Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Brandon Ortiz-Vite ordered to stand trial for girlfriend's murder
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Twenty-five-year-old Brandon Ortiz-Vite has been ordered to stand trial on charges including murder and carjacking for the shooting death of his girlfriend, Ruby Garcia...
May 30, 2024 Joe Gratz
AUDIO: Cleanup continuing after Portage tornado
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The cleanup is continuing in Portage three weeks after an EF-2 tornado hit the city. At least 60 buildings were completely destroyed and another 129 sustained major damage. ...
May 30, 2024 Lori Higgins took this picture of a tornado touching down on Prairie Corners Road, just south of Mendon. Courtesy Clayton Lyczynski II - Community Connector Facebook page
Battle Creek doctor sentenced for unnecessary surgeries
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Battle Creek doctor will spend the next five years in federal prison after pleading guilty in April 2023 to making a false statement related to health care matters. D...
May 30, 2024 Bronson Battle Creek (Photo by John McNeil)
Report: Over one-third of Kalamazoo County residents struggle near the poverty line
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Low wage growth and inflation are being blamed for keeping over one-third of Kalamazoo County residents barely above the poverty line. The latest United Way ALICE report, ...
May 30, 2024
Feds accuse Sturgis man of using dark web to sell fake Xanax pills
STURGIS, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A Sturgis man has been charged by the United States District Attorney's Office with numerous drug trafficking crimes, including the alleged selling of fake anti-depressants. ...
May 29, 2024 U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan seal
Former CCSO Corrections Officer enters no contest plea to child porn charge
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A former Calhoun County corrections deputy entered a no contest plea Tuesday to a charge of having child sexually abusive material. 34-year-old Kurtis Cunkle is facing...
May 29, 2024 Rumble Press / CC
Bystander helping at Springfield crash scene struck by hit-and-run vehicle
SPRINGFIELD, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Two persons including a bystander who was trying to help were injured in a two vehicle crash on Tuesday night. The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office that deputies responded...
May 29, 2024 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
Canadian semi driver killed in Comstock Township I-94 crash
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Canadian semi driver has been killed in a crash on eastbound I-94 Tuesday night in Comstock Township. The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office says the 57-year-old ...
May 29, 2024 Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office SUV cruiser and K9 unit (Photo by John McNeil)
AUDIO: Gaps showing in Portage tornado recovery
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - More gaps have begun to show in the relief effort to help the victims of the tornado that struck Portage. A displaced renter came forward to the Portage city council to say ...
May 29, 2024
AUDIO: Portage passes next fiscal year's budget
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Portage city council has approved their tentative budget for the coming fiscal year which begins on July 1st. City Manager Pat McGinnis says there will be an increase in...
May 29, 2024 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
