Category Archives: Top News Stories
Man charged with setting fire to Planned Parenthood clinic in Kalamazoo agrees to plead guilty
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A man charged with setting fire to a Planned Parenthood clinic in Kalamazoo in July has agreed to plead guilty. According to WOOD TV-8, Joshua Brereton of Paw Paw agre...
Oct 12, 2022 Surveillance photo of Joshua Brereton provided by the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety.
Hidden cell phone in Portage Northern HS dressing area seized by authorities for investigation
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Portage Department of Public Safety Police Division is investigating after being notified by Portage Public School officials of a hidden cell phone. According to a news...
Oct 12, 2022 Photo from Portage Northern High School Facebook page.
Health officials identify first case of Monkeypox in Barry County
BARRY COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Health officials in Barry County announced their first recorded case of monkeypox on Tuesday, October 11. According to Barry-Eaton District Health Department spokesper...
Oct 11, 2022 2003 electron microscope image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Portage Northern High School interim principal placed on leave
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Portage Public Schools has placed an interim principal on leave. According to a statement released on Tuesday, October 11 by the Portage Public School District, Portage Nor...
Oct 11, 2022 Portage Public Schools logo courtesy of Portage Public Schools)
Funeral services scheduled for KDPS officer who died from leukemia
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Funeral services are now set for a Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officer who passed away over the weekend. 32-year-old Public Safety Officer Christian Tyler Smith...
Oct 11, 2022 PSO Christian Tyler Smith. (Photo from Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Facebook page)
AUDIO: Portage residents display frustration over I-94 overpass reconstruction and Winters Drive detour
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- There are a lot of frustrated folks in Portage as the reconstruction of the I-94 overpass at Portage Road is now well into its second year. Homeowners on Winters Drive have...
Oct 11, 2022 Photo by Jerry Malec.
WMU Athletic department to elevate facilities through unique partnership
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Western Michigan University Director of Athletics Dan Bartholomae announced last week a partnership with Gensler Sports Design to develop a long-term facility master plan...
Oct 10, 2022
KDPS officers put out garage fire within 10 minutes, no injuries in Sunday afternoon blaze
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There were no injuries in garage fire Sunday afternoon in Kalamazoo. Around 3:30 p.m. officers from the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety responded to the 1200 block o...
Oct 10, 2022
Man arrested after threatening Kalamazoo County deputies with an axe
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office says a man is in custody after threating deputies with an axe. Authorities responded to a home on West D Avenue in Cooper Township ar...
Oct 10, 2022 (Photo by John McNeil).
Former WMU hockey team captain accused of rape will not serve jail time
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Former Western Michigan University hockey captain Paul Washe, accused of a rape in 2021, will not be heading to jail. The news comes following his sentencing in Kalamazoo...
Oct 09, 2022
