Author Archives: Jerry Malec
Sergeant Ryan J. Proxmire memorial highway bill passes house
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- With overwhelming bipartisan support, The Michigan House of Representatives on Tuesday, March 8, passed House Bill 5720, which would designate a portion U.S. 131 in Kalamaz...
Mar 08, 2022 Kalamazoo County Sheriff Richard Fuller testifies in Lansing on House Bill 5720 in February, 2022.
Whitmer and fellow governors call on Congress to suspend federal gas tax
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- In response to rising gas prices from Russia's attack on Ukraine, Governor Gretchen Whitmer along with the governors from Colorado, Minnisota, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and ...
Mar 08, 2022 Mike Mozart / CC
Defendants facing human trafficking charges plead guilty, one sentenced to prison
WAYLAND, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Two West Michigan residents have pleaded guilty to human trafficking charges. And one of them is on their way to prison for up to 15 years. 52-year-old Robert Grigsby of Wa...
Mar 08, 2022 Chris Potter / CC
Suspect arrested for multiple felony charges in Cooper Township
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A man is in the Kalamazoo County Jail after being arrested for numerous felony charges. Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Deputies apprehended the suspect on Monday while respon...
Mar 07, 2022 KCSD investigating fatal one car accident in Comstock
Auto insurance checks to hit mailboxes starting this week
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) Director Anita Fox announced on Monday, March 7, that the Michigan Catastrophic...
Mar 07, 2022 Chris Yarzab / CC
Family rallies around Kalamazoo Township woman attacked, set on fire by daughter
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A long road to recovery is ahead for a Kalamazoo woman who was viciously attacked by her daughter last month. The daughter, Alexis VanDusen is accused of stabbing and set...
Mar 07, 2022
Feds find 6 cows shot multiple times at JBS near Plainwell; PETA seeking investigation
ALLEGAN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, also known as PETA is seeking investigation on a slaughterhouse in Allegan County for numerous charges of cruelty to...
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Final Gravity Brewing Company brewing in solidarity with Ukraine
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Final Gravity Brewing Company at 103 North Phelps Street in Decatur and at 246 North Burdick Street in Kalamazoo is getting ready to stand with the people of Ukraine who ...
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Madagascar The Musical at WMU Miller Auditorium postponed until next season
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, Madagascar The Musical at Western Michigan University's Miller Auditorium has been postponed until next season. In a press release da...
Mar 07, 2022 Western Michigan University (photo by John McNeil)
Kalamazoo County announces it's first Director of Diversity Equity and Inclusion
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners has hired their first Director of Diversity Equity and Inclusion. William Alvin Gray, who was appointed during a special meeti...
Mar 07, 2022 Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners meeting March 1, 2022 (photo courtesy of John McNeill)
