Kalamazoo groups partner for new community violence intervention training program
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - In a move to diffuse violence throughout the Kalamazoo community, the Michigan Transformation Collective, Gryphon Place, and Kalamazoo Valley Community College are piloting a professional certificate training program in Community Violence Intervention. KVCC officials say the intent is to st...
May 12, 2024
Fatal stabbing in Otsego Friday afternoon
OTSEGO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 51-year-old Otsego man was stabbed to death at a home in the city Friday afternoon. At 5:40 p.m. Allegan County Dispatch received a 911 call from a female needing emergency personnel. The Otsego Police, along with the Allegan County Sheriffs Office responded to the apartment complex where th...
May 11, 2024
Man robs Parchment gas station at gunpoint early Friday morning
PARCHMENT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Police are looking for a man who robbed a gas station in the City of Parchment at gunpoint Friday morning. The Township of Kalamazoo Police Department says a male suspect entered the store and demanded money while pointing a firearm at an employee. The suspect fled the area in a vehicle. T...
May 10, 2024
Kalamazoo Bike Week begins Saturday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Bike Week begins Saturday. There will be over 30 events held through May 18. One of the first events will be the city of Kalamazoo's Bronson Park Cycle Show on Saturday May 11 with a Mayors Ride, live music, food trucks, and more. The same day also will feature the LGBTQIA & A...
May 10, 2024
AUDIO: Congressman Huizenga talks about tornado damage
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Congressman Bill Huizenga toured the tornado damage in Kalamazoo County this week. He flew in a helicopter with a FEMA official from Chicago along with state Representative Matt Hall along the entire path of the EF-2 tornado that hit Portage before getting on the ground and looking at the d...
May 10, 2024
NWS confirms fourth tornado in southwest Michigan
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The National Weather Service has now confirmed a fourth tornado on Tuesday in southwest Michigan. It was an EF-2 tornado that started in Centreville in St. Joseph County and ended northeast of Sherwood in Branch County, 19 miles away. It had wind speeds of 130-miles-an-hour and was 950-yards-...
May 10, 2024
AUDIO: Kalamazoo Public Schools superintendent has things to discuss with community
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools superintendent Darrin Slade has come up with a laundry list of new issues he wants to explore with the community as they transition from this school year to the next. Dr. Slade says these issues have come up during his strategic planning sessions with the public, an...
May 10, 2024
United Way and Community Foundation teaming up to provide storm related emergency grants
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The United Way of South Central Michigan and the Kalamazoo Community Foundation are teaming up to provide emergency grants to those affected by this week's tornadoes and severe weather. The crisis funding will distributed through the United Way's Disaster Relief Fund and the Community Found...
May 10, 2024
Portage police arrest looters taking items from storm damaged building
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Portage Department of Public Safety says an 18-year-old Galesburg man was arrested and a female juvenile could face charges too for looting a business in the 2000 block of West Centre Avenue that was damaged by Tuesday's tornado. Portage Police responded to the call around 9:30 p.m. Wedne...
May 09, 2024
Consumers Energy to provide free lunch and dinner Saturday as a thank you to customers
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Consumers Energy says they will provide a free lunch and dinner to community members in the Kalamazoo area to recognize their patience and resilience after tornadoes caused major damage this week. The lunch and dinner will happen at the Kalamazoo First Assembly of God Church, 5550 Oakland Dri...
May 09, 2024