Category Archives: Top News Stories
Kalamazoo College breaks ground on new $55 million residential facility
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo College officials hope a new $55 million residential facility will be open for up to 218 juniors and seniors in fall 2027. Groundbreaking for the buildings was h...
Jun 13, 2025 (courtesy Kalamazoo College)
Suspicious fire at vacant Battle Creek church under investigation
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A fire at a vacant Battle Creek church is under investigation for being suspicious. Firefighters responded to the call just after 6 a.m. Friday at 576 West Van Buren St...
Jun 13, 2025 Battle Creek Fire Department (BCFD) truck. (Photo courtesy of the Battle Creek Fire Department Facebook Page).
AUDIO: Kalamazoo Public Schools facing deadline for budget decisions
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools is facing a looming deadline. They have until the end of the month to present a proposed budget for the next school year to the state of Michigan,...
Jun 13, 2025
Woman is dead, suspected shooter in critical condition in domestic dispute in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A woman is dead and the man who police believe shot her is in critical condition in a domestic dispute in Kalamazoo Thursday afternoon. At 2:09 p.m. officers from the Kala...
Jun 12, 2025 aijohn784 / Depositphotos.com
McCann reintroduces legislation to put bottle bill expansion before voters
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State Senator Sean McCann of Kalamazoo has reintroduced legislation that would allow the legislature to place the question of whether to expand Michigan's Bottle Deposit Law...
Jun 12, 2025 heiko119 / Depositphotos.com
Woman charged for allegedly stealing car with baby inside
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - 25-year-old Shyann Sanchez has been arraigned on unlawful imprisonment, child abandonment, and unlawful driving away a motor vehicle. The Kalamazoo County Prosecutor's Off...
Jun 12, 2025
Friends of Kalamazoo Historic Cemeteries plans another preservation project this Saturday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Another clean-up project is planned for this Saturday at a Kalamazoo cemetery. The Friends of Kalamazoo Historic Cemeteries will be hosting a preservation project at the M...
Jun 12, 2025 (courtesy Friends of Kalamazoo Historic Cemeteries)
One arrested for assault with a firearm in Cass County
WAYNE TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A suspect is in custody after police say he threatened a family member with a firearm Thursday morning in Cass County's Wayne Township. At approximately 10:30 a.m. de...
Jun 11, 2025
AUDIO: Calhoun County first responders get new, upgraded radio system
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Calhoun County first responders have a new radio system that officials say will be a big improvement from what they had been using. Police, fire, and EMS can now more e...
Jun 11, 2025
Liborio Valdez sentenced for killing Kavonta Martin in 2023
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man has been sentenced to at least 30 years in prison for the killing of another man in Kalamazoo in 2023. Liborio Valdez was convicted on May 2 of the death of Kavonta ...
Jun 11, 2025
