Kalamazoo MI

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) – Tickets are now on sale for the 2026 Gilmore International Piano Festival! The Kalamazoo festival has become the largest piano festival in North America.Today we are talking with Kelly Waltrip, the Gilmore’s Managing Director. This year’s festival offers 70+ events including concerts,...

Battle Creek is Southwest Michigan’s commercial and industrial jewel. Founded in 1831 and located nearly halfway between Detroit and Chicago, the Battle Creek metro area is home to 133,000 residents. Historically known as the Cereal City, Battle Creek today is home to a growing roster of manufacturing giants in...

Kalamazoo cops in action. Watch the 2022 Tienda Guatemalteca robbery on Investigation Discovery’s Body Cam on HBO Max.

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Long before craft cocktails and live blues filled downtown Kalamazoo, Black entrepreneurs were carving out spaces of joy, safety and unity in a city like many throughout the U.S. that was shaped by segregation and racial barriers. Since the 1940s, Kalamazoo has been home to just...

BRANCH COUNTY, Mich. — A Union City man will be spending decades behind bars for sexually assaulting two girls and giving them methamphetamine, according to the Branch County Prosecuting Attorney's Office. Anthony Cuyler was sentenced Monday to 45-90 years in prison on three counts of first-degree criminal sexual...

Below are News Channel 3's top stories from the past week. Residents across Southwest Michigan are reporting mail delivery delays, with some waiting weeks to receive their letters and packages. Kalamazoo, Portage, Comstock, Decatur, Battle Creek, Byron Center and Coloma are just a few cities reporting delays....

Michigan’s first zero waste shop Bee Joyful will close its Kalamazoo storefront after nearly six years.

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – One key to building affordable homes is to cut construction costs. Kalamazoo has a couple of new neighborhood-based ways to do that. Volunteering is one way to save. Edison Initiatives is a group of 11 homeowners who do their own refurbishing. They have sold 2 homes and are working on...

Get ready, music lovers! A local band competition is on the horizon, and the winner could take home a cool $5,000. That's some serious motivation to rock out!

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Students at Kalamazoo College who will soon be graduating are working on a project that might encourage recent graduates to stay in Kalamazoo. A 2024 report from the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research found that nationally only 47% of public university graduates and 43% of...