Category Archives: Top News Stories
Multiple accidents close down snowy eastbound I-94 near Mattawan Monday
MATTAWAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A stretch of eastbound I-94 between the Mattawan and Oshtemo Township exits was closed Monday morning into the afternoon due to multiple crashes, including a semi-tractor t...
Dec 18, 2023 Michigan Department of Transportation snowplow (Photo by MDOT)
KDPS looking into three shootings in one night, with two victims hospitalized
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says officers responded to three separate reports of shots fired within a four-hour window of time over the weekend, but say whet...
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AUDIO: Kalamazoo City Commission to vote on water, sewer rate hikes
KAAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo city commissioners will take a vote tonight on new water and sewer rate hikes and it appears the votes are there to approve it. Utilities director Jim Baker is p...
Dec 18, 2023
Springfield head on crash early Monday kills one driver, seriously injures another
SPRINGFIELD, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A head on crash early Monday morning in Springfield killed one man and seriously injured another. The Calhoun County Sheriff's Department said in a news release that the ...
Dec 18, 2023 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
Kalamazoo man to receive Carnegie Medal for heroism today
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - 4th District Congressman Bill Huizenga this morning will present a Carnegie Medal to a Kalamazoo man who saved a boy from drowning in Lake Michigan. Gerold Prather will rece...
Dec 18, 2023 (courtesy The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission)
Two dead following Saturday night BC shooting, suspect surrenders
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 22-year-old suspect voluntarily turned himself in to police on Sunday and is in the Calhoun County Jail after a 22-year-old woman and a 44-year-old man died from appa...
Dec 18, 2023
AUDIO: Downtown Kalamazoo arena could move closer to reality
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Another obstacle to Kalamazoo's new downtown arena may be cleared this evening, if city commissioners agree to vacate two streets in the Arcadia Creek area. The proposal ...
Dec 18, 2023
Gas prices in Michigan hit low for 2023
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Michigan's average gasoline price is under $3 a gallon for the first time in 2023. Triple-A Michigan says the statewide average is down 15 from last week to $2.96, which i...
Dec 18, 2023
Snowy weather on the way, Winter Weather Advisory for Monday into Tuesday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The National Weather Service says a quick shot of winter weather is expected from Monday morning to Tuesday morning for Kalamazoo County and the surrounding region. Accord...
Dec 17, 2023
Two Van Buren Co. men hospitalized with gunshot wounds from same incident
PAW PAW TWP., MI (WKZO/WHTC) - An investigation is ongoing after a 27-year-old South Haven area man and a 31-year-old Covert man were admitted to separate local hospitals Saturday night for treatment ...
Dec 17, 2023 Van Buren County Sheriff's Office logo
