Category Archives: Top News Stories
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County commission to get presentation on child care costs
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County commissioners will hear a presentation this week that could lead to a request for another special millage request, this time to help fund child care. The ...
Dec 15, 2025 stuartmiles / Depositphotos.com
DoorDash driver assaulted and robbed overnight, two juveniles in custody
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A food delivery driver was assaulted and robbed early Sunday morning in Kalamazoo, and two juveniles are now in custody. Around 1:30 a.m. officers from the Kalamazoo Depar...
Dec 14, 2025 philberrry@gmail.com / Depositphotos.com
Two convicted of murder after man was gunned down in broad daylight at Kalamazoo apartment complex
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A pair of men have been found guilty this week in the shooting death of another man at the Fox Ridge Apartments in Kalamazoo in 2024. 30-year-old Charles Lee Weir was gunn...
Dec 12, 2025 iqoncept / Depositphotos.com
AUDIO: WMU fall commencement is Saturday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Many of the seniors at Western Michigan University have something extra to celebrate this weekend. Saturday is Fall Commencement. New president Russ Kavalhuna is promising...
Dec 12, 2025 (courtesy Western Michigan University)
City of Kalamazoo announces cold weather assistance with warming shelters and centers
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - With weather predictions show the temperatures dipping down to single digits this coming weekend with windchills around 0 degrees, the City of Kalamazoo and Kalamazoo Depa...
Dec 11, 2025 valentint / Depositphotos.com
Tunnel to Towers Foundation renovates home and pays off mortgage for injured Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officer
PLAINWELL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officer who was severely injured in a traffic accident has had his mortgage paid in full and renovations made to his home by the Tu...
Dec 11, 2025
Driver injured after slamming her vehicle into a light pole and a cement barrier in downtown Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A driver reportedly experienced a medical emergency and slammed her vehicle into a light pole and a cement barrier before coming to a stop in Kalamazoo Wednesday afternoon...
Dec 11, 2025 (courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
Portage holding annual "Stuff a Fire Truck" donation drive Sunday
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The annual "Stuff a Fire Truck" donation drive is coming up Sunday, December 14th in Portage. Portage Public Safety will collect donations of non-perishable food items, home...
Dec 11, 2025
Three Christmas dinners to be held next week by God's Kitchen of Michigan
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - God's Kitchen of Michigan will hold three Christmas dinners next week. The first two will be in Battle Creek Wednesday, followed by the third in Kalamazoo on Thursday. On ...
Dec 11, 2025
UPDATE: Van Buren County spends 60% of snow plowing budget before winter begins
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Van Buren County has spent 60% of its snow plowing budget and winter is still 10 days away from officially starting. However, the county's fiscal year ends December 31, so t...
Dec 11, 2025 (courtesy Van Buren County Road Commission)
