Author Archives: Jim McKinney
KDPS reports man in Indiana jail confessed to two area bank robberies
KALAMAZOO MI/STEUBEN CO IN (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says that a man currently being held in a jail in Indiana has confessed to committing two bank robberies in Kalamazo...
Nov 19, 2021
Consumers Energy introduces new vehicles for detecting natural gas leaks
JACKSON MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Consumers Energy is deploying two new state-of-the-art vehicles that will be used to detect natural gas leaks. The devices, made by Piccaro, Inc., will have the ability to de...
Nov 18, 2021 Consumers Energy unveils new vehicles for natural gas leak detection (photo courtesy of Consumers Energy)
UPDATE: Suspect in Kalamazoo's Edison neighborhood shooting in custody
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety is continuing its investigation into a shooting incident early Thursday morning. At around 7:15 a.m. officers responded to the ar...
Nov 18, 2021 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety cruiser (Photo by Jeana Gondek).
It's time for cold, snow, and stink bugs in your house
KALAMAZOO MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Certain things take place when wintertime shows up...snow, slippery roads, and stink bugs showing up inside your home. A report by WWMT News stated that, even though the cr...
Nov 18, 2021 Lisa Zins / CC
Son of prominent Kalamazoo citizens arrested for allegedly secretly recording nannies
CHICAGO IL (WKZO AM/FM) - The son of two prominent Kalamazoo citizens has been charged with illegally using a hidden camera to record the nannies working in his home. 38 year old Michael Johnston, the...
Nov 18, 2021 Chris Potter / CC
Armed robbery suspect sought by KDPS
KALAMAZOO MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety is continuing its search for a suspect wanted in an armed robbery that occurred early Wednesday morning. The incident took place j...
Nov 17, 2021 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety logo
Governor says Michigan drivers should see reduction in rates
LANSING MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Whitmer has announced that Michigan drivers need to remember that if their auto insurance has lapsed, they still have time to reinstate it penalty free before the de...
Nov 16, 2021 Governor Whitmer announces record number of health insurance enrollees (Photo by John McNeil).
End of a shopping tradition in Michigan; K Mart to close last store in state Sunday
MARSHALL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - This coming Sunday will mark the end of an era for Michigan shoppers. The last K Mart in the state will open its doors in Marshall for the last time at 9:00 a.m. Sunday, wi...
Nov 16, 2021 Mike Mozart / CC
Pfizer deadline for vaccine compliance is Monday 11/15
NEW YORK CITY NY (WKZO AM/FM) - The deadline for Pfizer workers to have their COVID vaccine is Monday, 11/15. Employees who do not comply with the mandate are faced with weekly testing or possible ter...
Nov 15, 2021 NIAID / CC
AAA Michigan urges drivers to be safe during deer hunting season
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Forty three percent of deer-vehicle crashes occur during the months of October, November, and December, and with nearly 600,000 hunters starting out for the firearm deer se...
Nov 15, 2021 Jeff Hudgins / Alabama / CC
