Category Archives: Top News Stories
Volunteers clean up homeless camp debris at Eastwood Little League
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Around two dozen volunteers worked for several hours Thursday to clean up homeless camp debris from Eastwood Little League in Comstock Township. League president ...
Dec 29, 2023 Volunteers clean up homeless camp debris at Eastwood Little League
AUDIO: Kalamazoo gets "Storm Ready" designation
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The next time a disaster occurs in the city of Kalamazoo, local officials will be well prepared to deal with it. It's a real concern as the climate continues to change. I...
Dec 29, 2023
Graphic Packaging, neighborhood exchanging shots in ongoing lawsuit
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The year is ending with Graphic Packaging and a lawyer representing neighborhood residents exchanging shots in their ongoing lawsuit over emissions from the plant. Lawyer...
Dec 29, 2023 (Photo provided by John McNeill)
Kalamazoo County announces opening of applications for Opioid Settlement Fund Task Force
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County officiaks are now accepting applications for the newly formed Opioid Settlement Fund Task Force through January 27. Established as an ad-hoc committee of ...
Dec 29, 2023 Find Rehab Centers / CC
Bloomingdale couple killed in Thursday morning house fire
BLOOMINGDALE TWP., MI (WKZO-AM/FM) - A Bloomingdale couple in their mid-60's lost their lives following a pre-dawn fire at their home Thursday. According to the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office, depu...
Dec 28, 2023 Dec. 28, 2023; Bloomingdale Twp., MI, USA; The remains of a home off of 24th Avenue and 44th Street in which two persons were killed. (photo courtesy Van Buren Co. Sheriff's Office)
Police release name of victim in fatal Gull Road crash
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety has identified the person killed in a fiery rollover crash Christmas Day in Kalamazoo. KDPS says 36-year-old Edward C. Hinga III ...
Dec 28, 2023 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety logo
Kalamazoo County's unemployment rate at 3.0% for November
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Allegan County had the sixth lowest not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Michigan for November, and Kalamazoo County had the 11th lowest, as the rate fell in 65 coun...
Dec 28, 2023 Kevin Smith / CC
AUDIO: Thousands of Kalamazoo County residents might get medical debt wiped out
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Thousands of low or no income Kalamazoo County residents could see their medical debts wiped out this coming year, thanks to a national nonprofit. Kalamazoo County has al...
Dec 28, 2023 CafeCredit.com / CC
AUDIO: 2024 to be big election year
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- 2024 is going to be a big election year and local clerks offices are gearing up for a lot of changes. They not only have a presidential election to contend with, but a De...
Dec 27, 2023 hjl / CC
UPDATE: Allegan man killed in Monday night crash
TROWBRIDGE TWP., MI (WKZO-AM/FM) - A 35-year-old Allegan man lost his life south of his hometown on Monday night after a single-vehicle crash. According to Allegan County Sheriff's Sergeant Brandon Be...
Dec 26, 2023 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
