Category Archives: Top News Stories
Tuesday is Election Day
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Tuesday is an election day, but unless you live in the Mattawan, Plainwell, or Mendon school districts, you don't have to worry about voting. Those districts all have majo...
May 06, 2024 hjl / CC
Gas prices in Michigan down 11 cents a gallon
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Gas prices are 11cents a gallon lower to start the week in the state. AAA Michigan says the average is now $3.60, up four cents in the past month and 19 cents more than las...
May 06, 2024
Driver of four-wheeler killed in Allegan County accident
SALEM TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The driver of a four-wheeler near Burnips in Allegan County was killed in a single-vehicle crash Saturday evening. Allegan County Sheriff's Sergeant Bernard Austhof d...
May 05, 2024 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Kalamazoo shooting remains under investigation
KALAMAZOO MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety continues to search for a suspect in a Friday afternoon shooting incident. Officers responded around 4:30 p.m. to a report of a sh...
May 03, 2024
Zeigler Kalamazoo Marathon held this weekend
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The 2024 Zeigler Kalamazoo Marathon is Sunday. A few thousand people will run in the full 26.2 mile race along with a half-marathon, a 10K run, a 5K run, a 5K walk, and a ...
May 03, 2024
AUDIO: Voters in Mattawan Consolidated School district being asked to approve $110 million in bonds
MATTAWAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Mattawan Consolidated School district voters are being asked in the May 7 election to approve two bond proposals that will not increase the current millage rate. Superinten...
May 03, 2024 Mattawan Wildcats logo (courtesy of Mattawan Athletic Boosters)
Indiana family sued Ford over 2022 Kalamazoo County crash
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An Indiana family has filed a federal lawsuit against Ford Motor Company for a defect in the seatbelt of a man's Ford 350 pickup truck causing his death in a crash on US-1...
May 03, 2024 (courtesy Ford Motor Co.)
Hit-and-run victim identified
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Safety is still investigating a hit-and-run death that happened just after 10 p.m. on Saturday, April 27. The victim has been identified as 60-year-old Ka...
May 02, 2024 Fatal accident in Kalamazoo remains under investigation
Man charged in shooting death of New Baltimore man in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A suspect has been charged with four counts of assault with intent to murder in the shooting death of a man in Kalamazoo last month. Jamyre Thompson was denied bond and fa...
May 02, 2024
Western Michigan University to meet with pro-Palestinian protestors
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Western Michigan University officials will meet today with pro-Palestinian protestors after they packed up and cleared out of the Gaza Solidarity Encampment. The students ...
May 02, 2024 Western Michigan University (photo by John McNeil)
