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One hurt in shooting Saturday night on Kalamazoo's north side
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One person is in stable condition after being shot in the leg Saturday night in Kalamazoo. Around 9:55 p.m. Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officers responded to the...
Jul 07, 2024 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Fundraiser underway for the family of Kalamazoo man killed in Allegan County crash Sunday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The family of a Kalamazoo man killed in a two vehicle crash Sunday has set up a GoFundMe fund to raise money for the man's wife and four sons. Dan Savage died at the scene...
Jul 05, 2024
Deadly Cooper Township hit-and-run under investigation
COOPER TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office deputies are investigating a deadly hit-and-run crash. They were called to the crash in Cooper Township around 11 p.m. Thursday on ...
Jul 05, 2024 (Photo by John McNeil).
Authorities say Kalamazoo house fire considered suspicious
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says an early morning house fire Thursday is considered suspicious. Just before 2:00 a.m. KDPS was dispatched to the report of a ...
Jul 04, 2024 Arseni Mourzenko
Kalamazoo County establishes committee to help celebrate America's 250th birthday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A local group is gearing up to help celebrate the 250th birthday of the United States. The Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners this week adopted a resolution establish...
Jul 04, 2024 Commissioner Jen Strebs (District 2) presents a copy of the Resolution to Elizabeth Santas Kraatz (Vice President of the Ladies Library Association and Regent of the Lucinda Hinsdale Stone Chapter, NSDAR) and Sharon Carlson (President of the Ladies Library Association and Governor Whitmer's appointee to the America250MI Committee
Two arrests made in attempted murder incident on July 1st
KALAMAZOO MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Department announced Wednesday that they have arrested two suspects in connection with an attempted murder that occurred early Monday. A 44-y...
Jul 03, 2024 (Photo by John McNeil)
Nine inmates graduate from IGNITE program in Kalamazoo County
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Nine inmates at the Kalamazoo County Jail have completed a new program called IGNITE to help them stay free of crime when they are released. IGNITE stands for Inmate Growt...
Jul 03, 2024 Kalamazoo County Sheriff Richard Fuller. (Photo by Jeana Gondek).
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County housing director says Portage affordable housing development closer to moving forward
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One of two affordable housing projects that sparked citizen opposition in Portage last year will be moving forward soon. The development between Woodbine and Stanley will ...
Jul 03, 2024
Kalamazoo man sentenced for abusing his young child
KALAMAZOO MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo man is headed to prison for abusing his young child. The case stems from May 2023, when Paul Preston admitted that he punched his two-month-old child several ti...
Jul 02, 2024 Best Law
AUDIO: Kalamazoo commission pushed for update on public restrooms downtown
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Public bathrooms in downtown Kalamazoo became a big issue after complaints that houseless residents were using all sorts of inappropriate places to do their business. Last...
Jul 02, 2024 Portland Loo public bathroom installed in Downtown Kalamazoo. (Photo courtesy of the Kalamazoo Downtown Partnership).
