Author Archives: Jerry Malec
WMed awarded $2.48 million federal grant to enhance mental and behavioral health training for pediatric residents
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (WMed) has been awarded a five-year, $2.48 millio...
Jan 17, 2023
Southwest MI schools to benefit from 25 million in funding for school resource officers
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced on Tuesday, January 17 that 195 school districts, intermediate school districts, and public-school academies will get nearly $25 milli...
Jan 17, 2023 Pictures of Money / CC
AUDIO: Validity of Kalamazoo Schools Foundation in question as KPS trustees work to move forward in 2023
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- At the center of the debate over the resignation of the Kalamazoo Public Schools former superintendent, and the firing of her second-in-command is the attempt to create a...
Jan 17, 2023 Kalamazoo Public School Kalamazoo Promise sign (courtesy John McNeill)
Kalamazoo City Commissioners plan to "restart" search for new city attorney
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo City Commissioners plan to start their search for a new City Attorney all over again, now that the candidate they picked for the job has withdrawn his name. It ...
Jan 17, 2023 Kalamazoo City Commission at their meeting Oct. 3, 2022
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Fair application open to artists nationwide
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The second longest-running arts fair in the country is set to continue its 72-year tradition in downtown Kalamazoo, on Friday, June 2, and Saturday, June 3. The event is ...
Jan 16, 2023
12-year-old detained for allegedly setting fires at Kalamazoo Township school
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Township of Kalamazoo Police Department officers have detained a 12-year-old Kalamazoo County male they say was setting fires in an occupied school building and ...
Jan 16, 2023 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
Winter golf classic returns to Woods Lake on January 28
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo Parks and Recreation is set to host its 2nd Annual Winter Golf Classic at Woods Lake, 2900 Oakland Drive, on Saturday, January 28 from 1 to 4 p.m. Organizers sa...
Jan 16, 2023 Kalamazoo Parks and Recreation logo (courtesy of Kzoo Parks)
81-year-old Dowagiac man taken to hospital after driving into pond
WAYNE TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A single-vehicle crash in Cass County sent one person to the hospital on Sunday, January 15. Deputies say it happened around 8 a.m. on Dutch Settlement east of M-62 ...
Jan 16, 2023 Photo provided by the Cass County Sheriff's Office.
AUDIO: Kalamazoo Public Schools leadership laser focused on bright 2023 during transition
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- As we first reported earlier last week, the Kalamazoo Schools Interim Superintendent says she intends to carry on the initiatives of her predecessor, and put the focus ba...
Jan 16, 2023 Interim Superintendent Cindy Green says the district will continue their efforts to turn out academically proficient graduates with an emphasis on better communications.
Kalamazoo's new look school board, with new faces, new titles and new challenges. (Graph image provided by John McNeill)
GoFundMe established for Hickory Corners firefighter fighting his own battle
HICKORY CORNERS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A GoFundMe page has been established for Hickory Corners firefighter Greg Garrett who has been fighting for his life since Christmas due to complications with the f...
Jan 15, 2023
