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Portage man found dead at McDonald's location Sunday afternoon
PORTAGE MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Portage Public Safety is continuing its investigation into an unknown death that may have occurred Sunday morning. Officers were dispatched to the McDonald's location on Port...
Jun 25, 2023 Accident in Portage Tuesday seriously injures Kalamazoo man (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
Kalamazoo man killed in single vehicle accident Sunday morning
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 62-year-old Kalamazoo man is dead following a single vehicle crash Sunday morning. At approximately 8:00 a.m, Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officers responded to...
Jun 25, 2023 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Two injured in multi-vehicle accident in Comstock Township
COMSTOCK TWNSHIP MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Department is continuing its investigation into a multiple vehicle accident that occurred late Saturday morning in Comstock Township. ...
Jun 25, 2023 (Photo by John McNeil)
Garage destroyed and four home damaged in Kalamazoo fire
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A garage was destroyed by fire and four homes were damaged in the blaze in Kalamazoo late Friday. Around 10:00 a.m. officer from the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety ...
Jun 24, 2023 Arseni Mourzenko
One dead and one wounded, the 10th homicide in Kalamazoo this year
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One man was killed and another wounded in a shooting incident overnight in Kalamazoo. Authorities say it's the 10th death by gunfire in the city in 2023. At 2:55 a.m. Satu...
Jun 24, 2023 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
$213 million spending plan for 2023-2024 gets approval by KPS Board of Education
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education approved their budget for the coming school year Thursday. The $213 million plan calls for spending about $13 million more ...
Jun 23, 2023 Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education meeting June 22, 2023 (courtesy John McNeill)
Kalamazoo hospital and local law enforcement team up for children's gun safety effort
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - In an effort to lower the number of children and teens who are unintentionally injured or killed due to unlocked or unsupervised guns in the home, Bronson Children's Hospi...
Jun 23, 2023 (courtesy Bronson Children's Hospital, Kalamazoo MI)
Elderly man dies in Texas Township crash Thursday morning
TEXAS TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office says for an unknown reason a vehicle driven by an 83-year-old male drifted across the centerline of West Q Avenue in Texas Towns...
Jun 22, 2023 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Vehicle collides with school in Comstock Township, no students injured
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - No students were injured as a vehicle ran a stop sign and collided with a school bus in Comstock Township late Thursday morning. At 11;53 a.m. the Kalamazoo County Sheriff...
Jun 22, 2023 Bill McChesney / CC
Six candidates to be interviewed next week for open position on KPS Board of Education
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education has selected six candidates to interview for the vacant trustee position on the board. The board reviewed 25 applications f...
Jun 22, 2023
