Author Archives: Jim McKinney
Shooting incident under investigation by Kalamazoo Public Safety
KALAMAZOO MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Dept. of Public Safety authorities are continuing to investigate a shooting incident Friday afternoon on Kalamazoo's North Side. Officers responded at around 3 pm...
Feb 06, 2021 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety cruiser. (Photo by Jeana Gondek).
State senators say no to five more Whitmer nominees
LANSING MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Five more state government appointees nominated by Governor Whitmer have been rejected by the state senate. Republicans in the chamber say that the move, in addition to 13 ot...
Feb 03, 2021 Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer at a press conference in Lansing January 6, 2021 (courtesy of State of Michigan)
Oshtemo Township shooting injures one; suspects being sought
PAW PAW MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A shooting Wednesday afternoon in Oshtemo Township remains under investigation by the Michigan State Police. At around 12:30 pm. troopers from the Paw Paw post responded to a...
Feb 03, 2021 Michigan State Police - File photo
Michigan Attorney General to seek sanctions against attorneys who assisted in effort to overturn 2020 election results
LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) - State Attorney General Dana Nessel has initiated legal action against four lawyers, including three from Michigan, in connection with the effort to overturn the 2020 election. N...
Jan 31, 2021 Mich. Attorney General's office files domestic terrorism charges against Fruitport man (Photo by Jeana Gondek).
Agreement between UAW, US Attorney's office ends lawsuit
DETROIT (WKZO AM/FM) - An agreement has been reached in a longtime corruption investigation of the United Auto Workers by the US Attorney's office. A federal judge signed off on the document on Friday...
Jan 31, 2021 Brian Hawkins / CC
Michigan Congressional reps join forces to battle PFAS contamination
WASHINGTON DC (WKZO AM/FM) - A bipartisan effort in Congress has begun to address the PFAS crisis in the state. US Representatives Fred Upton, Debbie Dingell, Peter Meijer, Dan Kildee, and Haley Steve...
Jan 31, 2021 keithreifsnyder / CC
Hundreds gather in Lansing to urge Governor to allow high school winter sports to begin
LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) - Hundreds of high school sports participants, parents, and administrators gathered in Lansing Saturday to urge Governor Whitmer to allow winter sports to start back up on Monday,...
Jan 31, 2021 Hundreds gather to urge start of high school winter sports.
Fatal accident under investigation by Kalamazoo Dept. of Public Safety
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Dept. of Public Safety authorities continue to look into a fatal two-car accident early Sunday morning. Officers were summoned to the intersection of Kilgore Rd. and...
Jan 31, 2021
Fire at homeless encampment under investigation; one minor injury reported
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) - The investigation is continuing into a fire at the homeless encampment early Saturday morning. An officer responding to a criminal complaint at around 1 am noticed a large fir...
Jan 30, 2021
KPS employees to get raise
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo School employees will be getting a raise instead of the salary cut they had been told to expect when the school year began last summer. Trustees approved several con...
Jan 30, 2021 KPS employees to get raise (Photo by John McNeill).
