Category Archives: Top News Stories
UPDATE: Out of state crews assisting Consumers Energy in power restoration effort
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Consumers Energy says it's launched a large-scale restoration effort as over 410 crews mobilized to the hardest-hit areas of the state after a severe thunderstorm with dam...
Jun 25, 2024 (courtesy Consumers Energy)
Two arrested in 2022 murder of Kalamazoo man
VAN BUREN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An investigation by the Van Buren County Sheriff's Department and Michigan State Police has led to two arrests in the death of a Kalamazoo man over 20 months. The b...
Jun 25, 2024 fergregory / Depositphotos.com
Park Street to close Thursday at Kalamazoo Avenue, Ransom Street
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Park Street will close at Kalamazoo Avenue and Ransom Street starting Thursday. The city of Kalamazoo says it is for ongoing utility work being done as part of the Ransom ...
Jun 25, 2024
Off-road vehicles banned from county roads in Van Buren County
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Off-road vehicles are no longer allowed on county roads in Van Buren County. That is any road that starts with the name CR but Van Buren County Road Commission managing dire...
Jun 25, 2024 Van Buren County Sheriff's Office cruiser (Photo by John McNeil)
Former Hartford police chief receives sentence of 40 months to 20 years
HARTFORD, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -Former Hartford Police Chief Tressa Beltran was sentenced Monday in Van Buren County Circuit Court to 40 months to 20 years in jail for one count of Using a Computer to Comm...
Jun 24, 2024 (courtesy City of Hartford, MI)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo receives $483,000 for mental health crisis emergency response team
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Kalamazoo has just gotten $483,000 to beef up its innovative mental health crisis emergency response team. Currently the city only has a part time employee who...
Jun 24, 2024 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety logo
Bell's Eccentric Café to host tornado relief concert August 22
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Bell's Brewery and Sounds of the Zoo are hosting a tornado benefit concert on Thursday, August 22. All proceeds will go to the Kalamazoo Community Foundation for its effor...
Jun 24, 2024 Bernt Rostad / CC
AUDIO: Corporate expansion news expected soon in Kalamazoo County
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A big announcement of a corporate expansion could come this month, creating new jobs in Kalamazoo County. Vice chair John Taylor gave a teaser at the latest Kalamazoo Coun...
Jun 24, 2024 Alachua County / CC
E.coli concerns close Comstock Township beach
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A beach in Kalamazoo County's Comstock Township is temporarily closed after testing last week revealed higher than acceptable levels of E. coli in the water. Accor...
Jun 23, 2024 Kalamazoo County Health and Community Services Department logo
Kalamazoo man arrested for interfering with firefighters
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It took Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety firefighters about 10 minutes to put out an overnight house fire, but one person was arrested for interfering with their effo...
Jun 22, 2024
