Category Archives: Top News Stories
City of Portage purchases West Lake Drive-In to create green space
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A hang-out spot for generations of Portage teens and their parents is about to fade into history. The City Council has agreed to buy the former West Lake Drive-in. The prime...
May 25, 2022 West Lake Drive-In (courtesy of Michigan.org)
Kalamazoo County resumes its $75,000 annual funding for Southwest Michigan First
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners has decided to renew funding for Southwest Michigan First after yanking it in protest last year over their decision to hire for...
May 25, 2022 Southwest Michigan First CEO Jonas R. Peterson (submitted photo)
Memorial Day event "Day of Remembrance" returns to Fort Custer National Cemetery for 2022
AUGUSTA, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Fort Custer National Cemetery Advisory Committee says the Annual Memorial Day Event will return to the National Cemetery Grounds on Sunday, May 29, at 2:00 p.m. The May...
May 24, 2022 Fort Custer National Cemetery sign (courtesy of Fort Custer National Cemetery Facebook page)
Safety improvements to be made at 75 intersections in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- New safety measures are set to be installed at 75 intersections throughout the city of Kalamazoo with support from a grant awarded by the Michigan Department of Transport...
May 24, 2022
K-RESA working to close gap on shrinking force of skilled workers through new CTE Center
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Numbers indicate that the Southwest Michigan region has seen its available workforce shrink by 14% in the last few years, while the population has remained relatively ste...
May 24, 2022
Saturday evening shooting in Kalamazoo under investigation
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety police are searching for a suspect involved in a shooting that took place Saturday evening, May 21. Officers responded to Mills and ...
May 23, 2022
Man who allegedly kidnapped son and allegedly shot son's mother arraigned
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The man accused of fatally shooting the mother of his 1-year-old son arraigned on murder charges on Monday, May 23. 32-year-old Eric Smith of Kalamazoo was arraigned on o...
May 23, 2022 Best Law
Kalamazoo commissioner defends city's treatment and services for the homeless
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Some of the most fervent protesters in Kalamazoo have taken up the cause of the homeless and they say the city is mistreating them. Several were arrested at a protest duri...
May 23, 2022 KDPS clearing Ampersee homeless encampment
Governor Whitmer declares state of emergency following severe storms and tornado in Gaylord
GAYLORD, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Governor Gretchen Whitmer declaring a state of emergency for Otsego County in Northern Michigan after a tornado ripped through the city of Gaylord on Friday, May 20, just b...
May 22, 2022
Murder suspect in custody, KDPS chief calls for an end to "senseless gun violence"
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A murder suspect is in custody, after Kalamazoo police say he shot and killed a woman in her home Friday, prompting an Amber Alert for his and the woman's 1-year-old child...
May 21, 2022 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Chief Vernon Coakley issuing a statement May 20, 2022 (courtesy of the City of Kalamazoo)
