Category Archives: Top News Stories
KDPS asking for public's help in locating hit and run driver who seriously injured motorcyclist
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety is asking for the public's help in finding a vehicle that struck and seriously injured a motorcyclist earlier this month. Friday ...
Sep 11, 2023 (courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
Massive I-94 and Portage Road interchange construction projects entering final stages
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Transportation says the project to widen I-94 to six lanes from Lovers Lane to Sprinkle Road in Kalamazoo County, as well as to rebuild the Port...
Sep 11, 2023
Three men shot in Battle Creek's Post Addition, BCPD investigating
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Battle Creek Police are investigating the shooting of three men in their mid 20s on Sunday night in the Post Addition area. Police say they were called to the area of Ne...
Sep 11, 2023 Tex Texin / CC
Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office providing additional School Resource Officers for area districts
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - While some groups have opposed stationing police officers in local schools, local education and police officials have no problems with it, in fact they welcome it. Kalamaz...
Sep 11, 2023
Elderly man dies after apparently suffering medical emergency and crashing his car into a utility pole
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 73-year-old man is dead after apparently suffering a medical emergency and he crashed his car into a utility pole in Kalamazoo late Sunday morning. The accident happened...
Sep 10, 2023 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Suspect in the shooting death of a Kalamazoo man arrested in Indianapolis
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An arrest has been made in the late August murder of a Kalamazoo man. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Friday announced the US Marshals Service and the Indianapol...
Sep 08, 2023 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Two men and two dogs killed in Marshall house fire, cause under investigation
MARSHALL, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A house fire early Friday morning in Marshall took the lives of two men and two dogs. The fire broke out at about 2:30 a.m. in the area of North Fountain and Arms Street. Fi...
Sep 08, 2023 (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Clerks across Kalamazoo County gear up for the effect of election reform measures
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo county, city, and township clerks may band together to help each other pull off next year's presidential primaries. Michigan voters approved an election reform m...
Sep 08, 2023 Kalamazoo County Clerk/Register of Deeds Meredith Place
The case of a Lawton man accused of stabbing to death his ex-girlfriend headed to Kalamazoo County Circuit Court.
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Lawton man accused of fatally stabbing of his ex-girlfriend has had his case bound over to Kalamazoo County Circuit Court. Kalamazoo County Chief Assistant Prosecuting A...
Sep 07, 2023 (Photo of Jeffrey Michael Kucharski provided by the Kalamazoo County Jail)
Consumers Energy to upgrade underground electrical system in downtown Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Consumers Energy will begin work next month to extend and expand underground electrical facilities in downtown Kalamazoo, which they say will improve capacity, reliability...
Sep 07, 2023 (courtesy Consumers Energy)
