Category Archives: Kalamazoo News

What proposals are on the ballot in Kalamazoo County?
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- When voters cast their absentee ballot or return to the polls on Election Day, they will be asked to consider several proposals depending on where they live. Below...
Will Kriss Oct 31, 2020 Voting sign. (Photo by John Mcneill).

Kzoo Township police investigating shooting incident
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Township police are continuing their investigation into a shooting incident Thursday evening. Officers were called to an address in the 1000 block of Gayle St. at ar...
Jim McKinney Oct 30, 2020 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)

Fire damages home on Hughes St; cause under investigation
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety is continuing its investigation of a house fire early Friday morning in the 200 block of Hughes St. Officers responded to the rep...
Jim McKinney Oct 30, 2020

Amber Alert for Kalamazoo County toddler cancelled; child found safe
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM'FM) - An early morning Amber Alert in Kalamazoo County has been cancelled after the child was found safe. Authorities issued the alert late last night after 37 year old Joseph S...
Jim McKinney Oct 30, 2020 Michigan's Amber Alert system turns 20 in 2023 (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)

Kalamazoo doctor gets prison time in Medicare fraud case
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A retired Kalamazoo doctor has been sentenced to 57 months in prison and three years of supervised release for health care fraud and reusing medical devices on multiple...
Ken Delaney Oct 30, 2020 Patrick Feller / CC

What's on the ballot in the City of Kalamazoo?
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Voters in the City of Kalamazoo will be asked to consider a number of measures and positions when they return to the polls on November 3, in addition to deciding the next...
Will Kriss Oct 30, 2020 Voting sign. (Photo by John McNeil)

Gun Lake Tribe to Donate $500,000 in CARES Act Cash
BRADLEY, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - The Gun Lake Tribe is doling out some of its CARES Act cash. In a statement released by the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians on Thursday, the tribe annou...
Gary Stevens Oct 29, 2020 The Gun Lake Tribe (image courtesy the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Tribe of Pottawatomi Indians)

City of Kalamazoo provides Halloween safety tips during COVID-19 pandemic
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Halloween is going to look different this year while the pandemic continues. Last week, the City of Kalamazoo released a set of guidelines for celebrating Halloween safel...
Will Kriss Oct 28, 2020 Selena N. B. H. / CC

License of Bronson nurse suspended over allegations of stealing fentanyl
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Wednesday, the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) announced that the license of a nurse has been suspended over allegations of stealing fentan...
Will Kriss Oct 28, 2020 Bronson sign in Kalamazoo. (Photo by John McNeil)

UPDATE: Missing Dorr Township man
DORR TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- UPDATE: Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020, the Allegan County Sheriff's Office announced that John Ashley Adkins has been located. The department thanked all those who assiste...
Will Kriss Oct 28, 2020 46-year-old John Ashley Adkins has been reported missing from the Dorr Township area. (Photo courtesy of the Allegan County Sheriff's Department).




