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Lengthy Kalamazoo city commission meeting projected tonight
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Unless the weather intervenes, it could be a long night at Kalamazoo City Hall. On the agenda is a controversial rezoning request for residential property just up the hill...
Jan 26, 2026
Kalamazoo County Dems to host community forum on ICE activity, rights, and public safety
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -A committee of the Kalamazoo County Democratic Party says in response to increased Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity across the country and events in Minneapolis...
Jan 24, 2026
Warming shelters and centers to continue around Kalamazoo into next week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As most of area prepares for sub-zero temperatures overnight and windchills as low as -20, warming shelters and centers across the Kalamazoo area are gearing up for more v...
Jan 23, 2026 pixeldreams / Depositphotos.com
More snow, bitter cold in forecast
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - West Michigan is under a winter weather advisory until 1 p.m. today with two to four more inches of snow possible. Over the last 36 hours, some areas, especially along the...
Jan 23, 2026
Kalamazoo officials asking residents to get parked cars off residential streets to allow for snow plowing
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - With the latest snowfall and more predicted this weekend, the City of Kalamazoo is asking residents to keep parked vehicles off residential streets so they can continue to...
Jan 22, 2026 Shnurochek13 / Depositphotos.com
Thursday morning crash on North Sprinkle Road kills two
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office is investigating a deadly crash that happened just after 5:30 a.m. Thursday. Deputies responded to the two-vehicle crash in the 7000 ...
Jan 22, 2026 KCSD investigating fatal one car accident in Comstock
Kalamazoo County board sets aside $850,000 for two major housing developments
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County commissioners have set aside $850,000 to help fund two major new housing developments that will create 156 new workforce housing units on the south side o...
Jan 22, 2026 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Station #1. Photo from Google Maps
AUDIO: County tapping into Housing for All millage to address federal funding cut
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Housing for All millage fund has been tapped again to address the housing shortage in Kalamazoo County, and to bail out dozens of vulnerable residents who depend on fe...
Jan 22, 2026
Kalamazoo County, other agencies working to help homeless survive cold
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Local officials are doing what they can, more than has ever been done before, as they try to help the homeless survive what has been a colder winter this year in Kalamazoo...
Jan 21, 2026 Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners member Jen Strebs (courtesy John McNeill)
KDPS chief says youth gun violence has dropped in the city
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, it seemed that teen gun violence had gotten out of hand in Kalamazoo, and many local efforts were initiated in response. Kalamazoo ...
Jan 20, 2026
