Category Archives: Top News Stories
City of Kalamazoo Planning Commission to review possible zoning ordinance changes tonight
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The City of Kalamazoo Planning Commission will consider proposed changes to the city's Zoning Ordinance and Map at its meeting tonight The Planning Commission is expected ...
Sep 07, 2023 (courtesy City of Kalamazoo)
Groundbreaking for new Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kalamazoo facility to be held Tuesday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After raising $9 million so far in their capital campaign, Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kalamazoo will break ground Tuesday, September 12 at the site of its new flags...
Sep 07, 2023 (courtesy Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kalamazoo)
Portage City Council officially accepts Brayton's resignation, discussion underway on her replacement
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Portage City Council has officially accepted the resignation of fellow council member Lisa Brayton. Council member Terry Urban pointed out that the state gives them 60 d...
Sep 06, 2023 Former Portage City Council member Lisa Brayton (courtesy Lisa Brayton for Portage Mayor)
City of Kalamazoo allocates $1.5 million to rehab 48 low income rental properties, plus $770,000 to build eight new homes
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - City officials say Kalamazoo has an affordable housing problem, but they say that doesn't just mean building homes that people can buy. It also means finding more housing ...
Sep 06, 2023 City of Kalamazoo logo
Kalamazoo County to continue offering free prescription discount cards
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A special free prescription program will continue in Kalamazoo County. The Kalamazoo County Health and Community Services Department says their continued enrollment in the...
Sep 06, 2023 (courtesy National Association of Counties)
2,000 classic and custom cars expected in Kalamazoo for 43rd Street Rod Nationals North this weekend
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The National Street Rod Association rolls into Kalamazoo later this week, with the 43rd Street Rod Nationals North at the Kalamazoo County Expo Center Friday, September 8-...
Sep 05, 2023 (courtesy 43rd Street Rod Nationals North)
A busy holiday weekend for KDPS, making arrests and seizing illegal firearms in almost a dozen incidents
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says its officers seized 15 illegal firearms and arrested 12 individuals on various charges over the Labor Day holiday weekend. F...
Sep 05, 2023 (courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
Kalamazoo City Commission to take up poverty and housing issues at meeting tonight
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo City Commission will get a full report on just how deep poverty runs in the city this evening, and is expected to take at least one action to partially addre...
Sep 05, 2023 City of Kalamazoo logo
Portage City Council to officially act on Brayton's resignation tonight, questions remain about votes taken while in office
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The resignation of Portage City Council Member Lisa Brayton will be on the City Council agenda tonight. Brayton has been caught up in a dispute over whether she was eligible...
Sep 05, 2023 Former Portage City Council member Lisa Brayton (courtesy Lisa Brayton for Portage Mayor)
Another Lake Michigan swim attempted by Dreyer
MILWAUKEE, WI (WHTC/WKZO) - On Labor Day, Jim Dreyer will again undergo a labor of love. The 60-year-old Grand Haven man will step into the waters of Lake Michigan on Monday afternoon to begin an 82.5...
Sep 03, 2023 Jim Dreyer, with his support dinghy in tow, about to embark on his self-sufficient swim across Lake Superior on August 1, 2005. Photo: Jack McLain
