Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Consumers Energy starts operating Covert power plant
COVERT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Consumers Energy announced on Thursday, June 1 that it is now operating the Covert Generating Station in Southwest Michigan's Van Buren County. "Consumers Energy is doing its...
Jun 01, 2023 (Photo provided by Consumers Energy)
Battle Creek Police investigate deaths of man and woman on city's northeast side
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek Police are investigating the deaths of a man and women, discovered on Thursday, June 1 on the northeast side of the city. Officers responded to a 911 call ...
Jun 01, 2023
Driver hospitalized in serious condition after rearending stopped semi making delivery
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A driver was seriously injured in a crash where they rearended semitruck and trailer that was stopped on the roadway making a delivery on Thursday, June 1. Deputies with t...
Jun 01, 2023 (Photo by John McNeil).
Murder charges dropped against wrongly convicted Jeffery Titus
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Battle Creek man who spent the last 21 years in prison for a double murder he did not commit is officially a free man. Kalamazoo County Prosecuting Attorney Jeff Getting...
Jun 01, 2023 71-year-old Jeffery Titus who spent 21 years in prison for a double murder he did not commit, signs an Order of Dismissal of Criminal Proceedings document with Attorney Mary Chartier in Kalamazoo County's 8th District Court on Thursday, June 1. (Photo by Jerry Malec)
Calhoun County Sheriff's Deputies Train on Miles for Memories ID Bracelet Program
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Calhoun County Sheriff Steve Hinkley announced an expanded partnership on Thursday between Miles for Memories and the Sheriff's Office. According to a Sheriff's Office n...
Jun 01, 2023 Courtesy Calhoun County Sheriff's Office
Kalamazoo and Portage to mark Gun Violence Awareness Day on Friday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Friday, June 2 is Gun Violence Awareness Day in Kalamazoo, Portage and the rest of the nation. And gun safety advocates say folks should wear orange if they want to show t...
Jun 01, 2023 Robert Nelson / CC
Five injured, building hit, as two cars collide at Kalamazoo intersection overnight
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Five people were injured in a two vehicle crash early this morning at the intersection of Park Street and Michigan Avenue in Kalamazoo. The Kalamazoo Department of Public ...
Jun 01, 2023 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
Congressman Huizinga votes in favor as debt ceiling bill passes the U.S. House
WASHINGTON D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) - The U.S. House has passed a bipartisan bill that would suspend the nation's debt ceiling for two years. Lawmakers voted 314-117 on the measure Wednesday as the deadline ...
Jun 01, 2023 Congressman Bill Huizinga
Pursuit by Cass County deputies leads to arrest for drugs and stolen property
CASS COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It was a wild night for Cass County Sheriff's deputies as they ended up pursuing a stolen vehicle around 6 p.m. Tuesday evening, May 30. According to the Cass County She...
May 31, 2023 Cass County Sheriff Cruiser. (Photo by John McNeill).
Kalamazoo man admits to abusing his 2-month-old son
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo man charged with abusing his 2-month-old son admitted in court to hitting and squeezing the baby when he was three weeks old. WOOD TV reported on Wednesday, Ma...
May 31, 2023 Joe Gratz
