Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Three Rivers man arrested after police chase in Lake County
LAKE COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Three Rivers man has been arrested in Lake County after a police chase. He had been wanted for questioning in the death of a child believed to be his in St. Joseph Cou...
Oct 09, 2024 Police lights
AUDIO: Portage city council recognizes "First Time Voter" sticker contest winner
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Portage city council introduced the winner of their "First Time Voter" sticker contest at this week's meeting. Alexia Faison is a 5th Grader at 12th Street Elementary. T...
Oct 09, 2024
AUDIO: Today is national Ageism Awareness Day
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's a kind of prejudice that impacts one in four Kalamazoo residents regularly. It can shorten their lives and make them less enjoyable. Today, October 9th, is Ageism Awa...
Oct 09, 2024
Two killed in Allegan County crash with semi
MONTEREY TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two people in a passenger vehicle lost their lives in a collision with a semi north of Allegan last evening. No names were immediately disclosed by the Allegan Cou...
Oct 09, 2024 The 2024 Allegan County Sheriff's Department patrol vehicle. (photo courtesy Allegan County Sheriff's Department)
AUDIO: Man dies after being shot by Kalamazoo Public Safety
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One man has been shot and killed by Kalamazoo Public Safety officers after he pulled a gun on them Tuesday. He died at an area hospital, and no officers were hurt. Public ...
Oct 09, 2024 (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek)
Kalamazoo Public Safety shoots, injures man who pulled gun
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Safety officers have shot and injured a man who pulled a gun downtown. It happened at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park on North Rose Street near West ...
Oct 08, 2024 KDPS seeks suspect in weapon seizure (Photo by Jeana Gondek)
19-year-old convicted in Mother's Day 2023 deadly drive-by shooting
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A teenager has being convicted for a deadly drive-by shooting in Kalamazoo. On Mother's Day in 2023, 33-year-old Marcus Pierce was fatally shot and two others were injured...
Oct 08, 2024 (Photo of what the new Kalamazoo County Justice Center will look like upon completion)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo city commission bans foot traffic from construction zones
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo city commissioners have unanimously approved a new ordinance that bans foot traffic from construction zones, despite allegations it's aimed at the homeless. City...
Oct 08, 2024
Two plead guilty in federal court for Kalamazoo fentanyl case
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two men have entered guilty pleas in federal court for distributing cocaine laced with fentanyl in 2023 that caused at least six deaths and ten hospitalizations in Kalamaz...
Oct 08, 2024 Joe Gratz
AUDIO: City of Kalamazoo accepts gift of photographs of Kennedy visit in 1960
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Kalamazoo has accepted a gift from former city commissioner Lance Ferraro, four photographs of then-Senator John F. Kennedy, taken on a 1960 presidential campa...
Oct 08, 2024
