Category Archives: Top News Stories
Portage to hold 2025 Centenarian Brunch on July 24
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Portage is planning to celebrate centenarians with a brunch on Thursday, July 24 at 11 a.m. Anyone who is already 100-years-old or will turn 100 in 2025 is invit...
Jul 03, 2025 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
U.S. Coast Guard increasing Lake Michigan patrols for July 4th weekend
MILWAUKEE, WI (WKZO AM/FM) - The U.S. Coast Guard and local law enforcement will increase boating safety patrols over the Fourth of July weekend on Lake Michigan. The Coast Guard says it's part of Ope...
Jul 03, 2025
AUDIO: KPS adding pilot courses this fall
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools set their fall curriculum earlier this spring, but the school board has agreed to add some pilot courses to the mix. Assistant superintendent Ange...
Jul 03, 2025
St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office finds missing kayaker
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A missing kayaker has been found safe in St. Joseph County. The sheriff's office received a report at 7 p.m. Wednesday of a kayaker who did not return after a trip...
Jul 03, 2025 Van/bicycle accident kills woman (Photo by John McNeil)
AUDIO: Deadline is Thursday to apply for Kalamazoo County housing millage
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The deadline for applications for Kalamazoo's unique county housing millage is Thursday, and the county board is gearing up to spend it. Tuesday, they decided to appoint a...
Jul 02, 2025 (courtesy Kalamazoo County)
Jamestown Canyon virus confirmed in pool of Kalamazoo County mosquitoes
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Here's another disease to worry about. For the first time, Kalamazoo County health officials have detected a new virus that could claim lives. Kalamazoo County Administrat...
Jul 02, 2025 Enrique Dans / CC
AUDIO: Russ Kavalhuna takes over as WMU president
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Russ Kavalhuna is Western Michigan University's tenth president and took over yesterday from former president Edward Montgomery. It was Kavalhuna's third first day at WMU ...
Jul 02, 2025 The Western Michigan University Board of Trustees today appointed Russ Kavalhuna, J.D., as the school's 10th president April 23, 2025 (courtesy WMU)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County board selects national nonprofit to manage The Landing Place
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A national nonprofit working to find solutions for the homeless has been chosen by Kalamazoo County to manage The Landing Place, their new family homeless shelter on Kilgo...
Jul 02, 2025 AndrewLozovyi / Depositphotos.com
Beacon officially takes over Ascension health care facilities, adopts name changes
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AN/FM) - The sale of a chain of hospitals in southwest Michigan, including Ascension Borgess in Kalamazoo southwest Michigan, is now complete. Beacon Health System Tuesday announce...
Jul 01, 2025
Fight breaks out at Kalamazoo County courthouse between murder suspect and victim's families
KALAMAZOO, MI (WTVB /WNWN) - Some tense moments inside the Kalamazoo County courthouse this morning, as a fight between two families led to several arrests. Several Kalamazoo Department of Public Safe...
Jul 01, 2025 Judge Charles A. Pratt Justice Center (courtesy Kalamazoo County Government)
