Author Archives: Jerry Malec
No injuries and no mess after milk tanker overturns on I-196 in South Haven Township
SOUTH HAVEN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - And what could have been a rather sticky situation was averted early Wednesday morning on I-196 in South Haven Township. According to South Haven Area Emergency Services...
Apr 19, 2023 Photo provided by South Haven Area Emergency Services.
Section of Portage Creek Bicentennial Park Trail to close for maintenance
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A note for Portage Creek Bicentennial Park Trail users. Scheduled trail maintenance is set to begin on Monday, April 24. The City of Portage hired the contractor, Michigan P...
Apr 18, 2023
MDOT public open house to discuss draft US-131 Business Route noise study in Kalamazoo County
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Transportation is set to hold a public open house to discuss the draft US-131 Business Route noise study in Kalamazoo County. The open house is ...
Apr 18, 2023
Otsego Police Department recognizes officers for excellence at commissioner meeting
OTSEGO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Otsego Police Department handed out some well-deserved awards to three of its officers during a City Commission meeting Monday night, April 17. Officials with the police ...
Apr 18, 2023
St. Joseph Co. deputies arrest Sturgis woman on narcotics, weapons charges
FAWN RIVER TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Sturgis woman is now facing charges after police find narcotics in her vehicle during a traffic stop Monday evening, April 17. St. Joseph County deputies pulle...
Apr 18, 2023
Boil water advisory in affect for portion of Comstock Township neighborhood
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The City of Kalamazoo issued a boil water advisory for a portion of a Comstock Township neighborhood on Tuesday, April 18. The advisory is in effect on East Main Street fr...
Apr 18, 2023 Boil water advisory map provided by the City of Kalamazoo.
Former WMU public safety officer arrested on pornography charges in Grand Traverse County
GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A former Western Michigan University public safety officer who had been previously arrested in a child sex trafficking operation in Kalamazoo County in 2022, h...
Apr 18, 2023 Photo provided by the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office.
WMU & KCC renew agreements to maintain smooth transfer pathways for students
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Five years after signing an institutional agreement to create a smoother process for Kellogg Community College graduates to continue their education at Western Michigan...
Apr 18, 2023 Pictured from left to right, are WMU Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig, WMU President Dr. Edward Montgomery, KCC President Dr. Paul R. Watson II and KCC Vice President for Instruction Tonya Forbes. (Photo provided by Kellogg Community College)
Year's first Adopt-A-Highway pickup starts Saturday
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Volunteers will fan out across lower Michigan this Saturday to give state highway roadsides their first cleaning as groups in the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT...
Apr 17, 2023 110TH AIRLIFT WING / CC
Coldwater area man killed in two-vehicle crash in St. Joseph County
COLON TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - St. Joseph County deputies have identified the victim of a two-vehicle fatal crash that took place Saturday morning in Colon Township. Authorities say 67-year-old Wil...
Apr 17, 2023 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
