Category Archives: Top News Stories
AUDIO: School is back in session Kalamazoo County: Are you ready?
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Today, Monday, August 29, is the first day of school in Kalamazoo County, and for the first time in a few years, classes will begin in it's largest school district withou...
Aug 29, 2022 Bill McChesney / CC
WMU student dies after hit and run accident early Saturday morning
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The victim in Saturday's early morning hit and run accident in Kalamazoo has passed away.The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says 21-year-old Kaylee Gansberg from Li...
Aug 28, 2022 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
1 dead, 2 wounded, including infant, in overnight shooting
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Police are investigating a shooting where one woman was killed, another woman wounded, along with an infant Friday evening, August 26. Portage Public Safety fire and police...
Aug 27, 2022 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Pennfield woman charged in crash that killed her 8-year-old son
PENNFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Pennfield woman has been charged with two felonies in connection to the crash that killed her 8-year-old son back in March 2022, according to Calhoun County Co...
Aug 26, 2022 Photo provided by the Calhoun County Jail.
Six arrested in child sex sting including Portage school bus driver
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Six men were arrested for child sex crimes, including a Portage school bus driver, by the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office. Arrested were 33-year-old Alexander Bogdan of...
Aug 26, 2022 Photo/Image from the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office facebook page.
"We Are KPS" is the new jingle, but some school staff aren't happy with their pay
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Summer is winding down and Kalamazoo Public Schools will open fall term with a new slogan, a new theme song, and some unhappy employees. The new tune debuted at a teachers...
Aug 26, 2022 (courtesy of Kalamazoo Public Schools)
KDPS officer justified in using deadly force says the Kalamazoo County Office of the Prosecuting Attorney
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamazoo County Office of the Prosecuting Attorney has completed it's review of the officer involved fatal shooting of Nicholas Conklin on March 20, 2022 at 1008 Sou...
Aug 25, 2022 Best Law
Avelo Airlines expands Kalamazoo Service with 2nd Florida destination: Ft Meyers
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Just weeks after announcing it's nonstop service to Orlando Florida from Kalamazoo, Avelo Airlines has added yet another popular vacation destination to the Sunshine Stat...
Aug 25, 2022 Head of Marketing for Avelo Airlines Travis Christ making the announcement on August 25 of nonstop service from Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport to Ft. Meyers FL starting November 11. (Photo by Jerry Malec)
Cease and desist order served on Bangor auto repair facility
BANGOR, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan Department of State has served a cease and desist order on a Bangor automotive repair facility for performing services on motor vehicles with an expired repair ...
Aug 24, 2022
Man who paralyzed Kalamazoo police officer in crash arrested and charged in court
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The suspected drunk driver involved in the crash that paralyzed Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Officer Tom Maher has been arrested and charged. According to court ...
Aug 24, 2022 Photo provided by the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office.
