Category Archives: Top News Stories
Three, including Hoadley, appointed to vacancies on WMU Board of Trustees
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Jon Hoadley is back on the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees. The former State Representative, a Democrat, was appointed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer last year...
Feb 03, 2023 Kelly K. Burris (left), Jon Hoadley (middle) and Lisa Williams (right) were appointed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to join the WMU Board of Trustees.
State levies an additional $10,000 fine against Graphic Packaging for odors
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo based packaging company that has been under fire from state regulators and neighbors for water and air contamination has been fined again. The Michigan Departm...
Feb 02, 2023 (Photo provided by John McNeill)
After calling 911 to report what was coming, police say man shoots and kills ex-girlfriend and himself near Decatur
DECATUR, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State Police say it appears a Decatur man shot his ex-girlfriend and then took his own life at a home in Van Buren County's Decatur Township Friday night. It appare...
Feb 01, 2023 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
AUDIO: KPS on board with Michigan State Department of Education priorities
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan State Department of Education has a list of 8-priorities that they would like the new State Legislature to address, now that Democrats have won majorities in...
Feb 01, 2023 State Superintendent Dr. Michael Rice (Photo by John McNeil)
Groundbreaking ceremony for Kalamazoo multi-million dollar housing development Friday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Groundbreaking ceremony for a multi-million dollar housing project in Kalamazoo's Northside neighborhood is set to take place Friday, February 3 at 4 p.m. The ceremony ...
Jan 31, 2023
AUDIO: KPS board urged to pass gun safety resolution for both students and parents
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamazoo School Board is being urged to pass a resolution that students and their parents get an education in gun safety, particularly in the proper storage of guns,...
Jan 31, 2023 (Photo courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety).
14 to 38 year prison sentence for Kalamazoo County man for 2017 death of elderly Vicksburg man
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Kalamazoo County man is now looking at 14 to 38 years behind bars for the death of a Vicksburg man nearly 6 years ago. Joshua Wessel was sentenced in court on Monday, J...
Jan 30, 2023 Joshua Wessel mugshot. (Photo courtesy of the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office)
Sturgis man pleads on murder and criminal sexual conduct charges
STURGIS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Sturgis man has pleaded no contest to the murder of his girlfriend in 2019. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced on Monday, January 30 that 39-year-old Wade Al...
Jan 30, 2023 Photo of Wade Allen provided by the St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office.
Former Kalamazoo pastor sentenced to one year in jail for 2020 sex crimes case
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A former Kalamazoo pastor was sentenced on Monday, January 30 for allegedly paying teenage boys to engage in sex acts with his wife. Stricjavvar "Strick" Strickland is se...
Jan 30, 2023 A Sept. 3, 2020 booking photo of Stricjavvar “Strick” Strickland (courtesy Kalamazoo Co Sheriff's Dept)
19-year-old Cass County man dead after early Sunday crash
MILTON TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Cass County Sheriff's Office is looking into a single vehicle crash that took the life of a 19-year-old Edwardsburg man early Sunday morning on January 29. Depu...
Jan 29, 2023 Photo provided by the Cass County Sheriff's Office.
