Category Archives: Top News Stories
Kalamazoo activists, community groups will hold "9 Minutes of Silence" event for George Floyd anniversary Tuesday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Tuesday, May 25 will mark the one-year anniversary since the death of George Floyd, and local activists and groups are planning a memorial ceremony. Floyd's death occurred...
May 24, 2021 Protesters holding signs in downtown Kalamazoo (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
City of Kalamazoo, EPA to host Q&A session on Allied Paper Landfill cleanup Monday night
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo County will break ground on their new $97-million dollar Courthouse on Wednesday, but there is another major local public works project ahead. Tonight, the Envi...
May 24, 2021 Kalamazoo City Hall (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
Kalamazoo residents reeling after another weekend of gun violence around the city
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Police officials in Kalamazoo are looking for more answers, and suspects, following another weekend of gun violence around the city. Three separate shooting incidents wer...
May 24, 2021
REMINDER: Family Health Center hosting largest drive-thru clinic yet, 1,000 shots available
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - - Family Health Center (FHC) of Kalamazoo is aiming to vaccinate 1,000 area residents against COVID-19 at its "A Thousand Shots of Love" drive-thru clinic planned for Tues...
May 23, 2021 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
One killed, one injured in single vehicle crash in Kalamazoo County
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A single vehicle crash claimed the life of a driver and injured a passenger in Kalamazoo County. It happened Saturday morning, May 22nd, around 5 a.m. on Sprinkle Road no...
May 22, 2021 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Randall Foods issues recall on beans
TEKONSHA, MI & CINCINNATI, OH (WTVB/WNWN) - Randall Foods is issuing a voluntary recall of all its bean products due to what the company calls "manufacturing deviations that may pose a potential h...
May 21, 2021 Jars of Randall beans. (Courtesy Randall Foods, Inc., via Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development)
MSP investigating shooting incident in Kalamazoo involving KDPS officer
KALAMAZOO MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan State Police are investigating a shooting incident Friday morning in Kalamazoo that involved a Public Safety officer. A spokesperson for KDPS says that the off...
May 21, 2021 Michigan State Police (Photo by Jeana Gondek)
Several counties in West Michigan now experiencing 'Severe Drought' conditions
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- As precipitation levels remain well below average for the year, several areas in West Michigan are now experiencing severe drought conditions. According to the latest ...
May 21, 2021 Severe Drought - U.S. Drought Monitor
Kalamazoo Public Schools keeping masks, no changes to graduation plans
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo Public Schools will still be required to mask-up for months to come and the district says it is too late to make changes to graduation ceremonies scheduled to t...
May 21, 2021 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
Shots fired at parked cars hours before fatal shooting in Kalamazoo Thursday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Just hours before a double shooting in Kalamazoo that left one person dead early Thursday morning, police say two parked pars were struck by bullets in another area of th...
May 21, 2021 Robert Nelson / CC
