Category Archives: Top News Stories
AUDIO: Today is Juneteenth
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - This is a special Juneteenth this year, a day to remember Black history at a time when it appears that some in the federal government are trying to suppress it. So here is...
Jun 19, 2025
Heavy rain, some power outages from Wednesday storms
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Thunderstorms that moved through west and southwest Michigan Wednesday after and evening brought heavy rain, but not the damaging winds as had been originally predicted. A...
Jun 18, 2025 iqoncept / Depositphotos.com
"Jack Snyder Way" approved by Battle Creek City Commission
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Battle Creek City Commission unanimously approves the commemorative designation of the Battle Creek Avenue and Capital Avenue SW intersection as "Jack Snyder Way." ...
Jun 18, 2025 Photo take from the family's GoFundMe page.
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County, city officials decry political violence, pressure
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Several local elected officials took note of the pressure building on the national political scene at community meetings this week. Kalamazoo County board chair Jen Strebs...
Jun 18, 2025 Jason Rojas / CC
Recommendation of site for youth sports complex approved by Kalamazoo County board
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County board has formally accepted the recommendation to put the community's new youth sports complex at the Westgate location. Several commissioners and boa...
Jun 18, 2025 Possible layout for a new youth sports complex in Kalamazoo (courtesy Discover Kalamazoo)
Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office: 5/3 Bank on Stadium Drive broken in to
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County Sheriff's deputies say the Fifth Third Bank at 6040 Stadium Drive was targeted in a break-in just before 3 a.m. Wednesday. When they arrived, they found t...
Jun 18, 2025 (Photo by John McNeil)
AUDIO: Severe weather possible today in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - You may want to batten down the hatches before you go to work this morning because we could be in for another storm later today. Kalamazoo County Administrator Kevin Catli...
Jun 18, 2025 Eje Gustafsson / CC
Consumers Energy pipeline replacement project continues in Kalamazoo County
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Consumers Energy says it has reached the halfway mark of a 12-mile project to replace and upgrade underground pipelines that serve over 2,000 homes and businesses in Kalam...
Jun 18, 2025 Courtesy Consumer's Energy Facebook page
Derek Jeter's Turn 2 Foundation, Major League Baseball holding "PLAY BALL" event Wednesday at Kalamazoo Central High School
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Major League Baseball and Derek Jeter's Turn 2 Foundation will hold an opportunity for nearly 150 Kalamazoo-area kids to have a "PLAY BALL" event at Kalamazoo Central High...
Jun 17, 2025
"Jack Snyder Way" intersection request before Battle Creek city commission tonight
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A request will be before the Battle Creek city commission this evening to name the intersection of Battle Creek Avenue and Capital Avenue SW "Jack Snyder Way." Snyder w...
Jun 17, 2025 Photo take from the family's GoFundMe page.
