Category Archives: Kalamazoo News

FBI seeking public's help in finding Heather Kelley
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The FBI Detroit office along with the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office and the Portage Department of Public Safety is requesting the public's help in locating Heather Ke...
Jerry Malec Mar 07, 2023 Photo from FBI Detroit Twitter page.

Hoods Up! Engines on display from March 6 Through March 20 at Gilmore Car Museum
HICKORY CORNERS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- If you've ever wondered just what's under the hood of all the vehicles at the Gilmore Car Museum, you're in luck. The museum raised all the hoods on it's vehicles o...
Jerry Malec Mar 07, 2023 Gilmore Car Museum logo

KDPS officers on the lookout for commendable kids
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Officers with the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety will soon be on the lookout for kids, commendable kids that is. According to a KDPS Facebook post, the Community P...
Jerry Malec Mar 07, 2023 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety logo

2023 Kalamazoo Home & Garden Expo begins on Friday, March 10
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The 2023 Kalamazoo Home & Garden Expo is right around the corner and it begins on Friday, March 10. The annual three-day event, which is produced by the Home Builders...
Jerry Malec Mar 07, 2023

New events on the way for visitors to South Haven
SOUTH HAVEN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Those visiting the city of South Haven will have some new events to look forward to in the coming months. The South Haven City council approved several new public event...
Jerry Malec Mar 07, 2023 David Wiley / CC

Kalamazoo City Commission declares March as climate emergency month
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo City Commissioners approved a proclamation to designate March 2023 as climate emergency month. Commissioners unanimously approved the measure to begin their reg...
Jerry Malec Mar 07, 2023 photo courtesy of John McNeill

Fugitive arrested after hours-long standoff in Sturgis
STURGIS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An hours-long standoff in St. Joseph County has ended with the arrest of a fugitive wanted on felony warrants. According to Michigan State Police, officers tracked the suspe...
Jerry Malec Mar 07, 2023 Michigan State Police - Photo by Jeana Gondek

Man sentenced to seven to 15 years in prison for crash that killed Mendon infant
CENTREVILLE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man who was charged with fleeing the scene after he caused a fatal crash last November that killed an infant boy from Mendon was sentenced last Friday in St. Joseph Co...
Ken Delaney Mar 07, 2023 Efrain Jimenez-Lopez (courtesy St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office)

Ice storm damage clean-up to surpass $500,000 for the City of Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The cleanup continues in Kalamazoo after last month's ice storm that temporarily paralyzed the region and left thousands without power. City Manager Jim Ritsema says they ...
Ken Delaney Mar 07, 2023 City of Kalamazoo workers clean up ice storm damage Feb 23, 2023 (courtesy of City of Kalamazoo)

Vigil held for Van Buren County Road Commission worker killed while on the job last week
LAWRENCE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Van Buren County Road Commission held a vigil Monday for 58-year-old Rene Rangel, who was killed Friday morning when hit by a vehicle in a construction zone on County R...
Ken Delaney Mar 07, 2023 (courtesy Van Buren County Road Commission)




