Category Archives: Top News Stories
KDPS firefighters battle blaze at vacant home
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - For the second time in less than a year, the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety responded to a structure fire at a vacant two-story residence in the 1300 block of Hays ...
May 07, 2025 (courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
33rd Annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is being held Saturday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The 33rd Annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive will be held Saturday. It is put on by the National Association of Letter Carriers and is the largest one-day food drive n the ...
May 07, 2025
AUDIO: May 7 is anniversary of 2024 EF-2 tornado
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's been a year today since Kalamazoo County was hit by its worst tornado in over 40 years. Unlike the tornado that tore across the city of Kalamazoo in 1980, last year's t...
May 07, 2025 Lori Higgins took this picture of a tornado touching down on Prairie Corners Road, just south of Mendon. Courtesy Clayton Lyczynski II - Community Connector Facebook page
Voters reject four funding requests in Allegan, Kalamazoo, Van Buren counties
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Voters in Allegan, Kalamazoo, and Van Buren counties rejected four funding requests in yesterday's election. In Allegan County, the Otsego Public Schools bond proposal fai...
May 07, 2025 hjl / CC
Tornado commemoration to be held Saturday in Texas Township
TEXAS TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A commemoration will be held in Texas Township on Saturday starting at 2 p.m. of the May 7, 2024 tornado that started in the Colony Woods neighborhood and continued i...
May 06, 2025 Lori Higgins took this picture of a tornado touching down on Prairie Corners Road, just south of Mendon. Courtesy Clayton Lyczynski II - Community Connector Facebook page
Man convicted in 2023 shooting death in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 29-year-old man has been found guilty of manslaughter, armed robbery, and weapons charges in the 2023 shooting death of Kavonta Martin in Kalamazoo. Liborio Valdez the S...
May 06, 2025
Kalamazoo Gospel Ministries names Pastor John Simpson as its new President and CEO
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After nearly 30 years as the leader of the Kalamazoo Gospel Mission, Pastor Michael Brown will be stepping down at the end of the year. Brown currently serves as President...
May 05, 2025
AUDIO: Wednesday marks first anniversary of EF-2 tornado
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Wednesday, May 7th will be the first anniversary of a tornado that ripped across southern Kalamazoo County, from the Colony Woods development in Texas Township to Pavilion E...
May 05, 2025 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
AUDIO: 46th Zeigler Kalamazoo Marathon held
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Thousands of people took part in the 46th Zeigler Kalamazoo Marathon on Sunday, with nearly 400 running the full marathon. Zeigler Auto Group's Aaron Zeigler says the even...
May 05, 2025
Tuesday is an election day in Michigan
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Tuesday is an election day in Michigan, but only a small percentage of Kalamazoo County's registered voters will have ballot items and all of them are funding requests. Vo...
May 05, 2025 hjl / CC
