Author Archives: Jerry Malec
Pearl Harbor sailor from Southwest MI to return home for burial
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Navy Seaman 1st Class Wesley Graham is expected to return home after 80 years to be buried. The Watervliet native was among 429 crewmen who died on the USS Oklahoma durin...
Oct 23, 2021 Photo of Wesley Graham (WWMT/Courtesy of Sean P. Everett, SFC, USA).
Additional sites planned for City of Benton Harbor water distribution
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services working is closely with the Berrien County Health Department and many other local community partners to provide additio...
Oct 23, 2021 Abdulla Al Muhairi / CC
Remains identified of missing woman in Barry County
HASTINGS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Barry County Sheriff's Office has located the vehicle and human remains of a woman who went missing last summer. In a release from Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf, both ...
Oct 21, 2021
Portion of Kalamazoo Mall slated for closure October 29
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The city of Kalamazoo announced on Thursday, October 21, the closure of the south part of the Kalamazoo Mall at the end of October. The area between West Exchange Place a...
Oct 21, 2021 Photo from WWMT/City of Kalamazoo
Johnson & Johnson and Moderna booster shots recommended by CDC panel
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Centers for Disease Control (CDC) vaccine advisory panel voted to recommend COVID-19 booster shots from Johnson & Johnson and Moderna. The committee echoed the FDA'...
Oct 21, 2021 NIAID / CC
Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services to add 200 more jobs
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services based in Grand Rapids, and with service in Kalamazoo is looking to bring on 200 more hires. Pine Rest representatives say there...
Oct 21, 2021 Photo from WWMT and Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services.
UPDATE - Shooting suspect in Covert Township remains at large
COVERT TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- UPDATE (10/19/21) - This story has been edited due to misreported information by law enforcement agencies. It was previously reported that the suspect in this shoot...
Oct 19, 2021 WWMT/Covert Township Police photo
Portage man suffers life-threatening injuries in Barry County motorcycle accident
BARRY COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Barry County police are investigating an accident where a motorcyclist suffered life-threatening injuries on Saturday. It happened around 7:30 p.m. on 9 Mile Road near...
Oct 17, 2021 Barry County Sheriff's Dept. logo
Van Buren man barricades himself in home before stalking and drug arrest
BANGOR, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Van Buren County man was arrested for stalking Friday, this after barricading himself in his own house in Arlington Township, near Bangor. Deputies went to the home of 34-...
Oct 17, 2021 (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek)
Benton Harbor teen found dead in alley: Police investigating
BENTON HARBOR, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Benton Harbor Department of Public Safety police are investigating the suspicious death of a 17-year-old. Authorities say police found the body of the victim in an al...
Oct 17, 2021 Tex Texin / CC
