Kalamazoo MI

First, we hosted Lori Higgins, the bureau chief for Chalkbeat Detroit, to review statewide changes to sex education standards and consider the influence that Detroit's new mayor could have on education. Then, we learned more about Yooper Bugsy Sailor. The Points North podcast team explained how Bugsy's seven years...

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – The 2026 Kalamazoo city budget proposal is now available online, and city commissioners plan to hold a work session next Monday to receive a presentation and go through it. Interim City Manager Patsy Moore says they plan a tight schedule after that to get...

PORTAGE, Mich. — Holiday travel and winter weather collided this week across West Michigan, with the City of Portage seeing about a foot of snow, just as a new snowplow tracking system launched on Monday. The new platform, called Portage Traxx, lets residents see when their street was last...

KALAMAZOO, MI — Kalamazoo County is assembling property for a new administrative building on Kalamazoo Avenue. Kalamazoo city commissioners voted to approve the $200,000 sale of a city-owned parking lot at 459 N. Rose Street to the county during a Monday, Dec. 1 meeting. Kalamazoo County plans to build...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — As winter weather picks up, two nonprofit groups in Kalamazoo are joining forces so people have a safe and warm place to sleep at night. Local: Annual Christmas parade kicking off its 61st year themed 'Christmas Stories' in Marshall. Beginning Monday, Ministry with Community (MWC) and...

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – As part of the 2026 Kalamazoo city budget, water rates will be going up 6.5% for residents, and sewer rates will rise 9%, not only for city dwellers, but those in the townships and other communities on the city’s water system. Commissioners got...

KALAMAZOO, MI — Last month, the Kalamazoo planning commission voted unanimously against a proposed rezoning near Asylum Lake Preserve. Frustrated residents packed City Hall -- filling the commission chambers, overflow room and halls as public comments lasted more than three hours. Still, the City Commission makes the...

KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI — Don Hamming opened The OCB in August to prove that someone could successfully serve food out of his once-tainted restaurant building. Mission accomplished, he said. Now, Hamming is selling the building, and has announced he is closing The OCB, effective Dec. 31. Personal health issues...

"The whole community that was here did not do it expecting anything in return," said Megan Waschak

For over 50 years, the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts has held an annual Holiday Art Sale, a time for over 160 artists to feature their unique works across a variety of mediums. This year's sale runs Thursday, December 4 through Saturday, December 6, with December 4 being a time for KIA members to shop between 4 P.M. to...