Author Archives: Jerry Malec
AUDIO-VIDEO: Battle Creek police provide update on officer involved shooting of 22-year-old
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Battle Creek Police Chief Jim Blocker and Deputy Police Chief Shannon Bagley provided an update on Wednesday, December 28 on the investigation into two officers who sh...
Dec 29, 2022 Image provided by the Battle Creek Police Department.
AUDIO: KPS Chief Financial Officer fired for violating spending policies
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Chief Financial Officer for Kalamazoo Schools has been fired for allegedly mishandling some of the money he was supposed to be safeguarding. School Trustees received ...
Dec 29, 2022 Pictures of Money / CC
AUDIO: Discover Kalamazoo to host a wide variety of events in 2023
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo will be a fun place in 2023, as the area continues to snap back from the pandemic. This according to Discover Kalamazoo Director Jane Ghosh who says among the n...
Dec 28, 2022 Discover Kalamazoo CEO Jane Ghosh speaks to the Kalamazoo City Commission
KDPS setting up downtown community service team office
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety, which already handles police, fire and medical emergencies, will be further expanding their efforts into social service in 2023. Ac...
Dec 28, 2022 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety logo
2 vehicle crashes in Cass County within two hours of each other
CASS COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Two vehicle crashes took place in Cass County on Tuesday, December 27 within a couple hours of each other. The first crash happened a few minutes past 4 p.m. at the int...
Dec 28, 2022
Free events offered in Kalamazoo for celebration of Kwanzaa
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The city of Kalamazoo is celebrating Kwanzaa with a week long festival that kicked off Monday, December 26. Event organizers say the festival was created by Soul Artistry...
Dec 28, 2022
Van Buren County educator wins Excellence in Education award from the Michigan Lottery
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Van Buren County educator known for incorporating esports into her elementary curriculum has been honored with an Excellence in Education award from the Michigan Lottery....
Dec 27, 2022 Photo of Mary Phillips provided by the Michigan Lottery.
AUDIO: KPS searching for it's next Superintendent
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo's School Trustees will have their work cut out for them in 2023 as they search for a new Superintendent. The unexpected resignation of Dr. Rita Raichoudhuri has...
Dec 27, 2022
Cass County Sheriff's Office donation helps feed people in need
CASS COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Deputies and employees with the Cass County Sheriff's Office assembled together recently to make a donation to feed those in need of food in Cass County. Sheriff Richar...
Dec 27, 2022 Photo provided by the Cass County Sheriff's Office.
GoFundMe fundraiser for postal worker seriously injured during snow storm
KENT COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Call it a Christmas miracle if you will. But just a couple of days before Christmas, postal worker Dora Schweiger was out on her route in Kent County on M-57 near Shane...
Dec 27, 2022 Photo provided by GoFundMe organizer, Kendra Jones.
