Category Archives: Top News Stories
AUDIO: Help for Kalamazoo's homeless coming this winter
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo's homeless population will be getting something for the holidays that will last through to spring. Multiple agencies have signed on to the most extensive plan ye...
Nov 24, 2025 AndrewLozovyi / Depositphotos.com
Kalamazoo's Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony this Friday in Bronson Park
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The City of Kalamazoo will host its Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony this Friday in Bronson Park. Festivities are planned from 5:00-7:00 p.m., with the lighting of the park a...
Nov 23, 2025
One injured in U.S. 131 shooting incident early Saturday
ALAMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One woman was injured after police say her vehicle was shot at early Saturday morning on U.S. 131 in Kalamazoo County. Around 2:40 a.m Kalamazoo County Central Dispat...
Nov 22, 2025 philberrry@gmail.com / Depositphotos.com
Kalamazoo County Big Tree Hunt winner comes from Vicksburg
VICKSBURG, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Bur Oak tree in Vicksburg measuring 252.5 in circumference has been named the Kalamazoo County winner of the 16th biennial Michigan Big Tree Hunt contest. The contest is...
Nov 22, 2025 Kalamazoo County Big Tree Hunt winner with Bill Robertson
Central County Transportation Authority receives $972,000 federal grant to purchase and rehab buses
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The public transit system in the Kalamazoo area is getting with a financial shot in the arm, with the Central County Transportation Authority (CCTA) in Kalamazoo receiving...
Nov 21, 2025
AUDIO: Edison Academy hosts Kalamazoo Public Schools board meeting
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Edison Academy hosted last night's Kalamazoo Public Schools board meeting, one of two that Superintendent Darrin Slade says they plan to hold around the district this ...
Nov 21, 2025
Kalamazoo Two Fellas Grill shooting suspect identified through tips
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A probable cause document says tips to Silent Observer led to the identification of a suspect in a shooting at Two Fellas Grill near the Western Michigan University campus...
Nov 21, 2025
Oshtemo Charter Township awarded $50,000 grant to plan a "safer, more connected West Main- Drake Corridor"
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Officials with Oshtemo Charter Township say they have secured a $50,000 grant from Kalamazoo County to launch a collaborative transportation plan for the West Main ...
Nov 21, 2025
Portage Public Schools announces construction timeline after $132.4 million bond approved
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After district voters passed a $132.4 million bond earlier this month, Portage Public Schools officials say construction of the new Amberly Elementary School will begin in 2...
Nov 20, 2025 Portage Public Schools logo
WMU Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine announces Joseph Adrian Tyndall as new dean, president, and CEO
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine has a new dean, president, and CEO. Dr. Joseph Adrian Tyndall is currently the executive vice preside...
Nov 20, 2025
