Category Archives: Top News Stories
Rogers kicks off reelection campaign for third term in Michigan House
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State Representative Julie M. Rogers is kicking off her re-election bid Monday at a campaign event. Rogers' 41st House District includes most of the City of Kalamazoo, and...
Jan 29, 2024 State Rep. Julie M. Rogers (D-Kalamazoo). (Photo courtesy of the Office of Julie Rogers).
AUDIO: Winchell neighborhood residents upset with roundabouts
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Residents in the Winchell neighborhood in Kalamazoo say they don't like the temporary roundabouts the city has set up on Chevy Chase, and they want them removed. Katie Bl...
Jan 29, 2024
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County loses attorney
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo County is losing its lawyer again. Angelina Barnes was finally hired early last year after conflicts with their previous attorney, an extensive and prolonged na...
Jan 29, 2024 Best Law
Former WMU coach Tim Lester gets job with Iowa Hawkeyes
IOWA CITY, IA (WKZO AM/FM) - Former Western Michigan University football coach Tim Lester has been hired as the new offensive coordinator for the University of Iowa. Lester coached the Broncos for six...
Jan 29, 2024
Forums to be held Tuesday on the future of the library services in Kalamazoo's Northside neighborhood
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - With the planned closing of the Alma Powell Branch, which is housed at the Douglass Community Association on Paterson Street, the Kalamazoo Public Library is planning two ...
Jan 28, 2024 Interior of Alice Powell Branch Library in Kalamazoo (courtesy Kalamazoo Public Library)
Kazoo 48 Hour Film Festival returns for fifth year, adding a theatrical premiere and much more.
KALAMAZOO. MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An event that gives amateurs and professionals 48 hours to work with an assigned genre, line of dialogue, character, location, and props to create a one to six minute film...
Jan 28, 2024 (courtesy Kazoo 48 Hour Film Festival)
Hit-and-run driver flees on foot after accident in Oshtemo Township
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office is looking for a hit-and-run driver who ran a red light and struck another vehicle Thursday afternoon in Oshtemo Township. Depu...
Jan 26, 2024 (Photo by John McNeil).
Details discussed for new downtown Kalamazoo arena
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Ground could be broken this year on a downtown Kalamazoo event center and arena that has been talked about for more than 20 years. Greenleaf Trust's Bill Johnston unveiled...
Jan 26, 2024
WMU makes Time Magazine list of Best Colleges for Future Leaders
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Western Michigan University has been named by Time Magazine as one of the Top 100 universities in the nation for turning out the nation's leaders. University President Edw...
Jan 25, 2024 (courtesy Time Magazine)
Shooting injures one in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- One person is hospitalized in Kalamazoo after being shot early Tuesday morning and his mother has been arrested. Kalamazoo Public Safety says she was arrested at Bronson ...
Jan 25, 2024
