Author Archives: Jerry Malec
Michigan: Sixth-lowest amount of sleep for residents, compared to all US states
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Michigan reports the sixth-lowest amount of sleep for residents, compared to all US states. The research, by sleep experts MattressInsider.com analysed data from County H...
Jan 04, 2023 PunkToad / CC
Fundraiser for Kalamazoo officer battling Crohn's Disease
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A GoFundMe page has been set up to help with medical expenses for a Kalamazoo police officer who is battling Crohn's Disease. Officer Beth Fountain was diagnosed with Cro...
Jan 04, 2023
Applications for volunteer director for Foundation for Excellence Board of Directors accepted now
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Applications are now being accepted for one volunteer Director position on the Foundation for Excellence (FFE) Board of Directors. FFE Board Directors are responsible for...
Jan 03, 2023 Kalamazoo County Courthouse
Sexual assault charge dismissed after 17-year-old pleads guilty to apartment break-in
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Kalamazoo teen accused of sexual assault and armed robbery over a year ago has pleaded guilty to half of the charges. 17-year-old Montell Parker pleaded guilty on Decem...
Jan 03, 2023 Rumble Press / CC
Bronson BirthPlace welcomes first babies of 2023
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Two southwest Michigan families are celebrating extra-special deliveries for the New Year. Sonny Seedorff, weighing in at 6lbs., 1 oz., was the first baby born for 2023 a...
Jan 03, 2023 Left, Leon Dean Shumacher weighing in at 6 lbs, 7 oz., born to parents Brittany and Kale Shumacher at the Birthplace at Bronson Battle Creek. Right, Sonny Seedorff, weighing in at 6lbs., 1 oz., was the first baby born for 2023 at Bronson BirthPlace in Kalamazoo at 6:51 a.m., January 1, to parents Alyssa and Luke Seedorff.
Sentence handed down to Kalamazoo man in 2017 murder of 11-month-old
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Kalamazoo man convicted of murdering an 11-month-old child in August 2017 has been sentenced to 12 1/2 to 40 years in prison. Bryant Rolland received the sentence in co...
Jan 03, 2023 Best Law
Victim in Friday's deadly shooting on Kalamazoo's northside identified
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety police have identifying the victim of a deadly shooting on the city's northside that took place on Friday, December 30. 29-year-old ...
Jan 03, 2023 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety logo
Peters, Stabenow announce lower health care and prescription drug costs for 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) -- U.S. Senators Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow of Michigan announced on Friday, December 30 that several Inflation Reduction Act provisions will go into effect on Janua...
Jan 01, 2023 Alachua County
Diocese of Kalamazoo's Bishop Bradley on Pope Benedict XVI's death
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Bishop Paul J. Bradley released the following statement on the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on Saturday, December 31. Bishop Bradley met the pope on a number of oc...
Jan 01, 2023 Bishop Bradley presents Pope Benedict XVI with a spiritual bouquet from the Faithful of the Diocese of Kalamazoo during his 2012 Ad Limina visit with the pope. (Photo provided by the Office of Communication, Diocese of Kalamazoo)
Victim and person of interested identified in Sturgis motel shooting
STURGIS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The victim of a fatal shooting at a motel in Sturgis has been identified by police. 32-year-old Jeremy Lampeart was found shot in the parking lot of the Country Hearth Inn ...
Jan 01, 2023
