Author Archives: Jerry Malec
City of Battle Creek releases 2022 water quality report
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The City of Battle Creek has released it's annual water quality report - using data collected in 2022. This report is now available for residents to see. The report is ...
Jul 02, 2023
City of Kalamazoo says personal fireworks can be used now up through Tuesday, July 4
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Over the next couple to three days, residents in and around the City of Kalamazoo will celebrate the 4th of July holiday, which in many cases, may involve their own person...
Jul 02, 2023 David Wiley / CC
Police seek help in finding missing Bedford Township teen who may be in Kalamazoo
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Police in Battle Creek are asking for the community's help in finding a missing teenager. They say 13-year-old Kyra Lynee Jones-Kelley has been missing since she left h...
Jun 21, 2023 (Photo of missing teenager 13-year-old Kyra Lynee Jones-Kelley provided by the City of Battle Creek)
Play ball! (Almost): Groundbreaking on Derek Jeter Field signifies goal of summer completion on new complex
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Officials from Kalamazoo Central High School, the Kalamazoo Public Schools District, along with Derek Jeter's Turn-2 Foundation President and contractors broke ground on w...
Jun 21, 2023 (Groundbreaking photo provided by John McNeill)
Suspect in Saturday shooting identified and arrested by Portage Public Safety
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Portage Public Safety police have arrested a suspect tied to a shooting that took place over the weekend. Police say 29-year-old Atavion Jamaal-Devito Swindle of Kalamazoo a...
Jun 20, 2023 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
123NET wins initial award recommendation for $65 million project with Allegan County for county-wide broadband
ALLEGAN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The 123NET broadband company, headquartered in Southfield, MI received an initial award of $65 million to construct an open-access, carrier-neutral fiber network for ...
Jun 20, 2023 Marcie Casas / CC
Rising costs prompt Van Buren Board of County Road Comissioners to postpone facility improvements
VAN BUREN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Inflation over the past three years has claimed yet another construction project. In 2020, the Van Buren County Board of County Road Commissioners hired a firm to c...
Jun 20, 2023 Van Buren County courthouse (photo by John McNeil)
Battle Creek Fire Department Hazmat Team responds to fuel truck spill accident in Kalamazoo County
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Multiple agencies responded to Monday's two-vehicle crash in in Kalamazoo County that caused a propane fuel delivery truck to tip over on it's side and spill fuel out onto...
Jun 20, 2023 Battle Creek Fire Department (BCFD) truck. (Photo courtesy of the Battle Creek Fire Department Facebook Page).
Father and son from Bronson MI serve together in Kuwait
ALI AL SALEM AIR BASE, KUWAIT (WKZO AM/FM) - When Airman 1st Class Ashton Mayer, 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron Force Protection escort, arrived in Kuwait after a long journey from the st...
Jun 19, 2023 From right to left, Senior Airman Jacob Mayer, 386th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron vehicle operator, and Airman 1st Class Ashton Mayer, 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron Force Protection escort, pose for a photo at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, June 5, 2023. The Mayers are a father and son duo deployed together in Kuwait. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Breanna Diaz)
Otsego Summer Fun Nights to start Tuesday, June 20
OTSEGO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The 2nd edition of the Otsego Summer Fun Nights is set to begin this week. Beginning Tuesday, June 20, and running through August 8, Otsego Summer Fun Nights will take place ...
Jun 19, 2023
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