Kalamazoo MI

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...

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – It may be cold & snowy outside but Kalamazoo’s city commission meeting could heat up today. The water and wastewater system will present their recommendation for 2026 rate hikes to commissioners this afternoon. City memos say the overall hike for water will be 5%, and 9% for sewer rates....

Residents of Kzoo are voicing their concerns over the apparent lack of a clear snow plow schedule for neighborhood streets. While major roads appear to be well-maintained, locals have noticed that streets in the Milwood area, with the exception of Fulford, have yet to be plowed. The lack of plowing has led to...