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Battle Creek doctor paying over $700,000 to settle federal lawsuit

BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Battle Creek doctor who owned and operated Parkside Medical will pay over $700,000 to settle a federal lawsuit. Shekhar Thakur was accused by the U.S. Justice Departm...

Michael Arney Aug 29, 2025 iqoncept / Depositphotos.com

One person dead and five injured after crash on US 131 in Allegan County's Wayland Township

WAYLAND, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One person is dead after a two vehicle crash Wednesday morning on US 131 in Allegan County's Wayland Township. Just before 5:30 a.m. Allegan Central Dispatch received multip...

Ken Delaney Aug 27, 2025

Charges now authorized for 2018 murder in Portage

PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A longtime unsolved murder case in Portage might now finally be solved. May 23, 2018, the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office initiated an investigation into the disappearance...

Ken Delaney Aug 26, 2025 nito103 / Depositphotos.com

After cold case was reopened, suspect arrested in 2023 Kalamazoo murder

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man has been arrested in Florida after detectives on a cold case team with the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety identified him as the suspect in a September 2023 mu...

Ken Delaney Aug 25, 2025

Calhoun County Sheriff's Office seizes firearm, suspected narcotics in Newton Township raid

NEWTON TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office executed a search warrant at a home in the 10000 block of 8 Mile Road in Newton Township on Sunday. The narcotics-related search ...

Michael Arney Aug 25, 2025 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.

Gas prices jump 18 cents a gallon in Michigan

DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Gas prices in Michigan have shot up by 18-cents a gallon on average in the past week. Triple-A Michigan says the average price is now $3.30 a gallon, one-penny more than la...

Michael Arney Aug 25, 2025

State closes investigation into alleged spraying of construction workers in Union Township

UNION TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - A Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development investigation into whether construction workers installing solar panels for DTE Energy were poisoned by pesticide...

Ken Delaney Aug 25, 2025 iqoncept / Depositphotos.com

Red Cross Michigan Region names new executive director of Southwest Michigan Chapter

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Raul Galvan has been named the new executive director of the Southwest Michigan Chapter of the American Red Cross Michigan Region, the same chapter where his Red Cross car...

Ken Delaney Aug 23, 2025

Emmett Township man killed in Bedford motorcycle crash

BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 64-year-old Emmett Township man died Thursday night following a single-vehicle motorcycle crash in Bedford Township. At approximately 9:37 p.m. Battle Creek police an...

Ken Delaney Aug 22, 2025

Battle Creek police: no injuries in Wednesday shooting

BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek police say a back window of an SUV was shot out Wednesday, but no one was injured. The shooting happened around 4:30 p.m. on Freedom Lane near Forest Stree...

Michael Arney Aug 22, 2025

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