Author Archives: Jerry Malec
Voter registration deadlines creep closer with primary election two weeks away.
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- With Michigan's primary election just over two weeks away on Tuesday, August 2, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson reminds voters that the last day to register to vote onl...
Jul 18, 2022 Voting sign. (Photo by John McNeil)
Suspected basement fire causes more than $200K in property damage
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Battle Creek Fire Department is reporting no injuries after an early morning house fire on Sunday, July 17. Firefighter crews were dispatched to 146 Central Street...
Jul 17, 2022 Photo provided by the City of Battle Creek Fire Department.
Boil water advisory issued for parts of Osthemo Township for water main repair
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A boil water advisory was issued for parts of Oshtemo Township on Friday, July 15. The city issued the advisory on Friday so that crews can repair a water main on ...
Jul 17, 2022 Jamie / CC
Car vs. semi tractor-trailer accident injures 3 to include 10-year-old
ALLEGAN TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Three people were injured, two critically following a crash between a passenger car and semi tractor-trailer in Allegan County on Friday, July 15. According to the...
Jul 17, 2022
BC Transit celebrates 10,000th BCGo ride and advertisement award
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- 16 months after launching the service, Battle Creek Transit's county-wide mobility pilot, BCGo, celebrated its 10,000th passenger ride this week, and a first place awa...
Jul 17, 2022 Image provided by the City of Battle Creek Transit Authority.
2 lanes of eastbound and westbound I-94 closed near Portage due to crashes
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Emergency responders closed two lanes of traffic on both eastbound and westbound I-94 near the US-131 interchange around noon on Saturday, July 15, due to multiple crashes....
Jul 17, 2022
4 people injured in shooting in Grand Rapids; suspect sought
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A mass shooting happened in Grand Rapids early Sunday, July 17, and a suspect is currently on the loose. Police say four people were injured when multiple shots were f...
Jul 17, 2022 Photo from the Grand Rapids Police Department's Facebook page.
Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office seeks to fill multiple vacancies fast
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- With staffing down by a third at a time when jail populations are increasing and crime and violence are rising post-pandemic, The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office is iss...
Jul 15, 2022 Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office (Photo by John McNeil)
KCSO investigating ULTA Beauty organized criminal enterprise
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office is investigating multiple incidents of Retail Fraud at ULTA Beauty on West Main Street in Oshtemo Township. Authorities say the inci...
Jul 14, 2022 Photo courtesy of the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office.
Missing 33-year-old Ohio man presumed drowned in Lake Michigan positively identified
SOUTH HAVEN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Divers from the Allegan County Sheriff's Department have located the body of a man on Thursday, July 14, who drowned while trying to save a young boy in Lake Michigan i...
Jul 14, 2022 First responders conduct a search and rescue at North Beach in South Haven July 13, 2022 (courtesy of South Haven Emergency Services)
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