Author Archives: Jerry Malec
Suspicious death of Portage man under investigation
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Portage police are looking into the suspicious death of a 25-year-old Portage man. Officers with the Portage Department of Public Safety responded around 3:50 p.m. on Tuesd...
Jan 20, 2022 (photo by John McNeil)
Suspects sought by KDPS in early Sunday shooting
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety police are on the lookout for suspects involved in a early morning shooting that sent at 41-year-old man to the hospital on Sunday, ...
Jan 16, 2022 James Reynolds / CC
Sturgis police find items to make fake checks and IDs during search warrant
STURGIS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Police in Sturgis turned up items related to producing fake checks and identification cards during a search warrant. It happened on Thursday, January 13, when the Sturgis D...
Jan 16, 2022
Man impersonating a police officer nabbed by KDPS
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Police located a man on Saturday, January 15, who took it upon himself to impersonate a police officer. Authorities say they did thi...
Jan 16, 2022
Wife of retail giant Frederik Meijer, Lena Meijer dies at 102
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- An icon of the Meijer retail store brand has died. Lena Meijer, the wife of Frederik Meijer, passed away on Saturday, January 15. The Michigan native and member of the...
Jan 16, 2022 Brian Teutsch / CC
Insurers to cover eight at-home COVID-19 tests per month per family
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services Director Anita Fox encouraging Michiganders with health insurance to take advantage of...
Jan 15, 2022 Jernej Furman / CC
Kalamazoo man who survived airborne car accident to face intoxication charges
DORR TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- "Unreal to see a car flying the way it did. I've never seen anything like it except in the movies." Real life imitated the movies on Friday afternoon, January 14, in ...
Jan 15, 2022 Michigan State Police - File photo
Kalamazoo man enters plea of guilty in double homicide
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- 25-year-old D-Angelo Davis of Kalamazoo entered a guilty plea on Thursday in Kalamazoo County Circuit Court to second-degree murder. In exchange for his plea, the Kalamaz...
Jan 15, 2022 Best Law
Australian Police tip leads to arrest of Battle Creek man for child porn
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Battle Creek man is facing child pornography charges after allegedly taking explicit photos of children and posting them online. This due in part to a tip received f...
Jan 13, 2022 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
KPS buys 200,000 masks using federal COVID-19 relief funds
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Another 200,000 disposable masks are on their way to Kalamazoo Public Schools with the help of federal COVID-19 relief funds. In a report by M-Live, the Board of Educatio...
Jan 13, 2022 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
