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Case of former township supervisor charged following Kalamazoo Sexual Assault Kit Initiative headed to Kalamazoo County Circuit Court
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The sexual assault case involving former Fabius Township Supervisor Kenneth Dwyane Linn has been bound over to Kalamazoo County Circuit Court. The 57-year-old Linn is char...
Dec 01, 2022 (courtesy Michigan Department of Attorney General)
Ascension Borgess nurses to hold strike authorization vote if no agreement reached by end of the week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Nurses at Ascension Borgess Hospital announced on Tuesday, November 29 that unless a tentative agreement for a new contract is reached soon, they will hold a strike autho...
Nov 30, 2022 Beacon Kalamazoo Hospital, formerly Ascension Borgess
UPDATE: Body of missing 42-year-old Wayland area man found north of Holland
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WKZO-AM/FM, Nov. 29, 2022) - The search for a missing 42-year-old Wayland area man has ended tragically. On Tuesday, the Allegan County Sheriff's Department reported that members of ...
Nov 29, 2022 Photo of Avel T. Martinez provided by the Allegan County Sheriff's Office.
State fines Graphic Packaging for air quality violations: Public waits for final report from environmental agencies
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The State of Michigan has slapped a fine and additional requirements on Graphic Packaging for Air quality violations, but this isn't the action the city and Northside res...
Nov 29, 2022 Photo from Graphic Packaging's Facebook page.
Tim Lester not retained as W.M.U. Broncos head football coach after 5-7 season
KALAMAZOO, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Western Michigan University Director of Athletics Dan Bartholomae announced Monday that Tim Lester will not be retained as Head Coach of the Broncos football team. Lester, ...
Nov 28, 2022 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
Battle Creek Hungry Howie's store forced to close for a few weeks after SUV crashes into building
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Hungry Howie's Pizza store on Columbia Avenue in Battle Creek is going to be closed for the next few weeks after a SUV crashed into the business on Friday night. Sto...
Nov 28, 2022 Photo courtesy of Hungry Howie's Facebook page
Plainwell woman dies in car crash with tree
TROWBRIDGE TWP., MI (WKZO AM/FM, Nov. 27, 2022) -- A single vehicle crash took the life of a Plainwell woman on Saturday, November 26, and police are investigating. It happened on M-40 near 110th Aven...
Nov 27, 2022 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Kalamazoo teens arrested after carjacking, chase
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two Kalamazoo teenagers are in custody after allegedly stealing a vehicle a gunpoint and leading police on a chase early Friday morning. Just after 2:30 a.m., officers wit...
Nov 25, 2022 KDPS Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety cruiser (Photo by Jeana Gondek)
AUDIO: City of Kalamazoo leaf pickup delayed due to early winter weather
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The early arrival of winter has brought the City of Kalamazoo's leaf pickup program to a screeching halt. Public Services Director Jim Baker says the crews had to be reas...
Nov 24, 2022 Photo by: Jerry Malec, WKZO News.
AUDIO: Homicides in the city of Kalamazoo down nearly 40% since July
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- There is good news about crime and gun violence in the City of Kalamazoo, especially crimes being committed by teens. Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety's Deputy Chief...
Nov 23, 2022 This chart shows that gun violence this year spiked this summer and has dropped dramatically since.
