Category Archives: Top News Stories
Crews find the body of pilot in his plane wreckage in Cass County
DOWAGIAC, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Search crews have found the wreckage of Richard Martin's home-built plane and his body about two miles north of Dowagiac in Cass County. The 83-year-old had been missing si...
Sep 15, 2023 Missing pilot Richard Martin (courtesy Dowagiac Department of Public Safety)
Fall Bike Celebration Weekend celebrates cyclists, bike safety, and community landmarks
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It will be a big weekend for bicyclists around Kalamazoo County. This year's Fall Bike Celebration Weekend offers a 7+ route Bike Tour, a kid's Bike Rodeo, a Farmers Marke...
Sep 14, 2023 (courtesy Bike Friendly Kalamazoo)
Kalamazoo man accused of stealing from 77-year-old woman sentenced to five months in jail
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 40-year-old Kalamazoo man has been sentenced on multiple counts of financial elder abuse Kalamazoo County Circuit Court Judge Pamela Lightvoet Monday sentenced Craig Mac...
Sep 14, 2023 Best Law
KRESA Career Connect launches Mobile Discovery Lab
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - In an effort to shift the thinking on how to tackle career education, especially for younger learners, Kalamazoo RESA's Career Connect program, in partnership with Pfizer ...
Sep 13, 2023 (courtesy Kalamazoo RESA's Career Connect)
Paw Paw man arrested for possessing child porn on his computer
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan State Police Computer Crimes Unit, Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force says a 41-year-old Paw Paw man has been arrested for possession of child sexually...
Sep 13, 2023 Marcie Casas / CC
Crash between a motorcycle and an SUV in Portage sends two to the hospital
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two people are hospitalized after a crash between a motorcycle and an SUV in Portage Tuesday afternoon. Portage Public Safety says a motorcycle was heading east on Romence R...
Sep 13, 2023 Portage Police cruiser (photo by John McNeil)
Everyone Needs To Read the theme of literacy week to be celebrated in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A series of events to promote the importance of literacy are scheduled in Kalamazoo next week, as the Kalamazoo Literacy Council celebrates National Adult Education and Fa...
Sep 13, 2023 (courtesy Kalamazoo Literacy Council)
Allegan deputy injured during arrest; Dorr man in custody
DOOR TOWNSHIP MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An Allegan County deputy was injured while making an arrest in Dorr Township Monday night. The deputy was summoned around 10 pm on a report of a vehicle driving at a hi...
Sep 12, 2023
Tips help Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety to locate hit and run vehicle and suspect
MATTAWAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - With tips from the public, the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety has located the vehicle and suspect involved in an accident that seriously injured a motorcyclist earli...
Sep 12, 2023 (courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
Joint agreement with power cooperative will allow Holtec to reopen the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant
COVERT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Holtec International and Wolverine Power Cooperative, a not-for-profit power generation cooperative based in Michigan, announced today that they have entered into a long-term...
Sep 12, 2023
