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Woman convicted of second-degree murder in 2023 Kalamazoo car crash
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Grand Rapids woman was found guilty murder this week in connection with a 2023 car crash in Kalamazoo that killed one person and severely injured another. Tuesday the Ka...
Jan 28, 2026 chrisdorney / Depositphotos.com
Unintended consequences possible in Portage trash hauler battle
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There could be unintended consequences to the fight in Portage over who will haul homeowner's trash. The ballot language proposed by petitioners could eliminate some other p...
Jan 28, 2026 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
Feeding Broncos to mark one-year anniversary next month and celebrate over 5,000 free meals served to students
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After serving over 5,000 free meals to Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo College, and Kalamazoo Valley Community College students, as well as their spouses and childr...
Jan 28, 2026 WMU President Russ Kavalhuna (L) with Aden DeWees, Feeding Broncos President, at the organization's Labor Day kick-off dinner in 2025 (courtesy Feeding Broncos)
Brothers headed to prison in shooting death of Kalamazoo man in 2024
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One man was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole and another will spend decades behind bars as well after being convicted in the shooting death of...
Jan 27, 2026 Don'quay Jyshonne White (left) and Deyonte James Armstrong (right) were convicted in the shooting death of Charles Weir (courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
Multiple accidents on I-94 and U.S. 131 as latest blast of snow hits the area Tuesday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Portions of I-94 and U.S. 131 were shut down Tuesday morning with multiple crashes involving semi-tractor trailers. Northbound U.S. 131 was closed shortly after 10:45 a.m....
Jan 27, 2026
United Airlines returning to Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - United Airlines is coming back to the Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport on April 30th. Airport director Craig Williams says United will have four flights a day ...
Jan 27, 2026
Anti-ICE protest held in downtown Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A huge crowd protesting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement descended on downtown Kalamazoo last night, filling the sidewalks outside Kalamazoo City Hall and Bronson ...
Jan 27, 2026 (courtesy Discover Kalamazoo)
Kalamazoo city commission unanimously denies rezoning near Asylum Lake
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo city commission has voted to reject a controversial rezoning request to put businesses near Asylum Lake after a long hearing last night. The unanimous vote c...
Jan 27, 2026 Image from Asylum Lake Preserve's Facebook page.
One dead in Sunday night shooting on Reed Avenue
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man is dead and the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety is still looking for the murder suspect in the Sunday night shooting. Officers responded to a report of shots f...
Jan 26, 2026 zimmytws / Depositphotos.com
Kalamazoo Township police looking for two murder suspects
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Township police are investigating the shooting death Saturday morning of a 20-year-old man. Two suspects are on the run after the shooting happened on N...
Jan 26, 2026 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
