Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Mask mandates get parents fired up during heated Portage Public Schools board meeting
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Portage Public Schools will be masking up this fall, following last week's mandate from local health officials, and a lot of people are not happy. A group of parents and st...
Aug 24, 2021 Mika Baumeister / Unsplash
No identification yet on body pulled from Battle Creek River
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The identity of a body pulled from the Battle Creek River west of Elm Street over the weekend has not been determined yet. The Battle Creek Enquirer reports the body was...
Aug 24, 2021 Battle Creek Police Cruiser (photo by John McNeill).
Police in Indiana looking for Kalamazoo County man accused in several thefts
STEUBEN COUNTY, IN (WKZO AM/FM) -- Authorities in Indiana are looking for a Kalamazoo County man accused of several thefts. 26-year-old Cody Allen Dunithan of Galesburg is believed to be connected to ...
Aug 24, 2021 26-year-old Cody Allen Dunithan of Galesburg, MI
Van Buren County Prosecutor's Office makes statement on recent South Haven shooting
SOUTH HAVEN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Monday, the Van Buren County Prosecutor's Office made a statement regarding a recent shooting in South Haven over the weekend. Previously, police reported that a 19-year...
Aug 23, 2021 Van Buren County courthouse (photo by John McNeil)
UPDATE: Son of murdered Portage oral surgeon will undergo competency exam
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - UPDATE - The son accused in the murder of his father, a retired Portage oral surgeon, has been ordered to take a mental competency exam, according to an update from MLive Mo...
Aug 23, 2021 Best Law
Kalamazoo man charged in death of stepson fails to appear for sentencing, bench warrant issued
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo man who was set to be sentenced Monday in the death of his stepson failed to appear in court and now has a bench warrant out for his arrest, according to an up...
Aug 23, 2021 Latravion Heard-McMillon booking photo. (Image courtesy of the Kalamazoo County Jail).
Thousands gather at memorial service for fallen Kalamazoo County Sgt. Ryan Proxmire
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A funeral procession and services for fallen Kalamazoo County Sargeant Ryan Proxmire were held Sunday. It took place at Miller Auditorium on the campus of Western Michiga...
Aug 23, 2021 Memorial service at MIller Auditorium for Kalamazoo County Sgt. Ryan Proxmire - Credit WOOD-TV
UPDATED - One dead, three injured in three separate weekend shootings in Kalamazoo, one victim ID'd
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- UPDATE: The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety (KDPS) has released the name of the victim who was fatally shot early Sunday morning. Previously, police had said that a...
Aug 23, 2021 Robert Nelson / CC
KDPS reports residential structure fire on East Alcott Street Sunday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety (KDPS) is reporting a residential structure that occurred Sunday. Around 5:30 p.m., officers with KDPS responded to reports of th...
Aug 23, 2021
Cass County Sheriff's Office reports fatal crash in Silver Lake Township
SILVER LAKE TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Cass County Sheriff's Office is reporting a fatal crash that took place in Silver Lake Township early Monday morning. Just before 3:30 a.m., police were cal...
Aug 23, 2021 (photo by John McNeil)
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