Category Archives: Top News Stories
Spring Valley Elementary goes into brief lockdown after nearby domestic shooting incident
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Shots fired at a residence on Kalamazoo's northeast side Tuesday morning resulted in lockdown at a local elementary school. Around 11:45 a.m. officers with the Kalamazoo D...
Mar 20, 2024 (courtesy Kalamazoo Public Schools)
AUDIO: Portage city manage excited for Metro Link pilot program
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Portage City Manager Pat McGinnis is excited about the launch of Metro Transit's new Metro Link rideshare service next month. He says it is a pilot program that will cost a ...
Mar 20, 2024
AUDIO: Dedication ceremony for Kalamazoo County justice center pushed to September
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The dedication ceremony for Kalamazoo County's brand new Judge Charles H. Pratt Justice Center was tentatively scheduled for this spring, but its been pushed back to this ...
Mar 20, 2024
AUDIO: Statewide tornado drill today for Severe Weather Awareness Week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It may not feel like it, but spring has officially arrived and today is the state's annual tornado drill. At about 1 p.m. this afternoon, local emergency agencies will be ...
Mar 20, 2024 Severe weather siren (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
WMU gets $2.25 million grant for carbon capture research
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Western Michigan University has gotten a significant funding boost, with a grant of more than $2 million from the U.S. Department of Energy. The grant is earmarked for res...
Mar 20, 2024 Carbon capture system as CO2 gas reduction with filtration outline diagram. Explanation scheme with dioxide absorption in underground to limit emissions vector illustration. Eco solution for pollution
AUDIO: Portage to spend $140,000 on lead pipe study
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Kalamazoo is spending tens of millions of dollars, tearing up whole neighborhoods to replace lead water lines, the kind that caused so many problems in Flint. Th...
Mar 20, 2024 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
Three Rivers bank robbery suspects arrested in Indiana
THREE RIVERS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two men are in custody after they allegedly robbed a Three Rivers bank yesterday. They were able to get away from the bank on North Main Street near Moore Avenue after ...
Mar 20, 2024 Three Rivers Police Department (Photo by John McNeil)
"No Contact Advisory" lifted for Kalamazoo River
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Health and Community Services Department and the city of Kalamazoo have lifted the "No Contact Advisory" for the Kalamazoo River. It had been in effec...
Mar 19, 2024 Kalamazoo County Health and Community Services Department logo
AUDIO: Kalamazoo honors injured K-9 Sledge
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo city commissioners bestowed special honors on one of their four legged public safety officers and there is more good news in the fight against guns and dangerous...
Mar 19, 2024
AUDIO: University, college presidents want to nickname Kalamazoo "Education City"
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo has had its share of nicknames over the years - The Celery City, The Paper City and The Mall City. More recent nominees include Beer City U.S.A. and even the Cit...
Mar 19, 2024 Kalamazoo’s three college presidents, Dr. Jorge Gonzalez, Dr. L. Marshall Washington and Dr. Edward Montgomery.
