Category Archives: Top News Stories
AUDIO: KPS Board of Education begins rebuilding process
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education members are picking up the pieces as they recover from the loss of their top two administrators. They began a series of team-bu...
Jan 10, 2023
Future windfall from state alcohol sales to go to local treatment agencies and services
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Local Governmental units will be getting a windfall from the state, thanks to alcohol sales. That windfall is set to come from a new state bill that will increase the sha...
Jan 10, 2023 Simon_sees / CC
Well known Kalamazoo restaurant to close after a half century in business
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A downtown Kalamazoo staple closing it's doors after 50 years in business. Theo & Stacy's, located at 234 West Michigan Avenue near North Church Street, announced in ...
Jan 09, 2023 Image from Theo & Stacys Facebook page.
Kalamazoo's Foundation For Excellence continues to fund improvements the city couldn't afford otherwise
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - If you live in Kalamazoo, you likely got a newsletter from City Hall over the weekend, updating data on the Foundation For Excellence, which just celebrated its 5th annive...
Jan 09, 2023 Kalamazoo Foundation for Excellence logo
Body found in Cass County on Thursday identified
CASS COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Cass County Sheriff's Office on Saturday, January 7 released the identity of a body found by deputies on Thursday, January 5. The body, which was located in a field...
Jan 08, 2023 (photo by John McNeil)
Allegan Co. family of four found dead in apparent murder/suicide
LEE TWP., MI (WKZO-AM/FM) - A family of four in southern Allegan County has passed away from what authorities are calling a homicide/suicide Saturday afternoon. According to Allegan County Sheriff's D...
Jan 07, 2023 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
Kalamazoo Metro looking to implement additional micro transit service by 2024
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A consultant's report is expected to be presented in March that will give recommendations on how Kalamazoo area public transit operator Metro has can better serve passenge...
Jan 07, 2023 A Kalamazoo Metro Transit bus (courtesy of Metro Transit)
Hunger relief charities to co-host free Martin Luther King Jr. Day dinner
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - God's Kitchen of Michigan and Broncos Kitchen, nonprofit hunger relief charities serving greater Kalamazoo County, will co-host a free Martin Luther King Day Jr. dinner Mo...
Jan 06, 2023 God's Kitchen of Michigan and Broncos Kitchen logos
Deceased body located in Cass County field: Authorities investigating
CASS COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Cass County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a deceased body was found by deputies around 1:15 Thursday afternoon, January 5. The body was located in a field...
Jan 05, 2023 (photo by John McNeil)
Boysen officially sworn in as chief of Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety's Acting Chief David Boysen has officially been sworn in as the Public Safety Chief on Thursday, January 5. The swearing in ceremony...
Jan 05, 2023 KDPS Deputy Chief David Boysen is officially sworn in as Police Chief during a ceremony at Kalamazoo City Hall on Thursday, January 5, 2023.(Photo provided by the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
