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16-year-old shot Friday evening in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - No suspect has been identified in a shooting Friday evening in Kalamazoo. At approximately 6:35 p.m. Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officers responded to the area o...
Apr 15, 2023
Authorities in Kalamazoo County investigating multiple drug overdose deaths
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Police and health officials have issued an alert after five people have died from overdoses in Kalamazoo in 24 hours this week. They were among over a dozen who overdosed ...
Apr 14, 2023 Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
Suspect arrested after barricading himself inside lobby of Kalamazoo television station.
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A television station in Kalamazoo was the subject of a bomb threat Thursday afternoon, April 13. According to the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety, the CBS affiliate ...
Apr 13, 2023 Photo from Autumn Pitchure, WWMT.
Guilty plea entered from man involved in crash that paralyzed a KDPS officer in 2022
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man charged with paralyzing a Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officer in a crash has pleaded guilty. 32-year-old Deymeon Marcel Todd entered a guilty plea in Kalam...
Apr 13, 2023 KDPS Officer Tom Maher. (Photo provided by the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
Kalamazoo woman in serious condition after single-vehicle crash
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo woman is in critical condition following a crash near Kalamazoo Thursday morning, April 13. Kalamazoo County Sheriff's deputies responded to the area of East N...
Apr 13, 2023 (Photo by John McNeil).
NWS issues Fire Weather Warning due to warm, windy and dry conditions
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a Red Flag Warning from noon until 8:00 p.m. on Thursday which means there will be critical fire weather conditio...
Apr 13, 2023 Courtesy National Weather Service
Kalamazoo County doubles down on affordable housing with over $2 million in new funding opportunities
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County is doubling down on its commitment to address the local housing crisis by providing additional funding opportunities for supportive services and multi-fam...
Apr 12, 2023 Ervins Strauhmanis / CC
Wayland city police investigating after body was found near US-131
WAYLAND, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Wayland City Police Department is investigating a suspicious situation in where a body was found near US-131 and Windsor Woods Village on Tuesday, April 12. Wayland poli...
Apr 12, 2023 Photo provided by the Wayland Police Department.
AUDIO: School board trustees urge yes vote on May 2 enhancement millage
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Early voting has already begun for the May 2nd election with only one item appearing on the ballot in Kalamazoo County. And that item is the renewal of the countywide sch...
Apr 12, 2023 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
AUDIO: Expanded air quality testing on the way for Kalamazoo's Northside neighborhood
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- As Kalamazoo awaits an overdue report on air-borne contaminants on the Northside, the city has hired a Detroit firm to expand local testing. And many will say it's not ju...
Apr 12, 2023
