Category Archives: Top News Stories
Former Van Buren County Specialty Court Administrator arrested for embezzlement
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Former Van Buren County Specialty Court Administrator Rachel Lindley has been arrested for felony embezzlement over $100,000. Michigan State Police accuse the 42-year-old of...
Aug 06, 2025 Courtesy Michigan State Police
AUDIO: Battle Creek to renovate, build new fire stations
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two Battle Creek fire stations will be renovated, another will be expanded, and three new ones will be built. That follows a unanimous vote last night by the Battle Cre...
Aug 06, 2025 (Photo provided by the Battle Creek Fire Department)
AUDIO: Public phase open in Kalamazoo city manager search
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo's search for a new city manager has just entered its first public phase. While elected commissioners make big decisions and set the direction for the city, it's ...
Aug 06, 2025 City of Kalamazoo logo
Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office investigating Comstock Township robbery
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County Sheriff's deputies are searching for a robbery suspect. A woman called them just before 5:30 a.m. Tuesday to report being robbed of her purse and ...
Aug 05, 2025 (Photo by John McNeil).
AUDIO: City of Kalamazoo using helicopter, antenna to map aquifers for water system
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Kalamazoo has been using a hexagonal antenna attached to a helicopter to map out aquifers under the ground for the city's water system. Water program manager J...
Aug 05, 2025 Top down close up color photo of a water supply manhole cover in a paved street with green grass around the perimeter
Tonight is National Night Out
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's the first Tuesday in August, and that means National Night Out. Several events are planned in the Kalamazoo area to get neighbors to meet neighbors, rub elbows with p...
Aug 05, 2025 Police officers engage with citizens in Kalamazoo during National Night Out 2019. (Photo by Will Kriss).
AUDIO: Anti-ICE protestors urge city of Kalamazoo to oppose Trump administration
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Demonstrators spent last evening picketing Kalamazoo City Hall, calling on the city to take a stand against Trump administration immigration policies and ICE detentions. T...
Aug 05, 2025
Woman suffers minor injuries after being shot in the head while riding in a car on Florence Street
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A passenger is a vehicle traveling through a Kalamazoo neighborhood was struck in the head by gunfire Sunday afternoon. At 5:41 p.m. officers from the Kalamazoo Department...
Aug 04, 2025 BrianAJackson / Depositphotos.com
Portage Public Schools superintendent to host meet and greet August 21
PORTAGE. MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Portage Public Schools superintendent Johnny Edwards will be hosting a meet-and-greet with the community later this month. People are invited to meet with him at the Portage...
Aug 04, 2025
Gas prices down 10-cents statewide in past week
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's ten cents a gallon cheaper on average in the state to fill the gas tank from last week. Triple-A Michigan says the price is now at $3.13 a gallon statewide, down six c...
Aug 04, 2025
