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AUDIO: Kalamazoo County board awards Community Grants
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County board gave final approval to the winning bidders in their first Community Grant program. The goal was to create a process, where there had been mainly...
Nov 06, 2025 Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners vice chair John Taylor (courtesy John McNeill)
Anonymous donor rescues God's Kitchen of Michigan Thanksgiving Dinner in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After earlier in the week announcing that the even would be canceled due to a lack of donations, God's Kitchen of Michigan has announce that its Free Community Thanksgivin...
Nov 05, 2025
Off-duty firefighter killed overnight Wednesday in Kalamazoo motorcycle accident
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An off-duty member of Oshtemo Township Fire Department was killed early Wednesday morning in a motorcycle crash in Kalamazoo. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety say...
Nov 05, 2025
Vigil held at Celery Flats for US-131 crash victim
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A vigil brought over 100 people to Celery Flats in Portage last night to honor 17-year-old Alayiah Lazzara, the most recent person to die from their injuries in the wrong-wa...
Nov 05, 2025 Celery Flats Historical Area in Portage, MI. (Photo by Will Kriss).
Portage Mayor Patricia Randall wins re-election
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The vote for Portage mayor went to incumbent Patricia Randall.. Randall got 8,067 votes for 61.66%, while challenger Nasim Ansari had 4,992 and 38.16%. For the Portage city ...
Nov 05, 2025 Portage City Mayor Patricia Randall.
David Anderson re-elected Kalamazoo mayor, Kalamazoo city commissioners chosen
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - David Anderson has won another term as mayor of Kalamazoo. Voters gave him just over 64% of the vote in the election, while Chris Glasser had nearly 27% and Robert Gray ha...
Nov 04, 2025 Kalamazoo Mayor David Anderson
UPDATE: Drivers Identified in Fatal US-131 Crash Near Martin
MARTIN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - The identities of the two drivers involved in a fatal head-on crash on US-131 near Martin over the weekend have been disclosed. Allegan County Sheriff's Deputies and Gun Lake...
Nov 04, 2025 aijohn784 / Depositphotos.com
AUDIO: KPS board to determine if El Sol Elementary will be expanded at new site
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The construction of a new $41.5 million El Sol Elementary in Kalamazoo Township will be back on the Kalamazoo Public Schools board agenda Thursday night. Last year, the de...
Nov 04, 2025
New Kalamazoo Farmers Market space to host Winter Markets, youth activities, and community gatherings
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A ribbon cutting is scheduled for later this month as construction wraps up on the new $6 million multipurpose building at the Kalamazoo Farmers' Market The 8,900 square f...
Nov 03, 2025
Domestic assault suspect arrested after short stand-off with police in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A domestic violence incident that turned into a stand-off with police in Kalamazoo ended peacefully Sunday night. At approximately 9:00 p.m. Kalamazoo Department of Public...
Nov 03, 2025 NewAfrica / Depositphotos.com
