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Kalamazoo County commissioners vote to put veterans services millage on the November ballot
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners has approved asking voters if they would back an increase in taxes to support veteran services. The millage question would appe...
Apr 19, 2023 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
Former WMU public safety officer arrested on pornography charges in Grand Traverse County
GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A former Western Michigan University public safety officer who had been previously arrested in a child sex trafficking operation in Kalamazoo County in 2022, h...
Apr 18, 2023 Photo provided by the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office.
AUDIO: KDPS chief remembers fallen officer on the anniversary of his death in the line of duty
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Shootings have dominated the national news for the last few days. Today is the 12th anniversary of the shooting death of Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Officer Eric...
Apr 18, 2023 Fallen KDPS officer Eric Zapata (courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
WMU & KCC renew agreements to maintain smooth transfer pathways for students
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Five years after signing an institutional agreement to create a smoother process for Kellogg Community College graduates to continue their education at Western Michigan...
Apr 18, 2023 Pictured from left to right, are WMU Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig, WMU President Dr. Edward Montgomery, KCC President Dr. Paul R. Watson II and KCC Vice President for Instruction Tonya Forbes. (Photo provided by Kellogg Community College)
In the wake of drug related deaths and overdoses, Huizinga calls for more sanctions on companies he says are supporting drug trade
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) - After more than a dozen overdoses and five deaths in a 24 hour span last week, 4th District Congressman Bill Huizenga has called on the Biden Administration to levy fur...
Apr 17, 2023 Michigan 4th District Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-Zeeland)
Coldwater area man killed in two-vehicle crash in St. Joseph County
COLON TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - St. Joseph County deputies have identified the victim of a two-vehicle fatal crash that took place Saturday morning in Colon Township. Authorities say 67-year-old Wil...
Apr 17, 2023 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Nonprofits give out free Narcan In Kalamazoo after series of overdoses
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Free Narcan kits have been handed out on the north side of the city of Kalamazoo after 18 people overdosed on fentanyl in 24 hours last week, with six of them losing their...
Apr 17, 2023 (courtesy HOPE thru Navigation)
Kalamazoo County Sexual Assault Kit Initiative brings man to trial for 2005 rape
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It turns out that a Kalamazoo man will stand trial for a rape that happened nearly 18 years ago because of the Kalamazoo County Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI). Accor...
Apr 16, 2023 Photo of Shawn Hopkins provided by the Kalamazoo County Jail.
One dead after early morning shooting in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 41-year-old Kalamazoo man is dead, following a shooting early Saturday morning. At approximately 4:20 a.m., officers with the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety respo...
Apr 15, 2023 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
City of Kalamazoo receives $3.5-million lead abatement grant to continue work on older homes
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The City of Kalamazoo has just received a huge new $3.5-million grant from Washington to do lead abatement in some of the city's older homes. And city officials say it's p...
Apr 15, 2023 Kalamazoo City Hall (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
