Category Archives: Top News Stories
Dirt bike rider killed after being struck by pick-up truck in Cass County
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A teen was killed Friday afternoon after his dirt bikes was struck was a pick-up truck in Cass County's Jefferson Township. Just after 12:30 p.m. deputies from th...
Jul 19, 2025 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Two injured in early morning gunfire
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two men were injured in a round of gunfire Saturday morning in Kalamazoo. At approximately 6:20 a.m. Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Officers responded to multiple r...
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Annual survey finds Kalamazoo County homelessness rises from 2024
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The number of homeless people in Kalamazoo County is up. An annual one-night survey found 127 more people without somewhere to call home compared to 2024, and it is the hi...
Jul 18, 2025 Kalamazoo County sign (Photo by John McNeil)
KPS superintendent says they are waiting for impact of SCOTUS decision on Department of Education
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's too early to tell what impact the U.S. Supreme Court's decision allowing the Trump administration to continue dismantling the federal Department of Education will hav...
Jul 18, 2025
Kalamazoo Public Schools, Kalamazoo Education Association at an impasse in contract talks
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Public School board has declared an impasse with its teachers' union over contract negotiations, but apparently, it's no big deal. For now, they are stuck on...
Jul 18, 2025
AUDIO: Governor Whitmer announces $144 million in medical debt forgiven for Michiganders
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - We now have more specific numbers on how many Kalamazoo County residents have benefited from the state's medical debt relief program. Governor Whitmer announced the statew...
Jul 18, 2025 CafeCredit.com / CC
KDPS targets illegal guns, seizes 10 firearms and arrests several teens
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Over the past week, officials with the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety say they conducted targeted enforcement efforts to address illegal firearm possession, resulti...
Jul 17, 2025
God's Kitchen of Michigan serving free dinners July 23, 24
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - God's Kitchen of Michigan will serve free community barbecue dinners next week, one in Battle Creek and one in Kalamazoo. On July 23, dinner will be served at First United...
Jul 17, 2025
Governor Whitmer to release details of state's Medical Debt Relief program today
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer is expected to release the details of the state's Medical Debt Relief program today, and Kalamazoo was one of the communities involved. A New Yor...
Jul 17, 2025 Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer at a news conference in Taiwan March 4, 2024 (courtesy Focus Taiwan)
Kalamazoo County commissioner faces domestic violence and resisting arrest charges
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo County Commissioner is facing charges for an alleged domestic assault earlier this year. St. Joseph County Prosecuting Attorney Deborah J. Davis announced Wedn...
Jul 16, 2025 Best Law
