Category Archives: Top News Stories
AUDIO: Update on Kalamazoo County court operations
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo County's circuit and trial courts are shut down because they are making their move to the new county courthouse, but there will be some limited activity still a...
Dec 04, 2023
AUDIO: Kalamazoo City Commission to set public hearing on water, sewer rate hikes
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo city commissioners will set a public hearing on proposed rate hikes for water and sewer bills for two weeks from today at their meeting tonight. Utilities direc...
Dec 04, 2023
Michigan gas prices up four cents in the past week
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Gas prices in Michigan are up four cents gallon in the past week. AAA Michigan says the average price is now $3.20 a gallon, 19 lower than last month and down 26 from last ...
Dec 04, 2023
Despite the Kalamazoo Promise, college enrollment for KPS graduates down 15% in the past five years
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A report from the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research shows college enrollment for Kalamazoo Promise scholarship recipients went down at an even higher rate duri...
Dec 03, 2023
Battle Creek woman charged with murder in double fatal accident in Kalamazoo County
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Battle Creek woman has been arraigned on murder charges after a crash that caused the death of two people in August in Kalamazoo County's Ross Township. 29-year-old Rach...
Dec 01, 2023 Best Law
K9 track leads to arrest of juvenile after shots fired in Kalamazoo Friday morning
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 15-year-old who fired a handgun in the air has been arrested, thanks to a Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety K9. At approximately 6:55 a.m. Friday KDPS was called to ...
Dec 01, 2023 (courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
Two arrested in South Haven meth bust
SOUTH HAVEN, MI (WHTC/WKZO) - Two persons are behind bars after a Thursday bust at a mobile home that was purportedly dealing with large amounts of methamphetamine in South Haven. According to the Van...
Dec 01, 2023 Nov. 30, 2023; South Haven, MI, USA; A mobile home door at a unit off of Blue Star Highway where police found a "large" amount of meth. (photo courtesy Van Buren Co. Sheriff's Dept.)
AUDIO: At least 560 students in Kalamazoo Public Schools are homeless
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Are you ready for some startling numbers? There are 560 students in Kalamazoo Public Schools that are identified as homeless, about one in 22, but the actual number may b...
Dec 01, 2023
Three-year-old critically injured in assault at Portage home, 20-year-old man in custody
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A three-year-old Portage boy is in critical condition at Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo and a 20-year-old man is in custody after an assault at a home Thursday afternoon. Aro...
Nov 30, 2023 Crime scene tape
Kalamazoo County's October unemployment rate even with last year, down slightly from September
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget reported on Thursday that Kalamazoo County's unemployment rate dropped slightly in October, compared to Septem...
Nov 30, 2023 EpicTop10.com / CC
