Category Archives: Top News Stories
Busy New Year's Eve in Van Buren County with separate fatal shooting, domestic assault incidents
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO-AM/FM) - While most law enforcement entities had a full plate of activities over the New Year's Eve Holiday evening, two separate incidents had the Van Buren County Sheriff's Departm...
Jan 01, 2023 Van Buren County Sheriff's Office logo
Diocese of Kalamazoo's Bishop Bradley on Pope Benedict XVI's death
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Bishop Paul J. Bradley released the following statement on the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on Saturday, December 31. Bishop Bradley met the pope on a number of oc...
Jan 01, 2023 Bishop Bradley presents Pope Benedict XVI with a spiritual bouquet from the Faithful of the Diocese of Kalamazoo during his 2012 Ad Limina visit with the pope. (Photo provided by the Office of Communication, Diocese of Kalamazoo)
Victim and person of interested identified in Sturgis motel shooting
STURGIS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The victim of a fatal shooting at a motel in Sturgis has been identified by police. 32-year-old Jeremy Lampeart was found shot in the parking lot of the Country Hearth Inn ...
Jan 01, 2023
Teen killed in Cass County crash New Years Eve
CASS COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Cass County Sheriff Richard Behnke and his deputies are investigating a fatal car crash that took place on Dailey Road near Pokagon Highway. The crash occurred on Satur...
Jan 01, 2023 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
One dead after shooting on Kalamazoo's Northside
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 29-year-old Kalamazoo man is dead after a shooting Friday night. Police also have not released any details on the circumstances of the shooting, or whether they have ide...
Dec 31, 2022 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
$5,000 reward being offered for information on missing Portage mom
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Silent Observer is now offering a $5,000 reward for information on the disappearance of a Portage mother of eight who hasn't been seen since earlier this month. Heather Kell...
Dec 30, 2022
Kalamazoo city commissioner proposes more funding for home repairs and daycare
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo City Commissioners were asked at their last meeting if they had any ideas for next year's budget and Commissioner Quianna Decker had a couple. She suggested tha...
Dec 30, 2022 Ervins Strauhmanis / CC
January 1, 2023: Coakley out as KDPS chief, interim chief David Boysen in
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- After being on administrative leave since August of this year following alleged harassment complaints from KDPS and city employees, former Kalamazoo Department of Public ...
Dec 29, 2022 Former Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Police Chief Vernon Coakley. (Photo courtesy of KDPS).
AUDIO: KPS Chief Financial Officer fired for violating spending policies
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Chief Financial Officer for Kalamazoo Schools has been fired for allegedly mishandling some of the money he was supposed to be safeguarding. School Trustees received ...
Dec 29, 2022 Pictures of Money / CC
KDPS setting up downtown community service team office
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety, which already handles police, fire and medical emergencies, will be further expanding their efforts into social service in 2023. Ac...
Dec 28, 2022 Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety logo
