Kalamazoo MI

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Nearly 300 leaders gathered in Detroit Monday for the first Michigan Literacy Summit, discussing challenges kids face with reading comprehension and ways to improve it. Michigan currently ranks 44th in the nation for fourth grade reading, falling more than 10 spots in just over five years.

Representatives of a union for instructors at the Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency, which serves Kalamazoo-area school districts, say they've filed four more unfair labor practice complaints amid stalled contract negotiations. The announcement came at Tuesday’s meeting of the KRESA Board of Education....

GALESBURG, Mich. — The City of Galesburg is asking the public for information regarding damage to the Oak Grove Cemetery that occurred over the weekend. According to city officials, the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office alerted them about tire damage near multiple headstones, although no headstones were damaged....

Two people were arrested in connection to an armed robbery in Kalamazoo on Wednesday night, police say.

After Beacon, a chain of hospitals based out of northern Indiana, bought four Ascension Borgess hospitals in southwest Michigan in July, nurses at Beacon Kalamazoo hospital say that the new health insurance offered to them is not meeting their needs. “Beacon has really let us down with the ability to care for...

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Electric vehicles have grown in visibility in recent years with new models being released, government tax incentives, and major investments from automakers. As policies shift and manufacturers adjust their strategies, however, what was once hailed as the future of transportation is now facing an...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — WARNING: this article contains details of suicide. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety (KDPS) is addressing and clarifying misinformation circulating regarding a recent death investigation. On Monday at 8:21 a.m., KDPS officers responded to Stockbridge Avenue for a report of a possible...

KALAMAZOO, M (WKZO AM/FM) – Theodore and Violet top the list of Bronson BirthPlace’s most popular baby names of 2025. Bronson welcomed more than 4,500 newborns in 2025, bringing with them a fresh list of the year’s most popular baby names at its locations in Kalamazoo and Battle Creek.

KENDALL, Mich. — A man accused of throwing homemade pipe bombs at law enforcement during a standoff in Van Buren County was already wanted on a felony arrest warrant in neighboring St. Joseph County, prosecutors say. Morgan Scott Parish is currently on trial in Van Buren County on 18...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Finding affordable housing has become increasingly difficult for families across the country, and one Kalamazoo family's journey from homelessness to homeownership shows both the challenges and unexpected kindness that can emerge during desperate times. Andrea Philipp's home is filled with messages...