Author Archives: Jim McKinney
UPDATE: Victim identified in Barry County homicide
UPDATE: The Barry County Sheriff's Department has identified the victim as 18 year-old Gracyn-Michael Brickley of Ionia County. HASTINGS MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Barry County authorities are continuing their...
Feb 18, 2021
New Youth Center opens on Kalamazoo's Eastside
KALAMAZOO MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A two decade long vision for a youth center on the Eastside of Kalamazoo is now reality. Kalamazoo Youth for Christ and Southwest Michigan First officially opened the new f...
Feb 15, 2021 Ribbon cutting for the new Eastside Youth Center (photo by Jim McKinney)
Portage holding ice sculpture event on Valentine's Day
PORTAGE MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Portage is holding a Valentine's Day ice sculpting demonstration on Sunday from 2-3 pm. The event is set for the Grain Elevator at the Celery Flats Historical Are...
Feb 13, 2021 Martin Pettitt / CC
Michigan Dept. of Health/Human Services working to make vaccine access easier
LANSING MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The state Department of Health and Human Services is seeking to ensure that every Michigan resident can sign up to get the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available to them....
Feb 13, 2021 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
Another fire at Kalamazoo homeless encampment; no injuries reported
KALAMAZOO MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Safety responded Friday evening to a report of yet another fire at the homeless encampment at Mills and O'Neil. When officers arrived at around 7:05, they ...
Feb 13, 2021
State budget released, provisions for replenishing the state rainy day fund included
LANSING MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The budget proposal that Governor Whitmer announced Thursday is a record-setting 67.1-billion-dollar plan, and has in it a provision to begin refilling the rainy-day fund in ...
Feb 13, 2021 sugarfrizz / CC
Shooting incident injures one, remains under investigation
KALAMAZOO MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The investigation is continuing into a shooting incident Friday afternoon on Kalamazoo's North Side. Officers responded to several reports of gunshots in the 1000 block of ...
Feb 12, 2021 KDPS Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety cruiser (Photo by Jeana Gondek)
Flint attorney ordered to stop sharing misinformation regarding Flint water settlement
FLINT MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A judge has ordered a Flint attorney to stop sharing misinformation regarding the proposed Flint water civil lawsuits settlement. MLIVE reports that U.S. District Court Judge J...
Feb 06, 2021 Chris Potter / CC
K College professor awarded grant from NEA
KALAMAZOO MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo College English professor has received an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Oliver Baez Bendorf will receive $25,000 for a Creative Writing Fellow...
Feb 06, 2021 Kalamazoo College. (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek).
Sexual Assault Services looking for volunteers in Calhoun and Van Buren Counties
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO AM/FM) - Sexual Assault Services is looking for volunteers to help support victims is Van Buren and Calhoun Counties. According to Bronson Healthcare's Carolyn Wyllie, those who are...
Feb 06, 2021 Bronson Battle Creek (Photo by John McNeil)
