Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Armed robbery suspect found hiding by KDPS K-9, 19-year-old lodged in Kalamazoo County Jail
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A suspect who reportedly robbed a Kalamazoo business at gunpoint, then fled to a neighboring home, has been arrested. Monday afternoon officers from the Kalamazoo Departme...
Jan 03, 2023 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Kalamazoo County to hold organizational meeting, decide on easing COVID-19 safeguards
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) The Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners will hold their annual organizational meeting Tuesday to approve commission bylaws and pick a new chair and vice-chair. One thing...
Jan 02, 2023 Kalamazoo County Courthouse
Shots fired, guns seized, and two arrested in Kalamazoo Sunday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two people were arrested and several weapons were seized during traffic stops associated with a large gathering New Year's Day morning in the 2900 block of West Michigan A...
Jan 02, 2023 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
Busy New Year's Eve in Van Buren County with separate fatal shooting, domestic assault incidents
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO-AM/FM) - While most law enforcement entities had a full plate of activities over the New Year's Eve Holiday evening, two separate incidents had the Van Buren County Sheriff's Departm...
Jan 01, 2023 Van Buren County Sheriff's Office logo
Diocese of Kalamazoo's Bishop Bradley on Pope Benedict XVI's death
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Bishop Paul J. Bradley released the following statement on the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on Saturday, December 31. Bishop Bradley met the pope on a number of oc...
Jan 01, 2023 Bishop Bradley presents Pope Benedict XVI with a spiritual bouquet from the Faithful of the Diocese of Kalamazoo during his 2012 Ad Limina visit with the pope. (Photo provided by the Office of Communication, Diocese of Kalamazoo)
Victim and person of interested identified in Sturgis motel shooting
STURGIS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The victim of a fatal shooting at a motel in Sturgis has been identified by police. 32-year-old Jeremy Lampeart was found shot in the parking lot of the Country Hearth Inn ...
Jan 01, 2023
Teen killed in Cass County crash New Years Eve
CASS COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Cass County Sheriff Richard Behnke and his deputies are investigating a fatal car crash that took place on Dailey Road near Pokagon Highway. The crash occurred on Satur...
Jan 01, 2023 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
One dead after shooting on Kalamazoo's Northside
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 29-year-old Kalamazoo man is dead after a shooting Friday night. Police also have not released any details on the circumstances of the shooting, or whether they have ide...
Dec 31, 2022 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
$5,000 reward being offered for information on missing Portage mom
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Silent Observer is now offering a $5,000 reward for information on the disappearance of a Portage mother of eight who hasn't been seen since earlier this month. Heather Kell...
Dec 30, 2022
Additional judges on the way for Allegan and Kalamazoo Counties
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A new judge will join both Kalamazoo and Allegan counties. Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill on Thursday, December which will create two new judge seats, one in Kal...
Dec 30, 2022 Blogtrepreneur / CC
