Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Kalamazoo's first homicide of 2021 under investigation
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) - The first homicide of 2021 in Kalamazoo remains under investigation by the Dept. of Public Safety. Officers were summoned at around 4:02 am New Year's Day to the 1300 block of...
Jan 03, 2021 (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek)
Kalamazoo Astronomical Society to provide free viewing into deep space
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Astronomical Society is holding a remote viewing session of the KAS Remote Telescope next month. A spokesperson for the KAS, Joe Comiskey, says that participants...
Jan 03, 2021 Christian Gloor / CC
KDPS looking for suspect in shooting incident
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) - Two people are recovering from gunshot wounds suffered in an early morning incident New Year's Day in Kalamazoo. Authorities say that officers responded to a call of shots fir...
Jan 02, 2021 Police lights
Bronson BirthPlace welcomes first baby of 2021 just after midnight
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Texas Township couple is celebrating an extra-special early morning delivery that occurred just after midnight, marking the first baby born at Bronson BirthPlace in Kala...
Jan 01, 2021
Freezing rain causes problems on area roads
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Freezing rain has caused treacherous driving conditions in portions of Southwest Michigan on New Year's Day, with numerous accidents being reported. Westbound I-94 was clo...
Jan 01, 2021 A National Weather Service Grand Rapids office forecast graphic (courtesy of NWS)
St. Joseph County home destroyed in New Year's Eve fire
LOCKPORT TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A couple and their three school age children escaped without injury, but their St. Joseph County home was destroyed by fire on New Year's Eve. According to the Thr...
Dec 31, 2020 The home of Kathy and Joel Moore in St. Joseph County's Lukeport Township was destroyed by fire December 31, 2020 (photo courtesy of Emily Smit)
Police search for suspect in the death of his six-year-old stepson
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety is asking for the public's help in locating a Kalamazoo man who is wanted in the death of his six-year-old stepson. Latravion Hea...
Dec 31, 2020 Latravion Heard McMillon of Kalamazoo, Michigan (photo provided by Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
Drive-by shooting suspect tracked down and arrested after brief chase
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There was another drive-by shooting in Kalamazoo Thursday afternoon, but this time police have a suspect in custody. At approximately 1:00 p.m., officers with the Kalamazo...
Dec 31, 2020 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety cruiser (KDPS). Photo by Jeana Gondek.
Police release names of two murdered in Kalamazoo Township Monday night
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Township police have now identified the two people who were killed Monday night at the Oak Tree apartment complex. Police are treating the deaths of 33 ...
Dec 31, 2020 Crime scene tape
Suspected drunk driver crashes vehicle into vacant building on East Michigan Avenue
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Police say it appears alcohol was a factor, as a vehicle crashed into a building in the 200 block of East Michigan Avenue in Kalamazoo Wednesday. Kalamazoo Department of P...
Dec 31, 2020 KDPS Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety cruiser (Photo by Jeana Gondek)
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