Category Archives: Top News Stories
AUDIO: Road Construction Awareness Week is underway
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's officially Road Construction Awareness Week in Kalamazoo, and with a lot of work underway, city of Kalamazoo officials want to stress the importance of safety. City P...
Apr 15, 2024 Photo provided by the Road Commission of Kalamazoo.
Kalamazoo area police agencies holding "report card" forum next week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo area police agencies will hold a "report card" forum on Thursday, April 25 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Douglass Community Association. Kalamazoo Public Safety, Porta...
Apr 15, 2024 Photo courtesy of Michigan State Police
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County board to vote on rescinding COVID-19 funds
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County has about a million dollars in federal COVID-19 funds it didn't expect to have available, because two groups didn't spend it. The county board is set to r...
Apr 15, 2024 EpicTop10.com / CC
AUDIO: April is Kalamazoo Valley Community College month
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - This is Kalamazoo Valley Community College Month. About 9,000 students of all ages, backgrounds and interests attend the college annually according to KVCC vice president ...
Apr 15, 2024 Kalamazoo Valley Community College sign (photo courtesy of Kalamazoo Valley Community College)
Michigan gas prices up 15 cents a gallon in the past week
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan's average gas price is up 15 cents a gallon from last week to $3.69. AAA Michigan says that is 19 cents more than last month and but two cents less than last year....
Apr 15, 2024
Kalamazoo woman in custody after allegedly threatening another bus passenger with a knife
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 55-year-old Kalamazoo woman is in custody after allegedly pulling a knife on another passenger on a Kalamazoo Metro bus. Around 2:30 p.m. Saturday the Township ...
Apr 14, 2024 A Kalamazoo Metro Transit bus (courtesy of Metro Transit)
AUDIO: Consumers Energy making electrical system upgrades in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Consumers Energy will be making upgrades to the electrical system in Kalamazoo. CEO Garrick Rochow was in Kalamazoo Friday to discuss the upcoming replacement of the Coole...
Apr 12, 2024 Kalamazoo Public Services director James Baker, Kalamazoo City Manager Jim Ritsema, and Consumers Energy CEO Garrick Rochow
AUDIO: Parents concerned about air quality from GPI
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A group of parents concerned about the emissions coming from Kalamazoo's Graphic Packaging International plant, and how it impacts schools nearby, have taken matters into ...
Apr 12, 2024
Governor Whitmer announces Kalamazoo receiving funding for cutting flood risk
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Whitmer and U.S. Federal Highway Administrator Shailen Bhatt have announced the city of Kalamazoo is receiving $38-million from the federal government to reduce t...
Apr 12, 2024 Governor Gretchen Whitmer announcing her Lowering MI Costs Plan in Lansing, MI Feb 6, 2022 (courtesy Office of Governor)
AUDIO: KPS superintendent to hold meetings on strategic plan
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools will hold dozens of meetings with parents and community members over the next month as they begin to develop a new strategic plan for the district...
Apr 12, 2024
