Category Archives: Top News Stories
AUDIO: Delay on new Kalamazoo County Justice Center raises concerns from County Commissioners
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It appears that the new Kalamazoo County Justice Center Project in downtown Kalamazoo won't be done on time, and Kalamazoo County Officials say they wish they had known so...
Aug 16, 2023 (Photo of what the new Kalamazoo County Justice Center will look like upon completion)
Community Foundation hopes "Blueprint For Peace" will help end gun violence in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The nonprofit Kalamazoo Community Foundation is hoping its Blueprint for Peace is successful at stopping gun violence in the area. Vice President of Initiatives and Public...
Aug 15, 2023 Tony Webster / CC
Anderson announces re-election bid as Mayor of Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - City of Kalamazoo Mayor David Anderson would like to remain in that position, announcing his re-election bid Tuesday. Anderson was first elected to the City Commission in ...
Aug 15, 2023 Kalamazoo Mayor David Anderson
State Police investigating after Dowagiac man succumbs to injuries following motorcycle crash
HOWARD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Dowagiac man succumbed to his injuries when he lost control and crashed his motorcycle early Monday morning, August 14. According to the Michigan State Police Nile...
Aug 14, 2023 (Photo provided by MSP Niles Post)
Pedestrian struck, killed south of Allegan
TROWBRIDGE TWP., MI (WKZO-AM/FM) - A 23-year-old man lost his life when he was struck on Sunday night, Aug. 13, 2023, by a SUV south of Allegan. According to County Sheriff's Sergeant Bernard Austhof,...
Aug 14, 2023 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
Five guns seized from four separate investigations in and around Kalamazoo last week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says five guns were confiscated across four unrelated investigations in Kalamazoo over the last week. The first one they say, was...
Aug 13, 2023 (Photos provided by the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
KPS Superintendent vows to get missing kids back in the classroom this fall
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public School's new Superintendent says making sure kids are in class when they are supposed to be will be one of his priorities. Dr. Darrin Slade says he wants ...
Aug 12, 2023 Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education meeting August 10, 2023 (courtesy John McNeill)
Portage man claims record Club Keno The Jack record jackpot of over $503,000
LANSING, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A Portage man is no stranger to winning a big jackpot. 62-year-old Dan Housler has formally accepted his Club Keno The Jack record breaking prize of $503,254. Housler matched...
Aug 11, 2023 Acting Lottery Commissioner, Jessica Weare, presents Dan Housler with a check for his $503,254 The Jack prize.
Antkoviak to assume vacant seat on Allegan Co. Circuit Court bench
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO-AM/FM) - The vacancy on the 48th Circuit Court bench serving Allegan County has been filled. Governor Whitmer, on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023, named Matthew Antkoviak to replace the reti...
Aug 11, 2023 48th Circuit Court Judge Matthew Antkoviak (photo courtesy Office of the Governor of the State of Michigan)
AUDIO: Teachers put pressure on Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education over new contract
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - With just a few weeks before classes begin for Kalamazoo Public Schools student, there is still no contract with the teachers' union, and those teachers turned out at last...
Aug 11, 2023 Teachers at the Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education meeting August 10, 2023 (courtesy John McNeill)
