Category Archives: Top News Stories
AUDIO: Early voting in effect for 2024 elections
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It won't impact next month's local election, but beginning next year it will be easier than ever to vote in state and federal elections in Michigan. Voters a year ago appr...
Oct 27, 2023 hjl / CC
New bike traffic signals installed in downtown Kalamazoo, officials say to create safer routes
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - City of Kalamazoo officials say bicyclists riding through downtown will have a safer route, thanks to the installation of new bicycle traffic signals. The new signals are ...
Oct 27, 2023 (courtesy City of Kalamazoo)
Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport celebrating one-year anniversary of Avelo Airlines
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport is celebrating the one-year anniversary of Avelo Airlines providing nonstop service to Orlando, Florida. The airline has b...
Oct 27, 2023 Image from Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport's Facebook page.
Veterans Services Millage in Kalamazoo County on November ballot
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Voters in Kalamazoo County will be asked on November 7th to approve a millage to raise money for veterans services. The millage would replace federal ARPA money that is ex...
Oct 27, 2023 Jay Phagan / CC
AUDIO: Kalamazoo Public Schools gets clean audit
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools has received their audit for the past school year and they came out clean. There had been concerns because they had to fire their previous operati...
Oct 27, 2023
Jackson man pleads guilty after investigation by Kalamazoo County cold case task force
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 35-year-old Jackson man has pled guilty in Kalamazoo County Circuit to three counts of 3rd degree Criminal Sexual Conduct in a 2010 assault on campus at Western Michigan...
Oct 26, 2023 Karen Neoh / CC
AUDIO: WMU president gives State of the University address
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan has seen college enrollments drop four-times the national average since the pandemic. Only Alaska and Mississippi have worse numbers, due to birth rate declines a...
Oct 26, 2023
UAW, Ford reach tentative contract agreement
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A tentative contract agreement has been reached between the United Auto Workers and Ford. The four-year contract needs to be ratified by the 57,000 UAW employees of Ford, an...
Oct 26, 2023 Clyde Robinson / CC
UPDATE: Bangor man killed in single-vehicle crash identified
BANGOR TWP., MI (WHTC/WKZO) - A 64-year-old Bangor man lost his life on Tuesday afternoon (Oct. 24, 2023) following a single-vehicle crash near his hometown. According to the Van Buren County Sheriff'...
Oct 25, 2023 Oct. 24, 2023; Bangor Twp., MI, USA; A pick up truck lies on its side after a fatal crash with a tree near a residence off of 30th Avenue. (photo courtesy Van Buren County Sheriff's Office)
Portion of I-94 in Calhoun County shuts down following crash of two semis in construction zone
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A crash involving two semis shut down a nearly six mile stretch of both sides of I-94 in Calhoun County on Wednesday morning. The Michigan Department of Transportation...
Oct 25, 2023
