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Family remembers Heather Kelley a year after she disappeared
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The family of 35-year-old Heather Kelley of Portage says they are still seeking answers a year after she disappeared. Kelley was a mother of eight kids between si...
Dec 11, 2023
AUDIO: Kalamazoo city commissioners to dive into 2024 budget
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo city commissioners will be doing a deep dive into next year's budget at a special session this afternoon. City Manager Jim Ritsema's staff is actually proposing...
Dec 11, 2023 Kalamazoo City Hall in winter. (Photo by John McNeil)
One killed in Kalamazoo crash
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officers say a 16-year-old has been killed in a crash early Saturday morning. The teen was a passenger in one of the two vehicles in...
Dec 11, 2023 Fatal accident in Kalamazoo remains under investigation
Consumers Energy says 50,000 lost power due to high winds Saturday
JACKSON, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - High winds Saturday that brought down power lines has Consumers Energy said crews working to restore power to thousands across the state. In a press release, the power compa...
Dec 09, 2023 A Consumers Energy crew working to restore power (courtesy Consumers Energy)
Former Battle Creek landlord sent to prison for life in 2020 murder of two tenants
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Former Battle Creek landlord Chad Allen Reed was ordered to serve the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole on Friday after he killed two tenants ...
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Police recover gun, fentanyl, and cocaine in Kalamazoo drug bust Friday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 41-year-old Kalamazoo man faces multiple drug charges, after police investigating drug distribution recovered multiple ounces of fentanyl and cocaine Friday The Southwes...
Dec 08, 2023 (courtesy Michigan State Police)
Portage marking one-year anniversary of Heather Kelley's disappearance
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Sunday marks one year since Heather Kelley of Portage disappeared. The following is a statement from the city about the anniversary: December 10, 2023, marks the solemn fir...
Dec 08, 2023
AUDIO: New Kalamazoo County courthouse to open Monday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The media got a chance to tour the new Judge Charles A. Pratt Justice Center in downtown Kalamazoo, and while it may lack the look of your traditional courthouse, it make...
Dec 08, 2023
Rollover UTV crash near Hartford kills one
KEELER TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Van Buren County Sheriff's Office is investigating a deadly UTV crash in Keeler Township near Hartford Thursday night. Deputies say it happened around 11 p.m. a...
Dec 08, 2023 (Photo by John McNeil)
Suspect in hate speech graffiti spray painted in Kalamazoo now in custody in Arizona
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A suspected of at least three separate acts of vandalism/graffiti involving hate speech in downtown Kalamazoo last month has been arrested in Arizona. According to the Kal...
Dec 07, 2023 (courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
