Author Archives: Jerry Malec
Suspicious item found by market off M-43 west of Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office along with a bomb squad responded Friday to what investigators are calling a suspicious item. Authorities say the item was found in ...
May 01, 2021 (Photo by John McNeil).
Large number of gunshots heard near WMU campus; police investigating
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Western Michigan University Public Safety is investigating what they are calling a "large number of gunshots" heard near campus early Saturday morning. According to a WMU...
May 01, 2021 Police lights
One taken to hospital after single car crash in Cass County
CASSOPOLIS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Cass County deputies are investigating a single-vehicle accident injuring one on Saturday, April 25th. Police were called out to the crash on O'keefe Road north of Dutch...
Apr 25, 2021 Cass County Sheriff's Office cruiser (photo by John McNeil)
Bellevue man dies in Barry County car accident
HASTINGS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Police are investigating a fatal car accident that happened in Barry County on Saturday, April 24th. Sheriff's deputies responded to a report of a two-car crash 3:40 p.m. ...
Apr 25, 2021 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office investigating Oshtemo Township stabbing
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo County Sheriff's deputies are investigating a stabbing that took place at a Baymont Inn in Osthemo Township on Friday. Police reported that a 28-year-old man wa...
Apr 24, 2021 (Photo by John McNeil)
Stabbing death ruled as self defense for Battle Creek teen
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Battle Creek Police say an 18-year-old male will not face charges in the March stabbing death of his mother's boyfriend. Calhoun County Prosecutor David Gilbert said t...
Apr 24, 2021
KDPS investigating deadly hit and run
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety is investigating a fatal hit and run crash that took place in the city's downtown district just before midnight on Friday, April...
Apr 24, 2021
Single vehicle crash injures mother and child. No seatbelts worn.
CASSAPOLIS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Police are investigating a single car crash injuring a woman and her son early Sunday in Cass County/ Responders were called out around 1:30 a.m. for a report of a crash...
Apr 11, 2021 Photo courtesy of the Cass County Sheriff's Office
Kalamazoo's Family Health Center to host it's next COVID-19 vaccine clinic on April 16th
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo's Family Health Center is set to hold it's next COVID-19 vaccination clinic on Thursday, April 16th. The drive-through event will take place from 11 a.m. until ...
Apr 11, 2021 Alachua County
Severe Spring weather rips through Southwest Michigan leaving structural damage and power outages
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A southern Kent County neighborhood saw it's fair share of damage from Saturday's Spring storms that blew through Southwest Michigan. WOOD TV reporting that residents of ...
Apr 11, 2021
