Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Grand Rapids officials review 12 police-involved shootings over past five years
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A review of 12 officer-involved shootings in Grand Rapids over the past five years was reviewed by city leaders yesterday. The review was prompted by the shooting death...
Apr 01, 2026 Photo from the Grand Rapids Police Department's Facebook page.
Another lawsuit filed by marijuana industry against wholesale tax
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Cannabis Industry Association has filed another lawsuit against the state Treasury Department over the 24% wholesale tax. They say in the suit that the tax is u...
Apr 01, 2026 jeremyn / Depositphotos.com
Muskegon Heights police capture woman who escaped over weekend
MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Police in Muskegon Heights say they have recaptured a woman who was seen escaping from a police SUV over the weekend in a viral video. She was arrested at an abando...
Apr 01, 2026
Amway global sales in 2025 drop to $7.3-billion
ADA TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Global sales for Amway were down slightly in 2025, falling from $7.4-billion in 2024 to $7.3-billion. The world's largest direct sales company had a high of $9.5-billio...
Apr 01, 2026
Kalamazoo hit-and-run victim identified
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Safety says the man who was hit and killed on South Westnedge Avenue last Wednesday night has been identified as 51-year-old Mark McBride. His family rele...
Apr 01, 2026
Van Buren County assistant prosecutor running for district court judge
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Van Buren County Assistant Prosecutor Rachel Keeley has filed her nominating petitions to run in the November election as the next 7th District Court Judge. Keeley submitted...
Mar 31, 2026
Battle Creek weekly curbside yard waste collection starts Monday
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Weekly curbside yard waste collection in Battle Creek will start on Monday, April 6th. The city says it will run through Friday, December 4th for the 2026 season. Yard ...
Mar 31, 2026 City of Battle Creek logo
Muskegon Heights police searching for woman who escaped in viral video
MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A viral video that has circulated on social media since Saturday afternoon of a handcuffed woman escaping a Muskegon Heights police SUV is valid according to police...
Mar 31, 2026
Victim in Plainwell house fire identified
PLAINWELL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The man who was found dead in a fire at his home in Plainwell Saturday night has been identified. Plainwell officials say he was 58-year-old Ted Hughes Jr. Hughes was pron...
Mar 31, 2026 Arseni Mourzenko
Palisades a step closer to restarting
COVERT TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Palisades nuclear power plant has completed another step towards restarting. Holtec officials say they have successfully completed passivation of its primary sys...
Mar 31, 2026
