Category Archives: Holland News
Van Buren County senior citizen loses home to fire
BANGOR TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- South Haven Area Emergency Services is reporting that a Van Buren County senior citizen lost their home to a fire early Wednesday morning, March 1. Authorities say ...
Mar 01, 2023 Photo provided by the Bangor Fire Department and South Haven Area Emergency Services.
Areas of Southwest MI to receive a share of $59.5 million in adult-use marijuana payments
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan Department of Treasury announced on Tuesday, February 28 that more than $59.5 million is being distributed among 224 municipalities and counties as a part of...
Feb 28, 2023 Tomas de Aquino / CC
Extreme caution advised for travelers in West Michigan over next 24 hours
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- As the predicted winter storm makes it's way across West Michigan, the National Weather Service out of Grand Rapids is reminding drivers to expect slippery road condition...
Feb 22, 2023 Michigan Department of Transportation snowplow (Photo by MDOT)
Downtown Kalamazoo restaurant week underway until Sunday, February 27
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Downtown Kalamazoo Restaurant Week is in and underway. Also included in the 11 day event which began on Thursday, February 16 is the Winter Cocktail Competition. All in a...
Feb 19, 2023 (courtesy Kalamazoo Restaurant Week)
Search warrants in Benton Harbor and New Buffalo leads to arrests on various firearms and drug violations
BERRIEN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Detectives from Southwest Enforcement Team West Office (SWET), and Benton Harbor Department of Public Safety (BHDPS), along with Berrien County Tactical Response Uni...
Feb 17, 2023
Multiple Van Buren County suspects arrested for possession of methamphetamine
ANTWERP TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Authorities arrested six people on drug charges on Thursday, February 16 following a search of an Antwerp Township home last November. Deputies with the narcotics ...
Feb 17, 2023 Pictured from left to right in top row is Tessa Bunch, Paul Chamness, Robert Thomas. Pictured from left to right in bottom row is Christopher Hewitt, Eric White, James Williams. All six suspects were arrested for Possession of Methamphetamine on Thursday February 16, 2023. (Suspect photos provided by the Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office)
Findings from review of Ottawa County Board of Commissioners released by AG Nessel
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued a letter to the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners on Thursday, February 16 detailing the department's findings after complet...
Feb 16, 2023 Mich. Attorney General's office files domestic terrorism charges against Fruitport man (Photo by Jeana Gondek).
Hope-Calvin rivalry a subject for an upcoming documentary
HOLLAND, GRAND RAPIDS MI (WHTC AM/FM) - It may not be the most well-known rivalry in college sports, but Hope/Calvin is as fierce as any other...and now, a documentary is being filmed about the matchu...
Feb 16, 2023
Huizenga calls for transparency with investigation of Chinese spy balloon and other unidentified objects
WASHINGTON D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) - West Michigan Congressman Bill Huizenga says President Biden and the Pentagon need to be forthcoming when it comes to the multiple breaches of American airspace by a sus...
Feb 14, 2023 Congressman Bill Huizenga (courtesy U.S. House)
More than 308 permanent housing placements to homeless Veterans provided by Battle Creek VA Medical Center
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- As part of VA's nationwide goal to house 38,000 homeless Veterans in 2022, the Battle Creek VA Medical Center has provided 308 permanent housing placements to homeless...
Jan 30, 2023
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