Author Archives: Jerry Malec
St. Joseph County resident victim of jail bond scam
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A popular jail bond scam is making the rounds once again with a resident of St. Joseph County becoming a victim. According to the St. Joseph County Sheriff's Offi...
Feb 23, 2023 Alachua County / CC
Suspect in two 2013 sexual assaults pleads guilty after Kalamazoo SAKI investigations
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A suspect in two Kalamazoo County sexual assaults had pled guilty following Kalamazoo Sexual Assault Kit Initiative investigations. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel'...
Feb 23, 2023 Best Law
AUDIO: More study needed for Kalamazoo County Road Commission proposal say board members
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A controversial proposal to change how Kalamazoo County Road Commissioners are appointed has been put on hold until County Staff can take a deep dive into the issue. The ...
Feb 23, 2023 Road Commission of Kalamazoo County logo
St. Joseph County single vehicle crash kills 25-year-old man
LOCKPORT TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office says alcohol is believed to be a factor in a fatal single vehicle crash that took place on Tuesday, February 21. According ...
Feb 22, 2023 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Attorneys say man convicted of 1990 Kalamazoo County murders is innocent
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A man charged with killing two hunters in 1990 in a Kalamazoo County state game area could be released from prison. According to newly-filed court documents, a federal ju...
Feb 22, 2023 Photo of Jeff Titus from the Michigan Department of Corrections.
Six distinctive places in Southwest Michigan listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2022
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Twenty-two historic Michigan properties were given special recognition in 2022 through their listing in the National Register of Historic Places, the Michigan Economic De...
Feb 22, 2023 The Upjohn Building in Kalamazoo is one of the six Historic Places in Southwest Michigan that have been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2022. The Kalamazoo area may be known for its modern Pfizer pharmaceutical plants today, but it all started with physician W. E. Upjohn in 1885. The Upjohn Pill and Granule Company’s new “friable” pills were an immediate success and the company boomed. By the 1930s, the company employed 1,200 people and was a leader in pharmacology research and development. The 1935-built Office Building was designed by nationally acclaimed architect Albert Kahn during a period of dramatic growth in the company. Primary business, research, and investment decisions were made and carried out in the offices and general spaces of this building. Designed in a restrained Art Moderne motif, the Upjohn Company Office Building is one of the few remaining, largely intact examples of Kahn’s work in Kalamazoo, and an important example of Kahn’s approach to large corporate office buildings in the 1930s.
Extreme caution advised for travelers in West Michigan over next 24 hours
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- As the predicted winter storm makes it's way across West Michigan, the National Weather Service out of Grand Rapids is reminding drivers to expect slippery road condition...
Feb 22, 2023 Michigan Department of Transportation snowplow (Photo by MDOT)
Kalamazoo River Community Advisory Group virtual meeting Thursday, February 23
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The next Kalamazoo River Community Advisory Group meeting will be held virtually tomorrow Thursday, February 23 from 6 - 8 p.m. via Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/890805...
Feb 22, 2023 Kalamazoo River. (Photo via EPA press release).
Kalamazoo County Treasurer under fire by commissioners regarding department's performance
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo County Treasurer Thomas Whitener faced some tough questioning on Tuesday, February 21 under oath, from County Commissioners who have been unhappy with his depar...
Feb 22, 2023 Photo from John McNeill.
Two children unharmed after intoxicated mother crashes car they were in into barn
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Deputies responding to the area of East MN Avenue and 35th Street in Comstock Township on Monday, February 20 on a report of an unknown...
Feb 21, 2023 (Photo by John McNeil)
