Category Archives: Top News Stories
100 car pile up shuts down I-196 in both directions
HUDSONVILLE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A massive pileup involving approximately 100 vehicles shut down Interstate 196 in both directions between Hudsonville and Zeeland Monday morning. The incident began arou...
Jan 19, 2026
Winter Storm Warning continues for Kalamazoo County, with treacherous roads multiple accidents
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Temperatures in the teens, snow, and gusty winds are contributing to make the start of the week a challenge around southwest Michigan. Kalamazoo County is under a Winter S...
Jan 19, 2026 ronniechua / Depositphotos.com
Suspect in woman's death accused of taking several hundred dollars from her
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The man charged with killing 71-year-old Virginia Cramer is also accused of taking several hundred dollars from her bank account after he killed her. Cramer's boyfriend, J...
Jan 19, 2026 Murder suspect Jose Louies Mata (courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo city commission to consider rezoning 19 acres next to Asylum Lake Preserve
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - When the Kalamazoo city commission considers the highly controversial plans to rezone land near Asylum Lake for a car wash next Monday, fur may fly, but it will the the fa...
Jan 19, 2026
Juvenile pedestrian sustains serious injuries in hit-and-run accident
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A teenager was seriously injured after being struck in a hit-and-run accident in Kalamazoo County's Comstock Township Saturday evening. The accident happened just ...
Jan 17, 2026 72soul / Depositphotos.com
God's Kitchen of Michigan to celebrate milestone on MLK Jr. Day, kick-off $15-million capital campaign
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As part of their Free Martin Luther King Jr. Soul Food Dinner Monday, God's Kitchen of Michigan will celebrate its 15th anniversary and announce a $15-million capital camp...
Jan 17, 2026
KVET investigation yields fentanyl, firearms, and drug manufacturing evidence
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 26-year-old Kalamazoo man was arrested and police say they have another suspect after members of the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team and Crime Reduction Team executed ...
Jan 16, 2026
WMU, Kalamazoo County explore transitioning management of Asylum Lake Preserve from university to county
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Western Michigan University and Kalamazoo County officials say they are exploring a proposal that would transition management of the Asylum Lake Preserve to the county. Th...
Jan 16, 2026 Image from Asylum Lake Preserve's Facebook page.
Warming shelters available in Kalamazoo area
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County residents and others in southwest Michigan are bracing for more snow and then extreme Arctic temperatures arriving this weekend. Snow is expected through ...
Jan 16, 2026 Warming shelter - Courtesy City of Kalamazoo
Suspect charged with Open Murder in domestic violence case
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An elderly Kalamazoo woman is dead in a case of what the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety calls elevated domestic violence. KDPS officers responded to an apartment co...
Jan 15, 2026 Murder suspect Jose Louies Mata (courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
