Category Archives: Top News Stories
With approaching winter storm and brutal temperatures, warming centers being set up in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - With heavy snow expected and temperatures predicted to plunge heading into the weekend, a number of warming centers will be open for the homeless in Kalamazoo. The Nationa...
Jan 11, 2024 Thermometer on snow shows low temperatures in celsius or farenheit. (Photo courtesy of AAA).
AUDIO: Murder charge filed in death of Heather Kelley
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo County Prosecutor Jeff Getting is filing an open murder charge against Carlos Watts Jr. for the death of his 35-year-old girlfriend Heather Kelley of Portage. S...
Jan 11, 2024
Calhoun County judge dismisses lawsuit over Ford's BlueOval Battery Park
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Backers of Ford's BlueOval Battery Park in Marshall are calling a ruling by Calhoun County Circuit Court Judge William Marietti a major victory for local jobs and oppo...
Jan 11, 2024
Federal court documents show man escaped from halfway house after killing girlfriend
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Federal court documents say Carlos Watts Jr. cut his tether and escaped a halfway house in December 2022 because he had killed his girlfriend. Thirty-five-year-old Heathe...
Jan 10, 2024
AUDIO: Portage pausing consolidation of industrial development districts
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The city of Portage is hitting the pause button on the consolidation of 94 different industrial development districts into six adjacent and regional districts after citizen...
Jan 10, 2024 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
Heavy snow and bone chilling temperatures expected from weekend winter storm
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The National Weather Service is predicting a large winter storm will impact the region this weekend with one or more periods of snow, strong winds and cold temperatures....
Jan 10, 2024 Courtesy National Weather Service
Four-year-old boy hospitalized after being attacked by family's dogs
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Portage public safety says a four-year-old boy is hospitalized with serious injuries after he was attacked by his family's dogs Sunday afternoon. Officers say the boy was s...
Jan 09, 2024 Portage Police cruiser (photo by John McNeil)
Weekend search fails to find man who vanished into the Kalamazoo River New Year's Day
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A search with numerous divers over the weekend failed to find the body of the man who vanished into the Kalamazoo River last week after running away from officers. The Kal...
Jan 08, 2024 (courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
Four-year-old in critical condition after being attacked by family dog at Portage home
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A four-year-old boy suffered multiple puncture wounds throughout his body after being attacked by the family dog Sunday afternoon. At approximately 4:45 p.m., the Portage De...
Jan 08, 2024 Portage Police cruiser (photo by John McNeil)
Two charged after pipe bomb found in stolen vehicle in Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Two people have been charged after a Speedway gas station was evacuated in Portage early Friday morning. Jimmy Stacy is facing charges for possession of methamphetamine-ecs...
Jan 08, 2024 City of Portage police cruiser (photo by John McNeil)
