Author Archives: Jerry Malec
Multiple agencies team up to detain, and arrest suspect for breaking and entering
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Calhoun County Sheriff's deputies along with multiple other agencies worked together to detain, and arrest a Battle Creek man on Saturday, April 8 for breaking and ent...
Apr 09, 2023 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Consumers Energy installing more than 120 Automatic Transfer Reclosers to improve electric reliability
JACKSON, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Consumers Energy is moving forward with a $15 million dollar annual investment in automation they say will prevent thousands of outages each year. Consumers Energy announce...
Apr 09, 2023 Photo ATRs provided by Consumers Energy.
Kalamazoo College natatorium garners national recognition for environmental design
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo College and TowerPinkster, an architecture, engineering and interior design firm, are celebrating the victory of their combined effort that resulted in LEED cert...
Apr 09, 2023 Photo provided by Kalamazoo College.
Motorist fails to yield to right-of-way causing crash injuring driver and passenger
VOLINIA TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Two people were injured after one driver failed to yield to oncoming traffic in Cass County on Friday, April 7. The two-vehicle crash happened just before noon at ...
Apr 09, 2023 Cass County Sheriff Cruiser. (Photo by John McNeill).
Four Southwest MI businesses to benefit from Match on Main program grants
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Four Southwest Michigan businesses were each awarded a $25,000 in grant through the Match on Main program. Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Economic Development...
Apr 09, 2023 Ervins Strauhmanis / CC
AG Nessel issues alert advising caution, patience when purchasing used vehicles
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is cautioning patience and thorough review of vehicle and sales terms for those shopping for a used vehicle in a new consumer alert. N...
Apr 09, 2023
Dowagiac woman and three children suffer minor injuries during rollover crash
CASS COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Dowagiac woman and her three children suffered minor injuries during a rollover crash after the woman swerved to miss a deer that ran out in front of her. Cass County...
Apr 06, 2023
Kalamazoo spring hydrant flushing to start Sunday, April 16
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- It's nearing time once again for flushing season in the city of Kalamazoo. Spring hydrant flushing that is. Kalamazoo city officials say the flushing will start on Sunday...
Apr 06, 2023
Taco & Tequila Fest returns to Kalamazoo in July
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A popular and tasty festival is making it's way back to Kalamazoo this summer. For the first time since 2019, the Taco & Tequila Fest will return for a fifth year at ...
Apr 06, 2023 Logo Courtesy Kalamazoo Growlers and Outlier Events.
Contract to hire new fire chief rejected by Kalamazoo Township board trustees
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo Township Board of Trustees voted against a contract on Monday, April 3 to hire Northwood Battalion Fire Chief Jarius Baird as the township's new fire c...
Apr 06, 2023
