Author Archives: Jerry Malec
New Kalamazoo Lincoln Statue dedication ceremony set for Sunday in Bronson Park
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After a decade of planning, a bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln sculpted by Terre Haute IN artist Bill Wolfe will be dedicated and unveiled this Sunday in Kalamazoo's Brons...
Aug 25, 2023
Community event to commemorate 60th anniversary of 'I Have A Dream' speech
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's been 60 years since Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered the famous "I Have A Dream" speech, and a community event will commemorate its anniversary on Monday, August...
Aug 24, 2023
KDPS investigating suspicious deaths of two people as homicides
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - On Wednesday August 23, it was reported that the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety was investigating what they were calling a suspicious death from the night before on...
Aug 24, 2023 Alan Cleaver / CC
Consumers Energy to host community meeting to discuss future of Calkins Bridge Dam in Allegan County
ALLEGAN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Consumers Energy is set to host a community meeting next week to discuss the future of Allegan County's Calkins Bridge Dam. Last year, Consumers Energy held a series ...
Aug 24, 2023
Representative Rogers completes regional leadership institute
LOMBARD, IL (WKZO AM/FM) - State Rep. Julie M. Rogers (D-Kalamazoo) was among 37 select lawmakers to complete a leadership training program that identifies and assists emerging state and provincial le...
Aug 24, 2023 Michigan state Sen. Roger Victory, left, and Illinois state (Rep. Anna Moeller, right, present a certificate of completion to Rogers)
Two injured in Barry Co. crash; 1 critically and 1 seriously
THORNAPPLE TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Barry County Sheriff's Office is investigating a two-vehicle crash that sent two people to the hospital late Wednesday evening on August 23. It happened arou...
Aug 24, 2023
AUDIO: KPS Superintendent Slade says misbehavior at high school sporting events will not be tolerated
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Tonight is the first game of the fall football season for the Loy Norrix Knights and Kalamazoo Central's Maroon Giants who are set to play each other, and new Superintende...
Aug 24, 2023 (Photo provided by John McNeill)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo Schools increasing staff to support social and mental wellbeing
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Schools will be beefing up their efforts to look after the social and mental wellbeing of students this fall, thanks to additional state funding, grant money, an...
Aug 24, 2023
Portage Zhang Senior Center opens cooling center for Wednesday, Thursday heatwave
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A cooling center is open at the Portage Zhang Senior Center, 203 East Centre Avenue, from 7 a.m to 9 p.m. (unless conditions warrant an earlier closure or extension) Wednesd...
Aug 23, 2023 An architect's rendering of the Charles and Lynn Zhang Portage Community Senior Center (courtesy of AVB Inc)
Boil water advisory for Portage neighborhood following water main break
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A portion of a Portage neighborhood now under a boil water advisory. The City of Portage issuing the advisory on Wednesday, August 23 following a water main break that occur...
Aug 23, 2023 (Boil advisory map provided by the City of Portage)
