Category Archives: Top News Stories
Kalamazoo Vice Mayor wants to make fighting poverty in the city a priority
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - In some ways, the City of Kalamazoo is a rich community, but in other ways, it's not, says Kalamazoo City Vice Mayor Don Cooney. Despite having two major hospitals, two un...
Jul 20, 2023 City of Kalamazoo commissioner Don Cooney (courtesy City of Kalamazoo)
Kalamazoo Promise to host community meet & greet for new superintendent of Kalamazoo Public Schools
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Promise is set to host a community meet & greet for the new superintendent of Kalamazoo Public Schools. Organizers are inviting residents to meet the new...
Jul 19, 2023 Kalamazoo Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Darrin Slade (courtesy KPS)
County approves transfer of land for proposed Event Center in downtown Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners has approved the final paperwork, green-lighting the sale of a parcel of land for the new Event Center downtown. They actually ...
Jul 19, 2023 Artist rendering of proposed sports arena and event center in downtown Kalamazoo, MI (courtesy Southwest Michigan First)
AUDIO: Residency requirements in question in reappointing member of Kalamazoo City's Investment Committee
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo City Commissioners have put a hold on reappointing a member of what they are calling the city's very successful Investment Committee, because he no longer lives ...
Jul 19, 2023 City of Kalamazoo CFO Steve Vincenzi presents a 2023 budget overview to City Commissioners
Felonious assault suspect leads law enforcement on chase, crashes into vehicle in Osthemo Township
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It was a wild afternoon for law enforcement as officers from the Township of Kalamazoo Police Department broadcasted an alert for a suspect wanted for a felonious assault ...
Jul 18, 2023 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
Boyfriend of missing Portage mother of eight requests to withdraw guilty plea
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - He pleaded guilty in a federal escape case, but now is working to reverse that plea. The boyfriend of missing Portage Mother of eight Heather Kelley on Monday requesting t...
Jul 18, 2023
AUDIO: Developers look for tax breaks to convert the old Vermeulen Building in downtown Kalamazoo into housing
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A group of investors wants to convert the old Vermeulen Building in downtown Kalamazoo from offices to housing, but they say a proposed city policy could derail the projec...
Jul 18, 2023 (courtesy National Register of Historic Places)
Man charged in deadly New Year's Eve celebration sentenced to 1 year in jail
VAN BUREN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man charged in a New Year's gathering in Van Buren County that turned deadly is getting ready to spend time behind bars. Authorities say 62-year-old Christopher T...
Jul 17, 2023 (Photo of Christopher Toppenberg provided by the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office)
Man charged in 2022 crash that paralyzed KDPS officer sentenced on Monday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man charged with hitting and paralyzing a Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officer back in August of last year has been sentenced. 31-year-old Deymeon Todd was to o...
Jul 17, 2023 KDPS Officer Tom Maher. (Photo provided by the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
Family of missing Three Rivers woman offering 10K reward for information leading to her being found
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The search for a Three Rivers woman who went missing in late May continues. St. Joseph County Undersheriff Jason Bingaman says his office is still looking for 73-y...
Jul 17, 2023 Marilee Furlong of Three Rivers, MI (courtesy St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office)
