Category Archives: Top News Stories
Man arrested in Bangor Township after standoff Friday night
BANGOR TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Bangor Township man is facing seven charges from allegedly holding his wife hostage and threatening to kill Van Buren County Sheriff's deputies Friday night. 33-ye...
Dec 31, 2024 Scott Davidson / CC
AUDIO: Infant mortality rate could improve in Kalamazoo County in 2025
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A high infant mortality rate is something the healthcare community in Kalamazoo has been battling for decades, but significant strides could be coming in 2025. Some progre...
Dec 31, 2024
KVET arrests man on gun, drug charges
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team has arrested a 25-year-old man for possession with intent to deliver crack cocaine and other charges. Officers executed a search warr...
Dec 30, 2024
Sturgis man killed in St. Joseph County crash
BURR OAK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office says a 34-year-old Sturgis man has died in a car crash early Friday morning. Deputies were called to M-66 near Blackberry La...
Dec 30, 2024 Van/bicycle accident kills woman (Photo by John McNeil)
Van Buren County Sheriff's Office investigating after man collides with Bangor Township home
BANGOR TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A vehicle crash into a Bangor Township home early Sunday morning is under investigation by the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office. A 38-year-old Battle Creek man hit ...
Dec 30, 2024 Van Buren County Sheriff's Office cruiser (Photo by John McNeil)
Kalamazoo Public Schools planning series of community meetings to start 2025
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools superintendent Dr. Darrin Slade says he plans to get the new year off to a fast start with a series of community meetings to discuss important top...
Dec 30, 2024
Gas prices in Michigan down seven-cents to $3.03
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Gas prices in Michigan are seven-cents a gallon lower to start the week at $3.03. Triple-A Michigan says the price is down eight-cents from last month, and 11-cents higher ...
Dec 30, 2024
Jimmy Carter, former US president and Nobel Peace Prize recipient, dead at 100
By Will Dunham and Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Jimmy Carter, the earnest Georgia peanut farmer who as U.S. president struggled with a bad economy and the Iran hostage crisis but brokered peace b...
Dec 29, 2024
Mega Millions jackpot for Friday drawing reaches $1.22 billion
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Mega Millions jackpot for Friday night's drawing has reached $1.22 billion. Michigan Lottery Commissioner Suzanna Shkreli says it would be the largest jackpot ever won i...
Dec 27, 2024
AUDIO: Boyfriend of Heather Kelley ordered to trial for her 2022 murder
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Carlos Watts Jr. will stand trial in Kalamazoo County for the murder of his girlfriend, Portage mother of eight Heather Kelley. She disappeared two years ago and Kalamazoo...
Dec 27, 2024
