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Former WMU football player being charged with assault after incident near campus in October
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Former Western Michigan University football player La'Darius Jefferson is being charged with two counts of assault and battery. According to WOOD-TV 8, court records show ...
Dec 16, 2022 (courtesy Ashley Huss-WMU Photographer)
Police searching for Kalamazoo County woman last seen by family on December 5
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The search continues for a missing Kalamazoo County woman. Law enforcement officials have confirmed that 35-year-old Heather Kelly was last seen five days ago on Monday, ...
Dec 15, 2022
Nurses at Ascension Borgess Hospital ratify new three deal to avert strike
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A potential strike has been averted at Ascension Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo after an overwhelming majority of unionized nurses ratified a new contract with their hospit...
Dec 15, 2022 Beacon Kalamazoo Hospital, formerly Ascension Borgess
Sudden resignation of Kalamazoo Public School's superintendent leaves many with questions
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The sudden resignation of Kalamazoo Public School Superintendent Dr. Rita Raichoudhuri is raising questions among many on why she left. Raichoudhuri signed on as KPS Supe...
Dec 14, 2022 Kalamazoo Public Schools Superintendent Rita Raichoudhuri (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
2 billion on the way to Pfizer from U.S. Government for COVID-19 antiviral treatment
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The U.S. Government has agreed to pay Pfizer nearly $2 billion for an additional 3.7 million courses of its COVID-19 antiviral treatment, with the delivery of the remaining...
Dec 14, 2022 Pfizer logo
AUDIO: Manager and Kalamazoo Township Board appear at odds
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Tensions between the Kalamazoo Township Board and their manager Dexter Mitchell have apparently been slowly growing since they decided a few years ago to hire the...
Dec 14, 2022
Bronson's regional cancer program receives national accreditation
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Bronson Healthcare system's regional cancer program with cancer centers in Battle Creek and Kalamazoo has received accreditation from the American College of Surgeons...
Dec 13, 2022
Decades long prison sentence for woman convicted of 2021 murder in South Haven
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A woman was sentenced in court on Tuesday, December 13 to decades in prison for murdering a man in South Haven nearly a year-and-a-half ago. According to police, 24-year-...
Dec 13, 2022 24-year-old Tiah Sutton. (Photo courtesy of the South Haven Police Department)
Kalamazoo Public Schools Superintendent steps down abruptly
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Rita Raichoudhuri has resigned. The surprise announcement came from Board President Patti Sholler-Barber last night at the conc...
Dec 13, 2022 Kalamazoo Public Schools Superintendent Rita Raichoudhuri (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
Kalamazoo Public Schools employees to receive $1,500 retention bonus later this month
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The employees of Kalamazoo Public Schools have received a gift from the district that comes just in time for Christmas. Trustee Ken Greyshak Monday night recommended a "re...
Dec 13, 2022
