Category Archives: Top News Stories
AUDIO: Kalamazoo commissioners consider big expenditure
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo city commissioners had to pause Monday night as they considered one of the biggest expenditures in city history. Before them was a $101-million bond sale to fina...
Jul 08, 2025
AUDIO: Kalamazoo city commission presented with Arcadia Creek Festival Site revamp plan
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The plans to revamp Kalamazoo's Arcadia Creek Festival Site downtown have been presented to the city commission. Assistant City Manager Rebekah Kik says the plans allow fo...
Jul 08, 2025
AUDIO: Kalamazoo Public Safety looking for July 4th weekend shooting suspects
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - That popping sound you heard on the 4th of July in Kalamazoo may have been more than firecrackers. Public Safety Chief Dave Boysen says they are still investigating four s...
Jul 08, 2025 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety logo
Tour and roundtable to highlight Brownfield Redevelopment in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two once-contaminated sites in downtown Kalamazoo are being transformed into affordable housing and commercial space thanks to state investment and strong local partnershi...
Jul 08, 2025 Harrison Circle apartments, Kalamazoo, MI (courtesy AVB Commercial Construction)
Early Saturday morning murder victim identified, KDPS seeking eyewitnesses
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety has identified the man killed in the July 5 shooting on West Paterson Street as 34-year-old Kalamazoo resident Leetrail Lamont Bi...
Jul 07, 2025 Leetrail Lamont Bible (courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
UPDATE: Missing teen from Allegan area found safe
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO-AM/FM) - The search is over for a missing 15-year-old boy in the vicinity of the city of Allegan. Miles Kelly-Tyler Damron was last seen this past Friday evening around 8:00 p.m. lea...
Jul 07, 2025 Miles Damron (photo courtesy Allegan Co. Sheriff's Office)
AUDIO: North Westnedge Avenue closed until August 15 from Kalamazoo to Michigan avenues
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As commuters get back to work today, they may need to detour to get downtown if they use North Westnedge Avenue. Two blocks of Westnedge between Kalamazoo and Michigan ave...
Jul 07, 2025
AUDIO: Summer school starting for Kalamazoo Public Schools
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Most Kalamazoo Public Schools students are enjoying summer vacation, but it will be back to school today for hundreds of students who need extra help. Superintendent Darri...
Jul 07, 2025 (Photo provided by John McNeill)
One killed in four separate shootings in Kalamazoo July 4, 5
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Safety is investigating four separate shootings that happened July 4 and July 5 between 10:50 p.m. and 4 a.m. A 34-year-old man was killed in the third sh...
Jul 07, 2025 KDPS seeks suspect in weapon seizure (Photo by Jeana Gondek)
Arcadia Creek project starts Monday, July 7 on Westnedge Avenue
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -Work begins Monday, July 7 on a major project to rebuild and expand the capacity of Arcadia Creek. City officials say the multi-year effort will reduce flooding risks, mode...
Jul 04, 2025
