Category Archives: Top News Stories
Lack of drivers forces Battle Creek Transit to make additional bus service adjustments
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Battle Creek Transit has announced that due to continued driver shortages, they will make additional adjustments to its fixed bus route service starting this Monday, Aug...
Aug 02, 2023 A Battle Creek Transit bus (courtesy of City of Battle Creek)
Suspect seriously injured in high speed pursuit
KALAMAZOO MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A suspect who attempted to flee after a traffic stop in Kalamazoo County is undergoing treatment at Bronson Hospital after crashing in Calhoun County. Richland police had s...
Jul 31, 2023 Jason Rojas / CC
Martin sentenced for 2021 killing and concealing body of jogger Melody Rohrer
WHITE PIGEON, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A White Pigeon Man who admitted to hitting and killing a 64-year-old jogger and then hiding her body was sentenced on Monday, July 31. Authorities say Colby Martin rece...
Jul 31, 2023 64-year-old Melody Rohrer. (Photo courtesy Van Buren County Sheriff's Office).
Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education begins process this week to fill vacancy
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education will waste no time filling a second vacancy on their board, with two special meetings added to the school calendar this wee...
Jul 30, 2023 Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education trustee Megan Maddock (courtesy John McNeill)
Man who couldn't swim drowns after boat sinks on Van Buren County river
COLOMA TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 25-year-old man who couldn't swim drowned Sunday evening aftet the boat he was in took on water in Rogers Creek in Coloma Charter Township. The Van Buren County Sh...
Jul 30, 2023 Van Buren County Sheriff's Office logo
Swimmer drowns in Gull Lake in Barry County Sunday
BARRY TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM)- A swimmer who went missing in the water for 20 minutes drowned Sunday afternoon in Gull Lake Sunday afternoon, According to Ross-Augusta Fire Department, around 3:40 p...
Jul 30, 2023
Bronson Healthcare announces completion of new outpatient orthopedic surgery center
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Bronson Healthcare has announced the completion of a new outpatient orthopedic surgery center in Kalamazoo. The announcement was made on Friday, July 28 following a ribbon...
Jul 30, 2023 Pictured from L to R: Bronson leaders and orthopedic surgeons gathered on July 27, 2023, to celebrate the completion of the new Bronson Orthopedic Surgery Center at 6263 Beatrice Drive in Kalamazoo. Pictured L to R: Dr. Todd Bennett, Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Bronson Healthcare; Nelson Karre, Board Chair, Bronson Healthcare; Becky East, SVP Chief Financial Officer, Bronson Healthcare; Dr. Robert Gorman, Bronson Orthopedic Trauma, Foot & Ankle Specialists; Ken Hammer, Administrative Director, Bronson Orthopedic Surgery Center; Bill Manns, President and CEO, Bronson Healthcare; Dr. Mark Sytsma, Bronson Sports Medicine Specialists; James Falahee Jr., SVP Legal & Legislative Affairs, Bronson Healthcare; Dr. Bruce Rowe, Bronson Orthopedic & Joint Specialists; Dr. Christopher Betzle, Bronson Orthopedic & Joint Specialists; Dr. Jason Roberts, Bronson Orthopedic Trauma, Foot & Ankle Specialists; and Dr. Grant Bowman, Bronson Sports Medicine Specialists. (Photo provided by Bronson Healthcare)
Northside Association for Community Development sponsoring Kalamazoo's "National Night Out" Tuesday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - While "National Night Out" was designed to promote police-community partners, organizers with the Northside Association for Community Development in Kalamazoo are taking i...
Jul 29, 2023
KPS Superintendent praises the Kalamazoo Promise as a major blessing for students
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The new Superintendent for the Kalamazoo Public Schools visited the offices of the Kalamazoo Promise Thursday evening for his latest meet and greet, to mingle with the pub...
Jul 28, 2023 A meet and greet for Kalamazoo Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Darrin Slade at the Kalamazoo Promise offices July 27, 2023 (courtesy John McNeill)
Motorcyclist killed in Oshtemo Township accident Thursday evening
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One person is dead in an accident between a motorcycle and a pickup truck in Kalamazoo County's Oshtemo Township Thursday evening. The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Of...
Jul 28, 2023 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
