Category Archives: Holland News
Indecent exposure suspect sought by Allegan County deputies
ALLEGAN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Allegan County Sheriff's Office is searching for a man they say exposed himself outside of a gas station in Allegan County over the weekend. Investigators releas...
Jul 12, 2022 Photo provided by the Allegan County Sheriff's Office.
Hartford man charged with murder in the April 2021 death of 18-month-old
HARTFORD, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 22-year-old Hartford man has been arrested and charged with homicide and child abuse in the death of his girlfriend's baby last year. Sheriff Daniel E Abbott reports that...
Jul 12, 2022 The booking photo of 22-year-old Jacob Tanner of Hartford, MI (courtesy of the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office)
UIA warning of text message phishing scam
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) says those that have filed for unemployment benefits who receive a text message claiming to be from the agency need to igno...
Jul 12, 2022 Image provided by the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency.
Betty Ford annual presidential wreath laying ceremony to commemorate President Ford's 109th birthday
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- To commemorate President Gerald R. Ford's 109th birthday, members of the Ford family and the President Gerald R. Ford Historical Legacy Trust will conduct a wreath lay...
Jul 11, 2022
20-year-old in stable condition after near drowning on Lake Macatawa
HOLLAND, MI (WKZO, AM/FM) -- A 20-year-old male is in stable condition in the hospital after being rescued from Lake Macatawa on Monday, July 11. The Ottawa County Sheriff's Office reports that the re...
Jul 11, 2022
Probable Monkeypox case identified in Kent County
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on Monday, July 11, notified The Kent County Health Department (KCHD) that the first probable case of Monkeypox wa...
Jul 11, 2022 2003 electron microscope image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Kayakers rescued from Kalamazoo River Saturday
GUN PLAIN TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Several kayakers who got stranded on the Kalamazoo River in Allegan County's Gun Plain Township had to be rescued Saturday. According to the Plainwell Department ...
Jul 11, 2022 Plainwell authorities arrest man suspected of pointing a gun at another person
Boat capsizes near South Haven, four rescued unhurt from the water
SOUTH HAVEN, MI (WHTC AM/FM) - Four people had to be rescued after their 30-foot boat capsized while in the Lake Michigan entrance to the Black River Channel in South Haven Saturday evening. Emergency...
Jul 11, 2022 A boat capsized while in the Lake Michigan entrance to the Black River Channel in South Haven July 9, 2022 (courtesy of South Haven Area Emergency Services)
Despite positive numbers, economist says West Michigan confidence continues to fade
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Saying the statistics are fairly positive, but the mood is turning significantly negative, a West Michigan economist has issued his latest Business Survey. Dr. Brian Lo...
Jul 10, 2022 Dr. Brian Long, the Director of Supply Chain Management Research at Grand Valley State University
New name, same pest: Spongy Moth outbreaks in Michigan
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Last summer you may have seen trees covered in caterpillars, with their droppings falling from the canopy, and spongy brown egg masses on every surface This has been a comm...
Jul 08, 2022 Image Credit: Karla Salp, Washington State Department of Agriculture, Bugwood.org
