Category Archives: Top News Stories
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
Woman arrested in Oshtemo Township shooting early Saturday
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 41-year-old woman is in custody after allegedly shooting a man early Saturday morning at an Oshtemo Township apartment. Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office deputies...
Apr 04, 2026 zimmytws / Depositphotos.com
Western Michigan University, University of Michigan to play hockey at Waldo Stadium
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Western Michigan University Broncos will host the University of Michigan Wolverines for their first outdoor hockey game in January. The teams will play at Waldo Stadiu...
Apr 03, 2026 (Photo courtesy of WMU)
Tornado warnings sound in southwest Michigan
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The National Weather Service issued a half-dozen tornado warnings in southwest Michigan last night as a severe storm ripped through the area. The first tornado warning was...
Apr 03, 2026
WMU's Haworth College of Business to announce the largest gift in its history
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Western Michigan University's Haworth College of Business next week will announce the largest gift in its history, with university officials saying it will represent a sig...
Apr 03, 2026 Haworth College of Business (courtesy Western Michigan University)
Native American ceremonial mound in Bronson Park receiving landscaping upgrade
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A mound in Kalamazoo's Bronson Park believed used by Native Americans for ceremonial purposes over 1,000 years ago is receiving an update. The city is teaming with the Gun...
Apr 02, 2026 A artist's rendering of new landscaping at a Native American mound in Bronson Park (courtesy of Gun Lake Tribe of Band of Pottawatomi)
Governor Whitmer asks President Trump to declare federal disaster for March tornadoes
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer is asking President Donald Trump to declare a federal disaster for three counties as a result of four tornadoes that killed four people on March 6t...
Apr 02, 2026 Screenshot
Man charged for filing liens against Van Buren County property
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 40-year-old Richland man is charged with fraudulent conveyances and encumbering without lawful cause for filing several liens on a property in Van Buren County he was tryi...
Apr 02, 2026 The Van Buren County Courthouse. (Photo by John McNeil).
New parking meter kiosks are now operational in downtown Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - New parking meter kiosks have gone online in downtown Kalamazoo, which city officials say is part of a series of updates to improve parking availability. The changes follo...
Apr 01, 2026 A new parking meter kiosk in downtown Kalamazoo (courtesy City of Kalamazoo)
Missing five-year-old dies after being found unconscious in stream
COLON, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A five-year-old boy has died after being found unconscious in a stream in St. Joseph County. The St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office says deputies were called to the 400 block ...
Apr 01, 2026 Ken Hawkins / CC
