Category Archives: Top News Stories
AUDIO: Not all of the Imagine Kalamazoo 2025 plan will be done by the end of 2025
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- It is like the guidebook for the operation of the city of Kalamazoo. Eight years ago, after getting a lot of public input, commissioners adopted the Imagine Kalamazoo 202...
Dec 26, 2023
One arrested for Comstock Township church break-in
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office has arrested a 31-year-old man for a break-in at a Comstock Township church. He allegedly broke into the church in the 5000 ...
Dec 26, 2023 (Photo by John McNeil).
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County to start 2024 with new medical examiner
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County will start the new year with a new medical examiner. He is Dr. Patrick Hansma, a Michigan State University graduate who served as deputy medical examiner ...
Dec 26, 2023
Driver ejected, killed in rollover crash Christmas Day
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One person is dead following a fiery rollover crash Christmas Day in Kalamazoo. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety responded to the 1100 block of Gull Road in refer...
Dec 25, 2023 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Two arrested after Christmas Eve shooting incident on West Main Street in Kalamazoo Township
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two men are in custody after a shooting incident Christmas Eve in Kalamazoo Township. At approximately 6:30 p.m. Sunday, officers from the Township of Kalamazoo P...
Dec 25, 2023 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
Kalamazoo's Ecumencial Senior Center receives $4 million gift to boost Capital Building Campaign
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Officials with the Ecumenical Senior Center (ESC) in Kalamazoo say their Capital Building Campaign received a major boost recently with a $4 million grant from the Stryker...
Dec 23, 2023
Bronson announces top baby names for 2023
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Oliver and Amelia topped the list of most popular names chosen in the Kalamazoo area. In 2023, there were more than 4,000 babies born at the Bronson BirthPlace locations i...
Dec 23, 2023 Doni Fernandes / CC
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County board appears happier with treasurer
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamazoo County board appears happier with the county treasurer now than they were when the year began. Back then they had just been informed that their books were i...
Dec 22, 2023 Kalamazoo County Treasurer Thomas Whitener answers questions concerning the performance of his duties for a second time under oath. (Photo from John McNeill)
Two former staffers of ex-state House Speaker facing charges
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Two former staffers of ex-state House Speaker Lee Chatfield are facing financial crime charges. Attorney General Dana Nessel announced the charges against Anne and Robert M...
Dec 22, 2023 Michigan State Capitol
One dead in Alamo Township crash
ALAMO TOWNSHIP, MI -- One person has been killed in a crash in Alamo Township near Plainwell. The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office say a vehicle turned out of a driveway to the left on West B Avenue ...
Dec 22, 2023
