Category Archives: Top News Stories
Mattawan woman killed in crash with semi on I-94
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State Police troopers with the Paw Paw Post are investigating a crash that took place in Van Buren County on Tuesday, June 13 that killed a 19-year-old Mattawan w...
Jun 14, 2023 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Bill allowing alcohol sales at college sporting events moves onto Senate for approval as WMU plans to sell alcohol at Waldo Stadium this fall
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A bill that will allow alcohol sales at college stadiums in Michigan has moved forward in the state Senate. This as Western Michigan University plans to allow alcohol sale...
Jun 14, 2023 (Photo courtesy of WMU)
City of Parchment to receive $800,000 grant for environmental site assessment and cleanup of former mill
PARCHMENT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The City of Parchment is set to receive an $800,000 grant for an environmental site assessment and cleanup of a former mill site. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ...
Jun 13, 2023 (Photo provided by the City of Parchment)
Opposition grows to city's proposed change of traffic pattern on Winchell Avenue
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A couple of prominent and authoritative Kalamazoo residents are calling a plan to further alter Winchell Avenue dumb and dangerous. In an effort to make room for bike path...
Jun 13, 2023 Winchell Avenue and Rambling Road sign (courtesy John McNeill)
17-year-old from Kalamazoo killed in Saturday night crash in Pavilion Township
PAVILION TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One teen was killed and another injured in a one vehicle crash in Kalamazoo County's Pavilion Township Saturday night. Michigan State Police at the Paw Paw Post sa...
Jun 12, 2023 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
KDPS officers rescue female from second story of burning home
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One person was rescused from a burning house Sunday morning in Kalamazoo. At 9:39 a.m. the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety responded to a residence in the 700 block ...
Jun 11, 2023 Arseni Mourzenko
One killed and one hospitalized following shooting at Kalamazoo evening concert
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Saturday evening concert turned deadly over the weekend in Kalamazoo. Hundreds gathered at a concert in Spring Valley Park at 2606 Mt. Olivet Road where police say a man...
Jun 11, 2023 (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek)
School and county health officials vow to keep kids safe from odors around Graphic Packaging and waterwater treatment plant
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools officials will be working with Parchment Schools and the Kalamazoo County Health and Community Services Department to deal with the aerial emissio...
Jun 10, 2023 The Graphics Packaging International facility and the City of Kalamazoo Water Reclamation plant sit side by side on Patterson Street (courtesy KPS)
Tandy Moore steps down from Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education got a surprise at Thursday's meeting when board member Tandy Moore announced her resignation, effective immediately. She di...
Jun 09, 2023 Tandy Moore stepped down from the Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education June 8, 2023 (photo courtesy KPS)
Motorcyclist killed in crash with delivery truck in Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A motorcyclist was killed Thursday night in a crash near the intersection of Sprinkle Road and East Kilgore Road. Portage Police and Fire personnel, along with personnel fro...
Jun 09, 2023 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
