Author Archives: Jerry Malec
Allegan County Sheriff's Office receives donation of life jackets to help keep boaters and swimmers safe
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The West Michigan Association of Realtors made a donation to the Allegan County Sheriff's Office in which deputies say will help them keep people safe on the water this sum...
Jun 01, 2022 Pictured: (Left to Right) Lt. Brett Ensfield, Marine coordinator Todd Wagner, Wendy Ryder, Kevin Schippa.
Portage Road total closure in Kalamazoo June 3 - 7
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan Department of Transportation is announcing that Portage Road in Kalamazoo will be closed to traffic between the east and west legs of Kilgore Road over the w...
Jun 01, 2022 Photo by Jerry Malec.
2 crashes in Cass County happen 1 1/2 hours within each other
CASSOPOLIS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Cass County Sheriff's deputies responded to two crashes within 1 1/2 hours from each other Tuesday evening, May 31. The first one, involving a car and a motorcycle, happ...
Jun 01, 2022 Cass County Sheriff's Office cruiser (photo by John McNeil)
Speed and alcohol likely factors in 9th Street fatal crash on Memorial Day morning
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office is reporting that vehicle speed and alcohol are believed to be factors in a fatal crash that happened on Memorial Day Monday, May 30...
Jun 01, 2022 (Photo by John McNeil).
Kalamazoo Metro Transit to conduct reassessment of services
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo's Metro Transit service is doing a reassessment to see if they can provide service improvements in the wake of the pandemic and in reaction to societal changes....
Jun 01, 2022
God's Kitchen of Michigan free community hamburger bash on June 1
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- God's Kitchen of Michigan, a Kalamazoo-based hunger-relief nonprofit corporation, is hosting a free hamburger dinner from 5 to 6:30 pm on Wednesday, June 1, in Bronson Pa...
May 31, 2022
Sewer main overflow on South Westnedge in Portage fixed promptly
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- At approximately 2 p.m. on Tuesday, May 31, an overflow from a sanitary sewer force main occurred along South Westnedge Avenue, approximately 100 feet south of South Shore ...
May 31, 2022
Mask mandate lifted for Kalamazoo Public Schools
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- During the 2020-2021 school year, KPS students were attending classes fully remote. Then for the 2021-2022 school year, students returned to in-person learning and were r...
May 31, 2022 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
Semi truck driver charged with hitting MSP trooper and cruiser pleads no contest
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Virginia semi truck driver accused of crashing into a Michigan State Police trooper on April 8 has pleaded no contest to his felony charges. 24-year-old Easton Norby-Va...
May 31, 2022 Rumble Press / CC
Man kills girlfriend, her two children, then turns gun on himself
WYOMING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The City of Wyoming Department of Public Safety have confirmed that they found a man, a woman, and two girls fatally shot early Tuesday morning, May 31. The discovery was m...
May 31, 2022 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
