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Man injured when crashing into deer on motorcycle
CASS COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 40-year-old man from South Bend, Indiana is hospitalized for injuries he suffered in a motorcycle crash in Cass County. The sheriff's office says Joshua Stillwagon hit...
Aug 07, 2024
Fired assistant prosecutor becomes St. Joseph County prosecutor-elect
CENTREVILLE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Fired St. Joseph County assistant prosecutor Deborah Davis will become the county's new prosecutor after yesterday's primary. Davis defeated incumbent Prosecutor David M...
Aug 07, 2024
NWS to look at possible tornado damage in St. Joseph, Cass counties
THREE RIVERS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The National Weather Service will send survey crews today to St. Joseph and Cass counties to investigate damage from yesterday morning's storms. At least two possible t...
Aug 07, 2024 Courtesy National Weather Service Facebook page
Chad Spence wins St. Joseph County sheriff primary
CENTREVILLE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Former St. Joseph County deputy Chad Spence will become the county's new sheriff. Spence won the Republican primary yesterday, beating five others including Undersheriff...
Aug 07, 2024
Kalamazoo County primary election results
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State Representative Julie Rogers will face Republican Terry Haines in the November election. Haines defeated Nicole Sabel in yesterday's primary. In state House District ...
Aug 07, 2024 hjl / CC
Slotkin, Rogers win U.S. Senate primaries
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The race for Michigan's U.S. Senate seat in November is set. Democratic Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin beat actor Hill Harper in the primary and former Congressman Mike Rogers...
Aug 06, 2024 U.S. Capitol building. Peg McNichol/MWC Radio
Roof of a manufacturing facility in Three Rivers torn off during Tuesday morning storm
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Three months after a series of tornadoes swept through southwest Michigan causing massive damage in the Portage area, Kalamazoo County escaped relatively unscathed Tuesday...
Aug 06, 2024 The roof of the Three Rivers manufacturing facility was damaged in a storm August 6, 2024 (courtesy St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office)
Man killed in Kalamazoo stabbing; suspect arrested
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Safety officers say a 44-year-old man has been stabbed to death and they have arrested a 26-year-old male suspect. Tuan Williams died at an area hospital ...
Aug 06, 2024 KDPS Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety cruiser (Photo by Jeana Gondek)
Kalamazoo County emergency manager Mike Corfman retires
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County emergency manager Mike Corfman has retired. Corfman was the county's emergency manager for nearly six years following a career that included being the Por...
Aug 06, 2024 Kalamazoo County Government logo
Primary election day has arrived
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Voters are heading to the polls today in the primary election in Michigan. In Kalamazoo County, the state House District 40 seat is wide open as Democratic Representative ...
Aug 06, 2024 hjl / CC
