Category Archives: Top News Stories
Possible ripple effects for city programs from Kalamazoo Foundation for Excellence's hit in stock market
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo's Foundation for Excellence has taken a hit on the stock market along with the rest of the nation, and it may mean the city won't get enough from the foundation...
Mar 31, 2023 Kalamazoo Foundation for Excellence logo
Portage Northern student sues over graduation date
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Portage Northern High School senior is suing the school for scheduling graduation on May 26, which is Shavuot. The Jewish holiday celebrates when God gave the Torah to the...
Mar 31, 2023 Photo from Portage Northern High School Facebook page.
Kalamazoo County jobless rate remains steady in February, St. Joseph County rate continues to rise
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Just like the statewide average, the unemployment rate in Kalamazoo County stayed steady for February 2023. The 4.1 percent rate for the county is the same as this past Ja...
Mar 31, 2023 EpicTop10.com / CC
Wanted man arrested inside Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo after high-speed chase
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo County authorities arrested a wanted man on Thursday inside Bronson Methodist Hospital after he took off from a traffic stop and led deputies on a high-speed ch...
Mar 30, 2023 Bronson sign in Kalamazoo. (Photo by John McNeil)
Peters looks Into drug shortages
WASHINGTON (WKZO-AM/FM) - Although the COVID 19 outbreak happened three years ago, its effects have lingered in many different ways. A report released earlier this month by the US Senate Homeland Secu...
Mar 30, 2023 U.S. Senator Gary Peters. (Photo courtesy of the Office of Gary Peters).
A pair of kitchen fires quickly extinguished by Kalamazoo firefighters Wednesday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officers quickly extinguished a pair of kitchen fires Wednesday. Authorities say officers got the first call just before 12:00 p.m. ...
Mar 29, 2023 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety graphic (courtesy of KDPS)
Judge rules man charged with 2021 Kalamazoo-area arson, robbery and murder to stand trial
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A man accused of intentionally setting a fire during a Kalamazoo-area robbery that lead to the death of another man is set to face a jury trial. 51-year-old Andrew John M...
Mar 29, 2023 Best Law
AUDIO: Hall says "accounting shell games" are being played by Governor and Attorney General on tax cut
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County State Representative Matt Hall has joined with other Republicans in blasting Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel for ruling that the upcoming income tax r...
Mar 29, 2023 State Representative Matt Hall (left)
Otsego man arrested after high-speed overnight police chase into Kalamazoo County
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO-AM/FM) - A 28-year-old Otsego man is behind bars after attempting to elude authorities in a two-county high speed chase overnight. According to Van Buren County Sheriff's Sergeant Pa...
Mar 29, 2023 Van Buren County Sheriff's Office cruiser (Photo by John McNeil)
One stabbed in Portage domestic dispute Tuesday afternoon
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man is in custody and another person is hospitalized after a stabbing in Portage Tuesday afternoon. Portage Police say the stabbing apparently was the result of a domestic...
Mar 28, 2023 Crime scene tape
