Category Archives: Top News Stories
AUDIO: Kalamazoo launches effort to draft "Imagine Kalamazoo 2035" plan
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Kalamazoo has just launched an extended effort to draft their "Imagine Kalamazoo 2035" Strategic Plan, as the 2025 plan is in its final stretch. Assistant City...
Apr 22, 2024 (courtesy Discover Kalamazoo)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County to discuss strategic planning today
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Local governments in Kalamazoo County are going into planning mode as they set goals and plan future spending for the next year, and even the next decade. The Kalamazoo Co...
Apr 22, 2024 Screenshot of Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners meeting Jan. 17, 2023
Woman injured in Allegan County motorcycle crash
ALLEGAN TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Allegan County Sheriff's Office says a 26-year-old Allegan woman is hospitalized after crashing her motorcycle just after 6 p.m. Sunday. She was going around a ...
Apr 22, 2024 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
Portage man killed in motorcycle-SUV crash Sunday afternoon
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 21-yeae-old Portage man was killed Sunday afternoon after his motorcycle crashed into an SUV that apparently turned in front of him. The accident happened around 1:20 p.m....
Apr 21, 2024 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Site announced for PODS community to house the homeless in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Housing Resources Incorporated of has now announced its intention to place a POD community near the I-94 Business Loop in Kalamazoo at 2015 Lake Street, on land owned by C...
Apr 20, 2024 Pods are very small shelters that have been used to provide emergency and transitional shelter in other communities. (Photos courtesy HRI)
Former Hartford police chief pleads guilty
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Former Hartford police chief Tressa Beltran faces between two and 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to drug charges yesterday. Attorney General Dana Nessel's office s...
Apr 19, 2024 (courtesy City of Hartford, MI)
AUDIO: State House Republicans call for bipartisanship on economic plan
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State House Minority Leader Matt Hall of Kalamazoo County is calling for majority Democrats to work with his party on developing an economic growth plan. He cited a report f...
Apr 19, 2024 State Representative Matt Hall (left)
Diocese of Kalamazoo announces list of people banned from working, volunteering with youth
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Diocese of Kalamazoo is announcing they are undertaking a "thorough review and updating of all its policies protecting children and youth." Bishop Edward Lohse says th...
Apr 18, 2024
AUDIO: Nuclear Regulatory Commission holds forum on future of Palisades
BENTON TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is inspecting the Palisades nuclear power plant in Covert Township near South Haven to ensure when it restarts it will be safe. The...
Apr 18, 2024
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County might need to hire search firm for corporate council
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Nearly two months since Kalamazoo County lost its corporate council, hiring a replacement has become a problem. Administrator Kevin Catlin informed the county board that t...
Apr 17, 2024 Kevin Catlin will begin work in his new position in May. (Photo from the Kalamazoo County Government Office)
