Category Archives: Top News Stories
McCann, Rogers reintroduce legislation to require polluters "to clean up their mess"
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two state legislators from Kalamazoo have reintroduced legislation that they say will strengthen the authority of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and En...
Jun 22, 2023 Morrow dam Hydroelectric power plant on the Kalamazoo River in Comstock Township.
Play ball! (Almost): Groundbreaking on Derek Jeter Field signifies goal of summer completion on new complex
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Officials from Kalamazoo Central High School, the Kalamazoo Public Schools District, along with Derek Jeter's Turn-2 Foundation President and contractors broke ground on w...
Jun 21, 2023 (Groundbreaking photo provided by John McNeill)
Task force begins gathering public comments on proposed Portage housing projects
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Following opposition from residents about plans for two housing projects near Austin and West Lakes in Portage, a task force has wasted no time getting organized. They didn'...
Jun 21, 2023 (courtesy City of Portage)
Suspect in Saturday shooting identified and arrested by Portage Public Safety
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Portage Public Safety police have arrested a suspect tied to a shooting that took place over the weekend. Police say 29-year-old Atavion Jamaal-Devito Swindle of Kalamazoo a...
Jun 20, 2023 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Fleeing motorcyclist killed after running into another vehicle in Van Buren County
VAN BUREN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A motorcyclist who was fleeing from police was killed in a three vehicle crash in Van Buren County late Monday evening. Michigan State Police at the Paw Paw Post tr...
Jun 20, 2023 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Former KPS Operations Director hired as Business Manager for Cassopolis Public Schools
CASSAPOLIS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Former Kalamazoo Public Schools Operations Director Jim English has found a new job as the Business Manager at Cassopolis Public Schools in Cass County. English was termi...
Jun 20, 2023 (courtesy Cassopolis Public Schools)
Commissioners to vote tonight on new video crime fighting strategy for downtown Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo City Commissioners will reconsider a request to fund what's being called a "real time crime fighting center" downtown that could tap into existing security camer...
Jun 20, 2023 Kalamazoo City Hall (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
Jeter's Turn 2 Foundation & KPS to hold groundbreaking for renovation of Kalamazoo Central baseball & softball fields
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Major renovations to the Kalamazoo Central baseball and softball fields are set to kick off this Wednesday, June 21, courtesy of a famous graduate. Derek Jeter's Turn 2 Fo...
Jun 19, 2023
Two injured in Sunday shooting in Kalamazoo, police searching for suspects
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Police investigating a shooting that injured two people on Sunday, June 18. Officers responded to the 2600 block of Heatherdown Lane ...
Jun 19, 2023 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety logo
60-100 years prison sentence for Allegan County man charged with grandfather's murder
ALLEGAN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A judge on Friday, June 16 sentenced an Allegan County man to decades in prison for abusing and killing his grandfather. WWMT-TV reported on Saturday, June 17 that Co...
Jun 18, 2023 Best Law
