Category Archives: Top News Stories
Kalamazoo Public Safety investigating Thursday afternoon shooting
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Safety is investigating a shooting Thursday afternoon in the 100 block of North Sage Street. Officers got a call about a shooting involving someone in a s...
Aug 09, 2024 (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek)
Lead pipe crews unearth 1838 gravestone in Westnedge Park
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Construction crews in Kalamazoo have unearthed a gravestone from 1838 while doing lead service line maintenance in Westnedge Park this week. The headstone was for 29-year-...
Aug 09, 2024 (courtesy City of Kalamazoo)
Man convicted of 2023 murder of 19-year-old
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Twenty-year-old Catrell Woods has been convicted of the murder of a 19-year-old in Kalamazoo. The teenager, Omar're Williams-Dickey, was shot in the head near Bridge Stree...
Aug 09, 2024 Chris Potter / CC
AUDIO: KPS urging parents to get kids ready to start class
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The first day of school may not be until the end of the month but Kalamazoo Public Schools officials are urging parents to start getting their children geared up and ready...
Aug 09, 2024
Kalamazoo man facing federal charges for May gun arrest
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo man is now charged in federal court with being a felon in possession of a firearm for having a gun and fleeing into a crowd of marathon runners in May. U.S. At...
Aug 08, 2024 Police lights
Democrats, Republicans hold presidential rallies in metro Detroit
METRO DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Vice President Kamala Harris and running mate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz held their largest rally to date last night at Detroit Metro Airport. Harris told supporters ...
Aug 08, 2024
KVET arrests 25-year-old man in drug bust
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team and Crime Reduction Team have arrested a 25-year-old man after seizing meth, fentanyl, a gun, and suspected drug sale profit...
Aug 08, 2024
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County will make changes to emergency response
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The May tornado in Portage is apparently resulting in changes in how Kalamazoo County will respond to emergencies in the future. The retirement of Mike Corfman as emergenc...
Aug 08, 2024 Kalamazoo County Government logo
National Weather Service confirms EF-2 tornado in St. Joseph County
THREE RIVERS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The National Weather Service is confirming St. Joseph County was hit by an EF-2 tornado Tuesday morning. It touched down north of Lewis Lake and was on the ground for a...
Aug 08, 2024 Courtesy National Weather Service Facebook page
AUDIO: U.S. Senator Peters launches Kalamazoo to the Soo motorcycle tour
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - U.S. Senator Gary Peters is off on an 800-mile motorcycle tour from Kalamazoo to Sault Ste. Marie with other bikers. Peters launched the tour in Kalamazoo for the first ti...
Aug 07, 2024 U.S. Senator Gary Peters in Kalamazoo to start the Kalamazoo to the Soo motorcycle tour
