024 Downtown Kalamazoo Mall. (Photo by John McNeill).
Kalamazoo Public Safety chief believes they have solution to "X-Train" issue
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Safety Chief David Boysen says they believe they may have the solution to the nearly three-decades old problem called the "X-Train." Those are mobile nuis...
Jul 02, 2024
AUDIO: Kalamazoo officials urge people to support downtown businesses
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo city officials are pleading with residents to support downtown businesses. It can be a challenge just to get downtown with all the construction going on. City ch...
Jul 02, 2024
AUDIO: The dome at The Dome Sports Center deflated
SCHOOLCRAFT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Dome Sports Center in Schoolcraft is deflated. Owner Josh Baird talked about the deflation and what will replace it on WKZO's Kalamazoo Mornings with Ken Lanphear. H...
Jul 01, 2024 default
AUDIO: Check rules before lighting fireworks for July 4th celebrations
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Because there are no free municipal fireworks displays in Kalamazoo and Portage, residents may be blasting off their own pyrotechnics this week. Both cities have restriction...
Jul 01, 2024 Fireworks at Holland's Kollen Park in 2018. (Photo courtesy Peg McNichol).
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County commissioners could change accommodation tax enforcement for hotels
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Hotel operators in Kalamazoo County who haven't been paying their accommodation taxes, could face foreclosure if the county board changes their enforcement ordinance. The ...
Jul 01, 2024 GotCredit / CC
Two shot in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Safety is investigating after two people were shot just after 10 p.m. yesterday. They are both hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. The victim...
Jul 01, 2024
July 4 is Thursday - Here is where and when you can see fireworks this week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Thursday is the Fourth of July and that means not everything is happening that day, and because of US-131 reconstruction, Schoolcraft has cancelled their annual parade &am...
Jun 30, 2024
One killed, four injured in Allegan County crash Sunday
FILLMORE TWP., MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One person was killed and four others were injured when a sedan was broadsided by a pickup truck south of Holland Sunday afternoon. No names were released by the Alleg...
Jun 30, 2024 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
