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Bivalent COVID-19 vaccine booster available at Kalamazoo County Health Department
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo County Health & Community Services Department is set to provide the Pfizer bivalent COVID-19 booster dose Thursday and Friday, September 15 and 16, from 9:0...
Jerry Malec Sep 13, 2022 Alachua County

Police locate, arrest man related to Saturday kidnapping/shooting
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Battle Creek Police have arresting a man who allegedly kidnapped and shot at a girlfriend on Saturday morning, September 10. Authorities say that 26-year-old Jatai Nic...
Jerry Malec Sep 13, 2022

Body of missing Kalamazoo man found by dive team
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The body of a missing Kalamazoo man has been found. According to WOOD TV-8, the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office said that 20-year-old Nathaniel Duvall Brown was recover...
Jerry Malec Sep 13, 2022 Photo of 20-year-old Nathaniel Duvall Brown provided by the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office.

Lawton man dies in Monday night St. Joseph County crash
FABIUS TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A two vehicle crash Monday night in St. Joseph County took the life of a 77-year-old man from Lawton. St. Joseph County Sheriff Mark Lillywhite says the crash happene...
Jim Measel Sep 13, 2022 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)

No injuries in Battle Creek bank robbery: Police looking for suspect
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Battle Creek Police are seeking help from the public to help them solve a bank robbery that happened on Monday afternoon, September 12. Police responded to the call of...
Jerry Malec Sep 12, 2022 Battle Creek Police Cruiser (photo by John McNeill).
Victim of weekend fatal shooting identified by police
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Police have released the name of a man fatally shot early Sunday morning, September 11. 53-year-old Antonio Shavanno Labrre of Kalamazoo, was shot around 3 a.m. on Prince...
Jerry Malec Sep 12, 2022

City Commission gets report on expanded Kalamazoo summer parks program
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One of the strategies the City of Kalamazoo has implemented to decrease crime is to provide programs for the community's school aged children during summer break. This yea...
Ken Delaney Sep 12, 2022 City of Kalamazoo Parks Activities Director Pete Aerts makes a presentation to the City Commission (courtesy of John McNeill)

Authorities seek help in locating missing Kalamazoo man
KALAMAZOO MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The public is being asked to assist in locating a missing 20-year-old Kalamazoo man. Nathaniel Duvall Brown last contacted family and friends on Thursday, September 8th, at...
Jim McKinney Sep 11, 2022 Photo of 20-year-old Nathaniel Duvall Brown provided by the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office.
Fatal shooting in Kalamazoo under investigation
KALAMAZOO MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety authorities are continuing their investigation into a fatal shooting on the city's Northside. Officers were summoned to the area of Dr...
Jim McKinney Sep 11, 2022

Governor Whitmer announces plan with Holtec to reopen Palisades Plant
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Governor Gretchen Whitmer sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Energy on Friday, September 9, in support of Holtec International's application for a federal grant under ...
Jerry Malec Sep 09, 2022




