Category Archives: Holland News

Allegan county leaders seeking input from residents through community survey
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The newest edition of the Allegan Community Survey is seeking feedback on questions prepared by a select committee of community advisors. The survey opened up on Monday, Ju...
Jerry Malec Jul 18, 2022 GotCredit / CC

Allegan County Sheriff's deputies to employ body cameras
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Allegan County Sheriff's department is getting a new tool in their arsenal. Funded with appropriations from the Board of Commissioners, the Allegan County Sheriff's dep...
Jerry Malec Jul 18, 2022

Health officials advise masking up due to high level of cases in Kalamazoo County
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo County health officials are advising people to mask up due to high coronavirus transmission levels. State health data is showing some of the highest new case ra...
Jerry Malec Jul 18, 2022

Car vs. semi tractor-trailer accident injures 3 to include 10-year-old
ALLEGAN TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Three people were injured, two critically following a crash between a passenger car and semi tractor-trailer in Allegan County on Friday, July 15. According to the...
Jerry Malec Jul 17, 2022

4 people injured in shooting in Grand Rapids; suspect sought
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A mass shooting happened in Grand Rapids early Sunday, July 17, and a suspect is currently on the loose. Police say four people were injured when multiple shots were f...
Jerry Malec Jul 17, 2022 Photo from the Grand Rapids Police Department's Facebook page.

Road work continues on M-89 in Allegan County
FENNVILLE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Transportation says there will be more lane closures coming Monday on a $2 million M-89 road project in Allegan County. The lane closures begin ...
Ken Delaney Jul 16, 2022 (courtesy of the Michigan Department of Transportation)

Missing 33-year-old Ohio man presumed drowned in Lake Michigan positively identified
SOUTH HAVEN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Divers from the Allegan County Sheriff's Department have located the body of a man on Thursday, July 14, who drowned while trying to save a young boy in Lake Michigan i...
Jerry Malec Jul 14, 2022 First responders conduct a search and rescue at North Beach in South Haven July 13, 2022 (courtesy of South Haven Emergency Services)

A deadly evening on Lake Michigan as three drown and one is missing
SOUTH HAVEN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After Lake Michigan conditions deteriorated rapidly late Wednesday, at least three people drowned and a fourth is missing. The first drowning happened around 7:30 p.m. a...
Ken Delaney Jul 14, 2022 First responders conduct a search and rescue at North Beach in South Haven July 13, 2022 (courtesy of South Haven Emergency Services)

$2M from state budget to rebuild downtown Allegan
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Allegan is set to get a $2 million dollar boost in it's efforts to rebuild the downtown area. That money is coming in the state's budget for next year. Both State Senator A...
Jerry Malec Jul 13, 2022 Image from the City of Allegan Facebook page.

West Nile Virus identified in Kent County
KENT COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kent County Health Department officials are confirming that the West Nile Virus has been detected in mosquitoes in Kent County. According to a news release dated Tuesda...
Jerry Malec Jul 13, 2022 Enrique Dans / CC




