Author Archives: Jerry Malec
Fall colors soon to be popping out along county roads
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Trees across West Michigan will soon be swathed in color, and what better way to enjoy them than with a drive down a back road in your local area? The County Road Associa...
Sep 30, 2021
Kalamazoo FHC to host Women's Health Expo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- An event hosted by Kalamazoo's Family Health Center will focus on the unique health needs of women in the Kalamazoo community. The Women's Health Expo is set to take plac...
Sep 30, 2021 Kalamazoo Family Health Center Moses L. Walker Building
Grant for Cass County's Midwest Energy Cooperative expected to generate jobs and private investment
CASSAPOLIS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A substantial financial boost is on it's way to Cass County. The boost is set to promote high-tech business growth which will in turn bring with it jobs and more than 10...
Sep 30, 2021 Ervins Strauhmanis / CC
Gobles high school student arrested for having gun in school
GOBLES, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Gobles High School student was arrested Friday, September 24, after he admitted to carrying a handgun in school. WWMT reporting that Van Buren County deputies were sent to...
Sep 25, 2021 (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek)
High school student latest COVID-19 death in Cass and Van Buren Counties
LAWRENCE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Van Buren/Cass District Health Department confirming on Friday, September 24, the death of a Van Buren County student to COVID-19. This brings the total number of COVI...
Sep 25, 2021 EpicTop10.com / CC
Cass County Sheriff's Office investigating multiple injury car crash
CASSOPOLIS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Cass County police are investigating a crash resulting in multiple injuries. It happened around 12:30 Saturday afternoon at the intersection of M 60 and Yankee Street in...
Sep 19, 2021
Police arrest two for showing off firearm magazines
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Two Kalamazoo men are now in jail after showing off firearm magazines in broad daylight. Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety police caught the offenders during a patrol...
Sep 19, 2021 KDPS Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety cruiser (Photo by Jeana Gondek)
OutFront Kalamazoo hosts first in-person event in 18 months
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- After 18 months, OutFront Kalamazoo held it's first in-person event during the COVID-19 pandemic on Saturday. Organizers say the rally was about raising awareness for LGB...
Sep 19, 2021 (photo courtesy OutFront Kalamazoo).
Hit-and-run driver involved in crash near Grand Rapids sought by police
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- State Police are searching for a driver involved in a hit-and-run crash near Grand Rapids Friday, September 17 that injured another person. It happened just before 12 ...
Sep 19, 2021
Holland man arrested for involvement in hit-and-run
HOLLAND, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Ottawa County police have arrested a Holland man for a hit-and-run on Saturday, September 17. The Ottawa County Sheriff's Office reports that the 29-year-old fled the scene...
Sep 19, 2021 Ottawa County Sheriff's cruiser. File photo
