Category Archives: Top News Stories
Consumers Energy debuts its first all-electric bucket truck
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Consumers Energy is now using its first all-electric bucket truck. The utility says the electric truck will perform work in Grand Rapids to provide customers with relia...
Apr 23, 2025
Kalamazoo Public Safety: Violent crime down nearly 13% in city
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Violent crime is down by nearly 13% in the city of Kalamazoo from 2023 to 2024. The Department of Public Safety says murders were down nearly 55% from 22 to ten, and confi...
Apr 23, 2025 KDPS Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety cruiser (Photo by Jeana Gondek)
City of Kalamazoo launches pilot food scrap recycling program
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The City of Kalamazoo has launched of a new pilot Food Scrap Recycling Program, aimed at reducing the volume of organic waste sent to landfills. City officials say the pro...
Apr 23, 2025
WMU Board of Trustees to name successor to Montgomery this Wednesday afternoon
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The search for a new president at Western Michigan University appears to be over. The WMU Board of Trustees is set to convene at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 23 in the Stude...
Apr 22, 2025
Kalamazoo city commissioner, vice mayor honor late Pope Francis
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The death of Pope Francis drew tributes from two Kalamazoo city commissioners at last night's meeting on the day after Easter Sunday. Commissioner Don Cooney, a former Cat...
Apr 22, 2025
Lansing man arrested for causing wrong-way crash on I-94 in Calhoun County
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A wrong-way driver is in the Calhoun County Jail for causing a serious multi-vehicle crash on I-94 near the 107-mile marker around 3:20 Tuesday morning. Deputies say ...
Apr 22, 2025 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
AUDIO: Kalamazoo Public Safety hoping an ordinance change will derail 'X-train' nuisance parties
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety is hopeful that an ordinance change could finally derail the 'X-train' in Kalamazoo, or at least slow it down. The lawless mobile...
Apr 22, 2025
AUDIO: NCAA champion WMU Bronco hockey team given key to city of Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The NCAA national champion Western Michigan University hockey team appeared at Kalamazoo City Hall last night to hear a resolution honoring their achievements this season....
Apr 22, 2025
Another man arraigned on charges in relation to shooting death in Kalamazoo April 12
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A third arrest has been made in connection with the shooting death of security guard in Kalamazoo earlier this month. 20-year-old Oscar David Wygant of Battle Creek was ar...
Apr 21, 2025
Bishop Edward Lohse issues statement on death of Pope Francis
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Bishop Edward Lohse has issued a statement on the death of Pope Francis Monday morning at the age of 88. "I join with all of the faithful in the Diocese of Kalamazoo in of...
Apr 21, 2025 Msgr. Edward M. Lohse has been named as the fifth Bishop for the Catholic Diocese of Kalamazoo (courtesy Diocese of Kalamazoo)
