Category Archives: Top News Stories
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office has serious staff shortages
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office continues to face serious staff shortages, and last night asked for help to fill vacancies. They asked that bonuses they have been gi...
Jul 16, 2025 KCSD investigating fatal one car accident in Comstock
Kalamazoo Community Foundation to distribute $1.5 million in opioid settlement funds to local nonprofits
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Community Foundation will distribute $1.5 million in opioid settlement funds to local nonprofits over the next three years. In partnership with Kalamazoo Cou...
Jul 15, 2025 Phylellen / Depositphotos.com
Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo announces artists for 2025 Brush the Block mural festival
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo has announced the artists selected for the inaugural 2025 Brush the Block mural festival, which will be held from September 2nd throu...
Jul 15, 2025
Kalamazoo's Community Homeworks nonprofit receives Consumers Energy Foundation 2025 People Award
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Community Homeworks in Kalamazoo has been awarded $150,000 by the Consumers Energy Foundation in their 2025 People Award winners. The Kalamazoo nonprofit will use the mone...
Jul 15, 2025 (courtesy Community Homeworks)
Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport secures $14.1-million grant for runway extension
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Construction of a 450-foot runway extension at the Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport is expected to begin next spring, thanks to a $14.1 million dollar federal ...
Jul 14, 2025 Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport logo
State Senator McCann running for 4th Congressional seat
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Democratic state Senator Sean McCann of Kalamazoo will be seeking higher office next year, jumping into the 4th District Congressional race. McCann says he has a proven re...
Jul 14, 2025 State Senator Sean McCann
Drowning reported near Allegan Dam
VALLEY TWP., MI (WKZO-AM/FM) - A 29-year-old man lost his life in an apparent drowning near the Allegan Dam on Friday night, Jul. 11. First responders were dispatched to the Kalamazoo River shortly af...
Jul 12, 2025 Allegan County Sheriff's Office Marine Unit (File Photo by John McNeil)
Battle Creek man killed in Marshall Township crash
MARSHALL TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Battle Creek man was killed in a crash Thursday morning in Marshall Township. The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office says the 56-year-old man was pronounced dead at...
Jul 11, 2025 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
Two Battle Creek men arrested after police seize a pound of meth
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The state's Southwest Enforcement Team has arrested two Battle Creek men after officers seized about a pound of methamphetamine during a traffic stop Tuesday. Both me...
Jul 11, 2025
Ferrero Roche buys Battle Creek-based WK Kellogg Company for $3.1 billion
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Ferrero Rocher is purchasing Battle Creek-based WK Kellogg Company for $3.1 billion. The sale was announced Thursday morning and WK Kellogg Company shareholders will re...
Jul 10, 2025 Kellogg's company logo
