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St. Joseph County Sheriff booked for alleged drunk driving following Sunday morning crash
SCHOOLCRAFT TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A news release issued late Monday morning by the Michigan State Police at Paw Paw has confirmed earlier media reports that St. Joseph County Sheriff Mark Lillywh...
Feb 27, 2023 Mugshot for St. Joseph County Sheriff Mark Lillywhite Feb 26, 2023 (courtesy Kalamazoo Co Sheriff's Office)
Consumers Energy hopes for full power restoration by the end of Monday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Consumers Energy has restored power to over 250,000 customers across southern Michigan communities that were blanketed with up to a half-inch of ice. As of 8:45 a.m. Monda...
Feb 27, 2023 (courtesy Consumers Energy)
The number is dropping, but thousands still without power
KALAMAZOO, MI ( WKZO AM/FM) - Over 600 Consumers Energy crews, contractors and lineworkers from outside Michigan started their final push Sunday to restore power to homes and businesses affected by th...
Feb 26, 2023
State police investigating OWI crash causing death
MARSHALL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Kalamazoo woman is dead following a crash on Saturday, February 25 in Calhoun County. Troopers from the Michigan State Police Marshall post say it happened around 7 a.m....
Feb 26, 2023 Photo from the Michigan State Police Marshall Post.
Battle Creek police seek information after mother and son found dead in apartment
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Battle Creek police are seeking information after a mother and son were found dead inside a Battle Creek apartment on Friday, February 24. Authorities say officers res...
Feb 26, 2023
Barry County fatal accident remains under investigation
HASTINGS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Barry County Sheriff's Department is continuing its investigation into a one-vehicle accident that killed a Vermontville man. Deputies were called to E M 79 Hwy near Qu...
Feb 25, 2023
City of Portage also declares local state of emergency following this week's ice storm
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The City of Portage has joined the City of Kalamazoo and Kalamazoo County in declaring a local state of emergency following this week's ice storm. City Manager Pat McGinnis ...
Feb 24, 2023 (courtesy of John McNeill)
"Wrongly convicted" man released from prison in Coldwater after 21 years behind bars
COLDWATER, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo man who the State of Michigan now says was wrongly convicted of a double murder 21 years ago was released from the Lakeland Correctional Facility in Coldwater ...
Feb 24, 2023 Jeff Titus speaks with reporters outside Lakeland Correctional Facility, Coldwater MI Feb 24, 2023 (screenshot courtesy of WOOD-TV 8)
State of emergency declared for Kalamazoo County and the City of Kalamazoo in the wake of ice storm
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A state of emergency has been declared for Kalamazoo County and the City of Kalamazoo, after massive power outages, downed trees and power lines from Wednesday's ice storm...
Feb 24, 2023 City crews clean up ice storm damage Feb 23, 2023 (courtesy City of Kalamazoo)
Paw Paw firefighter remembered as a father and devoted volunteer
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Paw Paw firefighter who lost his life from a fallen power line while responding to Wednesday night's ice storm on February 22 has been described as a devoted volunteer. P...
Feb 23, 2023 Paw Paw Fire Department Lt. Ethan Quillen (courtesy Paw Paw Fire Department)
