Author Archives: Jerry Malec
Scalin' Up for Summer returns to Celery Flats in Portage on Saturday
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Portage Parks & Recreation is set to host Scalin' Up for Summer, sponsored by Veolia and the Future Angler Foundation on Saturday, June 10 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the ...
Jun 07, 2023
Groundbreaking signals beginning of major construction projects for Paw Paw School District
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Paw Paw Public Schools staff and community members gathered together on Tuesday, June 6 to break ground on construction and renovations at the high school, signaling the beg...
Jun 07, 2023 PPHS Multipurpose Space Interior Rendering. (Photo courtesy of Paw Paw Public Schools).
Portage road closures due to sanitary sewer manhole repairs
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As of Wednesday, June 7, 2023, West Fork Crossing and Market Place Drive in Portage will be closed for emergency repairs on a sanitary sewer manhole in the intersection. Bar...
Jun 07, 2023
Ambulance service changes in Kalamazoo County effective Thursday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Medical Control Authority has been informed by Pride Care Ambulance Service that effective Thursday June 8, they will permanently cease emergency and ...
Jun 07, 2023 Life EMS Ambulance. (Photo by John McNeil)
Whitmer kidnapping plot defendant pleads guilty
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Attorney Generals Office reports that a defendant in the plot to kidnap and assassinate Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, 40-year-old Shawn Fix of Bel...
Jun 07, 2023 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Holding phones while driving in Michigan to be illegal starting in July
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer joined state officials and anti-distracted driving leaders on Wednesday, June 7 to sign three bills aimed at reducing distracted driving and saving...
Jun 07, 2023
Kalamazoo City Commissioners review plan designed to curb gun violence
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The City of Kalamazoo now has a game plan to curb gun violence, and someone to help put it in place. City Commissioners got their look at the plan at their meeting on Mond...
Jun 07, 2023 Kalamazoo Community Foundation V.P. Jen Heymoss laid out her strategy for reducing gun violence to Commissioners on Monday, June 5. (Photo from John McNeill)
Kalamazoo County's groundbreaking program to fight crime recognized by Michigan Attorney General
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - For centuries the go-to solution for crime was jail. But now, Kalamazoo County's groundbreaking program to fight crime using cognitive behavioral modification, has gone st...
Jun 07, 2023 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Van Buren County man involved in New Year's Day fatal shooting pleads guilty to felony firearms
VAN BUREN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Van Buren County man who allegedly killed two people by celebratory gunfire on New Year's Day pleadi guilty to a charge of felony weapons last Thursday, June 1. 6...
Jun 06, 2023 (Photo of Christopher Toppenberg provided by the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office)
Groundbreaking on new Haverhill Elementary School 2nd in two weeks for Portage School District
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Portage Public School District broke ground on a new elementary school at the beginning of this week. Community members and students gathering at Haverhill Elementary Sc...
Jun 06, 2023 Portage Public Schools logo courtesy of Portage Public Schools)
