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Flooding closes a number of streets in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Heavy rain through the day Wednesday has led to flooded streets throughout Kalamazoo. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety said as of 3:00 p.m. several streets were i...
Apr 02, 2025 OlafNaami / Depositphotos.com
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County officials say they are ready for more severe weather
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - West Michigan could see more severe weather later today, like the storms that blew through a few days ago, killing three children in Climax Township and resulting in nine ...
Apr 02, 2025 Thomas Bresson / CC
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County's proposed transitional homeless shelter gets name
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County's proposed transitional homeless shelter now has a name. County Housing Director Mary Balkema updated the county board on progress for the conversion of t...
Apr 02, 2025
74th Annual Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Fair set for June 6, 7
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The 74th Annual Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Fair is coming up Friday, June 6 and Saturday, June 7. It will be held in Bronson Park from 3 to 8 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 ...
Apr 01, 2025 Photo courtesy of the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts.
AUDIO: US Army sergeant from Springfield missing in Lithuania
SPRINGFIELD, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A soldier from Springfield in west Michigan remains missing after three others were found dead in Lithuania when they went to retrieve a tactical vehicle that broke down...
Apr 01, 2025 AlphaPenguin
AUDIO: Kalamazoo city commission approves million-dollar ARPA loan for housing project
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Construction will begin on a new Northside housing complex for seniors this month in Kalamazoo, but it hasn't been easy, and it's coming down to the wire. Kalamazoo city c...
Apr 01, 2025
AUDIO: VA Secretary Doug Collins tours Battle Creek VA Medical Center
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins spent part of his Monday visiting and touring the Battle Creek VA Medical Center. Collins was asked about job cuts at the VA, an...
Mar 31, 2025
UPDATE: Two-year-old, four-year-old, and 11-year-old killed as tree falls on vehicle in Kalamazoo County
CLIMAX TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office Monday morning said the fatal victims whose vehicle was struck by a tree in Climax Township during a thunderstorm Sunday were a...
Mar 31, 2025 philberrry@gmail.com / Depositphotos.com
Strike averted at Western Michigan University's Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A strike set to begin today has been averted at Western Michigan University's Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, known as WMed. Its resident physicians reached a tentati...
Mar 31, 2025 (courtesy Western Michigan University)
Three killed in Kalamazoo County storm as tree hits vehicle
CLIMAX TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - At the height of Sunday's thunderstorms in Kalamazoo County, three people were killed and another three were injured after their vehicle was struck by falling tree. ...
Mar 30, 2025 aijohn784 / Depositphotos.com
