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1 killed, 2 injured in three-vehicle crash in Cass County
MASON TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- One person was killed and two others were injured in three-vehicle crash in Cass County early Tuesday morning. Cass County deputies responded just before 5:30 a.m. t...
Mar 21, 2023 Photo provided by the Cass County Sheriff's Office.
Despite recent hiring, vacancies remain at Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo County Sheriff Rick Fuller says he still has a lot of unfilled positions in his department, but they have cut the gap from having 22% of their positions unfille...
Mar 21, 2023 KCSD investigating fatal one car accident in Comstock
Statewide storm alert test set for Wednesday
LANSING, MI (WKZO-AM/FM) - As it is now officially spring, it is also now officially storm season in Michigan. On Wednesday afternoon at 1, emergency sirens will wail, and the Michigan State Police wi...
Mar 21, 2023 Credit- Storm Chaser Ryan Harriott via Twitter
Vehicle pursuit in Kalamazoo ends in rooftop arrest
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- On Monday around 4:00 p.m., officers with the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety located a stolen vehicle traveling in the 1400 block of Alamo Avenue. When officers at...
Mar 20, 2023 (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek)
Allegan County deputies investigating instances of stolen, altered, and cashed checks
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Allegan County sheriff's deputies are investigating reports of checks being stolen from mailboxes. But that's not all. Deputies say the would-be thieves are also altering t...
Mar 20, 2023
AUDIO: Kalamazoo joins Bell's Brewery in celebration of Oberon Day
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Today is officially Oberon Day in the City of Kalamazoo, to honor the seasonal beer that helped make Bell's Brewery one of the biggest brewers in the Midwest. Bell's plans...
Mar 20, 2023 Nicholas Upton / CC
AUDIO: Kalamazoo civil rights leaders still not satisfied by investigation that led to Coackley's departure
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -It has been three months since the departure of former Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Chief Vernon Coakley, but local civil rights leaders still have questions about...
Mar 20, 2023 Former Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Police Chief Vernon Coakley. (Photo courtesy of KDPS).
Work to begin Tuesday on downtown Allegan transformation
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- After nearly six years of planning and public input, work on the transformation of Downtown Allegan is set to begin. City officials and other project partners are holding a...
Mar 19, 2023
Weekend weather causes multiple vehicle pileups on Michigan's expressways
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- While the snowfall total over the weekend wasn't huge, it was just enough to wreak havoc on the roadways across the region. In Ionia County, both sides of I-96 in Portlan...
Mar 19, 2023 Photo courtesy of Jessica Ponton, Communications Director, Vicksburg Community Schools.
AUDIO: Graduation and drop-out rates greater for Kalamazoo Public Schools that many other districts
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - When it comes to graduation and drop-out rates, Kalamazoo Public Schools students took a far greater hit during the COVID-19 pandemic than those in most other districts. T...
Mar 17, 2023 (courtesy Kalamazoo Public Schools)
