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Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety accepting applications for public safety officers
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety is now accepting applications for public safety officers through 11:59 p.m. on April 22, 2026. Applicants will have to take MCOLE...
Apr 09, 2026
Loy Norrix High School girl's swim and dive team honored for six undefeated seasons
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Wolverines' national championship in men's basketball this week was a tremendous victory, but Kalamazoo has a team with a far more impressive winning record. ...
Apr 09, 2026
Contract awarded to owners of Park Street Market and Midtown Fresh Market grocery stores to operate Kalamazoo Farmers Market
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - While the Winter Market at the Kalamazoo Farmers Market will continue with its current management through April 25, Gamsho Group, LLC, the owners of the Park Street Market...
Apr 09, 2026
Kalamazoo County commission passes resolution against federal SAVE America Act
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo county commissioners took a small step against an effort to make it more difficult to register to vote in Michigan, and across the nation. The vote was 6-to-3 ap...
Apr 08, 2026
WMU's Haworth College of Business receives $17 million gift
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Western Michigan University's Haworth College of Business has received a $17 million gift from The Stan Lucas Trust, which school officials say will fund Experience-Driven...
Apr 07, 2026 Haworth College of Business (courtesy Western Michigan University)
Oshtemo Township officials clarify status of energy systems ordinance and their process
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After the township board last November passed a one-year moratorium on developing battery energy storage system facilities, the Oshtemo Township Planning Commission...
Apr 07, 2026 (courtesy Oshtemo Township)
Kalamazoo won't receive federal $1.25-million policing grant
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Kalamazoo will reject a federal grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to allow the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety to hire more officers because it c...
Apr 07, 2026
Michigan Department of Ag joining to support this Saturday's Kalamazoo Valley Foodways Symposium
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development will play a role in this Saturday's Kalamazoo Valley Foodways Symposium, as it continues to push opportunities...
Apr 06, 2026
Sheriff's Office says ordinance change will help them crack down on retail theft by "candy boys"
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Officials with the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office say slight change in Oshtemo Township ordinance should help them cut down on a rise in retail theft and fraud. ...
Apr 06, 2026 PHOTOLOGY1971 / Depositphotos.com
Kalamazoo city commission likely to approve incentives for The B on Burdick
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo city commissioners are expected to give a green light to one of the new incentives being used to spark more housing projects statewide, to another large project ...
Apr 06, 2026
