Author Archives: Jerry Malec
Approved ballot proposal language for November 8 general election
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan Board of State Canvassers has approved ballot language for the following proposals on the Nov. 8 general election ballot: Proposal 22-1 A proposal to amend the...
Sep 28, 2022 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
2 hospitalized following passenger vehicle and semi-trailer truck crash in Cass County
CASS COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A crash between a semi-trailer truck and a passenger vehicle landed two people in the hospital in Cass County on Wednesday, September 28. According to the Cass County S...
Sep 28, 2022 Photo provided by the Cass County Sheriff's Office.
Suspicion of armed student places Parchment High School on lockdown
PARCHMENT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Parchment High School went into lockdown on Wednesday, September 28 for a concern over a student with a gun. According to the Kalamazoo Township Police Department, the sc...
Sep 28, 2022 Parchment High School - Google Street View
Vehicle gates at Kalamazoo city parks to close for season on October 1
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Starting Saturday, October 1, vehicle gates at some City of Kalamazoo parks will close for the fall and winter months. Parks will continue to be open daily from 8 a.m. to...
Sep 28, 2022
Portage fall leaf pickup program scheduled for October 24 to December 1
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The city of Portage's Fall Leaf Pickup Program begins in Zone 1 on Monday, October 24, and includes collection dates for each neighborhood zone until prohibited by weather....
Sep 28, 2022
Driver charged in crash injuring Kalamazoo police officer bound over for trial
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Parchment man accused of driving intoxicated and seriously injuring a Department of Kalamazoo Public Safety officer in a crash has been bound over for trial. 31-year-ol...
Sep 27, 2022 KDPS Officer Tom Maher. (Photo provided by the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
Bronson nurse sentenced to probation for fentanyl medication tampering
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A former nurse at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo sentenced by a federal grand jury for tampering with vials of fentanyl. According to court records, the U.S. Dis...
Sep 27, 2022 Bronson sign in Kalamazoo. (Photo by John McNeil)
Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) deploying 350 employees to Florida ahead of Hurricane Ian
FORT WAYNE, IN (WKZO AM/FM) -- Indiana Michigan Power is answering the call to provide mutual assistance ahead of Hurricane Ian, which is on track to make landfall this week along Florida's Gulf Coast...
Sep 27, 2022 Photo provided by Michigan Indiana Power (I&M).
Annual Veterans Service Office "Veteran's Stand Down" event scheduled for Friday, September 30
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Salvation Army of Kalamazoo is once again 'Standing Down for Veterans.' Organized by the Kalamazoo County Veterans Service Office, the Veteran's Stand Down event is s...
Sep 26, 2022
Preparations for Tikario Taylor-McMillon double murder re-trial underway
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- An 18-year-old man accused of breaking into a Kalamazoo Township couple's apartment and killing them in December of 2020 is set to face a re-trial and a new jury. Accordi...
Sep 26, 2022 Photo provided by the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office.
