Category Archives: Top News Stories
AUDIO: State finalizes latest round of enforcement action at Graphic Packaging
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- It's official, at least for this round. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy has finalized its latest round of enforcement action at Graphic Pac...
Dec 14, 2023 (Photo provided by John McNeill)
"Remembering the Children of Gaza" protest planned for Kalamazoo's Bronson Park Saturday afternoon
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A group of local high school and college students are planning a protest this Saturday, they say "to commemorate the young lives taken in Gaza and to advocate for a ceasef...
Dec 14, 2023 (courtesy Kalamazoo Nonviolent Opponents of War)
Soup kitchen to serve free steak and lobster tail Christmas dinners in Battle Creek and Portage next week
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - God's Kitchen of Michigan, an area private non-profit hunger relief organization, will be holding a pair of free community Christmas dinners next week. The first dinner will...
Dec 13, 2023 (courtesy God's Kitchen of Michigan)
AUDIO: MDOT signs along I-94 upgraded for graphics
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The message boards along Interstate 94 in southwest Michigan now have upgrades that will allow the Michigan Department of Transportation to use special graphics to warn dr...
Dec 13, 2023
AUDIO: Kalamazoo public safety chief frustrated by city's murders
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo's Department of Public Safety chief is frustrated, but says their efforts to reduce the murder rate in Kalamazoo are working, despite this year's record homicide...
Dec 13, 2023 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Chief Dave Boysen at the City Commission meeting May 1, 2023 (courtesy John McNeill)
Shots fired in Comstock High School parking lot
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Comstock Public Schools officials say shots were fired in the high school parking lot last night during what they are calling an altercation at the Kalamazoo Count...
Dec 13, 2023 (courtesy Comstock Public Schools)
AUDIO: What will become of former courthouses?
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Now that the new Judge Charles A. Pratt Justice Center is open in downtown Kalamazoo, what is going to happen to the two courthouses that have been vacated? Local develop...
Dec 12, 2023
AUDIO: Kalamazoo commissioners hold special meeting on budget
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo city commissioners held a special meeting last night to talk about what city taxpayers will be paying for in 2024, but they also talked about what residents wil...
Dec 12, 2023
After high speed chase and struggle with police, three lodged in the Kalamazoo County Jail
CHARLESTON TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Three suspects are in custody after leading police on a high speed chase in Kalamazoo County Monday morning, that also included one suspect trying to wrestle a w...
Dec 11, 2023 Jason Rojas / CC
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County, Animal Control urging action on bills to hold dog owners accountable
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo's Animal Control Department and the county commission are urging state action on legislation that would hold cruel or neglectful dog owners more responsible whe...
Dec 11, 2023 flowcomm / CC
