Category Archives: Top News Stories
New WMU student center opening delayed beyond start of spring semester
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The opening of the new Western Michigan University student center is delayed again. University leaders say the opening will be delayed beyond the start of the spring seme...
Sep 09, 2022
Gas line rupture, fire, causes evacuations in Kalamazoo Thursday afternoon
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The evacuations are over in Kalamazoo after a gas line ruptured and then caught fire yesterday. Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officials say a crew hit the four-inc...
Sep 09, 2022 Arseni Mourzenko
Sgt. Ryan J. Proxmire Memorial Highway dedication to take place on Friday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A portion of US-131 in Kalamazoo County will officially be named the "Sergeant Ryan J. Proxmire Memorial Highway" in a ceremony on Friday, September 9, at 4 p.m., in the ...
Sep 08, 2022 Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Deputy Ryan Proxmire
Upton issues statement on passing of Queen Elizabeth II
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) -- U.S. Representative Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, issued the following statement on Thursday, September 8, following the passing of Britain's monarch, Queen Elizabeth II: ...
Sep 08, 2022
Community revitalization project to bring housing and vibrancy to city of Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation announcing on Wednesday, September 7, Michigan Strategic Fund approval of $83.8 million in grant...
Sep 07, 2022
First probable case of Monkeypox identified in Allegan County resident
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) notified the Allegan County Health Department (ACHD) that a probable case of Monkeypox virus (MPV) has been ide...
Sep 07, 2022 2003 electron microscope image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Water and sewer rate increases move to the next step in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo City Commissioners have given initial approval to a 20% rate hike in next month's sewer bills. An identical increase in water rates will likely kick in January 2...
Sep 07, 2022 City of Kalamazoo Utility Director James Baker at the City Commission meeting Sept 6, 2022
Board of Commissioners reviews possible wage hikes for Kalamazoo County employees
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Last year when a few members of the Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners learned there were county staffers who were not earning a living wage, they wanted to reset the...
Sep 07, 2022 Kalamazoo County Courthouse. (Photo by Jeana Gondek).
Wanted fugitive involved in Three Rivers standoff arrested Tuesday
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- St. Joseph County deputies have arrested the man involved in the hours-long standoff Saturday, September 3, in Three Rivers. 33-year-old Kenneth Scott, a wanted f...
Sep 06, 2022 St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office cruiser (Photo by John McNeil)
Former WMU officer accused of offering to pay a minor for sex accepts plea deal
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A former Western Michigan University police officer accused of soliciting an underage girl for sex has pleaded guilty to one count of using a computer to commit a crime, ...
Sep 06, 2022 Photo provided by the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office.
