Kalamazoo MI

Three residents of a small city in southwest Michigan are being praised for their quick thinking and bravery after they rushed to rescue a man trapped in a burning car. As city officials move to honor them with citizen awards, the identity of one of the rescuers is still unknown. On Nov. 5, a car […]

An unhappy customer is suing Henderson Castle, alleging in a lawsuit that, after he left a one-star review of the Kalamazoo bed and breakfast’s restaurant, an employee tracked down his place of employment and posted bad reviews in retaliation. James Adams found a “caterpillar or worm” in his food while...

Your local Value City Furniture could be closing soon as the furniture retailer continues its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. The closures are part of efforts by Value City’s parent company, American Signature Inc., to reduce costs as it seeks a buyer for the company. In total, 33 stores are...

Portage Northern High School students raised more than $32,000 for Bronson Children's Hospital through their 60-year-old Bread Lift tradition.

A neighborhood outside Galesburg shared concerns of icy roadways as residents waited for a snowplow to clear out their streets Tuesday afternoon.

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — An upcoming Kalamazoo thrift store designed to create employment opportunities for people with disabilities announced they will start accepting donations this week ahead of their January opening. ThriftAbility, operated by MRC Industries, will officially open its doors at 5309 Gull Rd. on Jan. 12,...

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...