Category Archives: Top News Stories
Teen in critical condition after shooting incident on Nola Street
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo teen was injured in a shooting incident around 8:00 p.m. Wednesday in the 800 block of Nola Street. As Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officers arrived o...
Aug 11, 2022 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Suspect arrested after allegedly threatening family at Comstock Township store, then fleeing from police
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 17-year-old is in custody after allegedly threatening a family with a handgun at the Walmart store on Gull Road in Comstock Township Wednesday evening, then flee...
Aug 11, 2022 (Photo by John McNeil).
Boat starts to sink near South Haven, five people escape uninjured
SOUTH HAVEN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Five people managed to escape uninjured after their boat started to sink in Lake Michigan Wednesday. South Haven Area Emergency Services says it happened near the Sleepy...
Aug 11, 2022 (courtesy of South Haven Area Emergency Services)
Police identify two swimmers who drowned Monday off South Haven's South Beach
SOUTH HAVEN MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The South Haven Police Department has now identified the two swimmers who drowned off South Beach Monday afternoon. 22-year-old Kory Ernster of Novi, MI and 19-year-old E...
Aug 10, 2022 South Beach at South Haven, MI (courtesy of southhaven.org)
Woman killed in car-pedestrian accident; suspect in custody
KALAMAZOO MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A car-pedestrian accident Tuesday afternoon has resulted in the death of a 65-year-old woman. The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Department was summoned to the Wal-Mart on 9th ...
Aug 09, 2022
Kalamazoo receives almost $6 million grant to redesign transportation downtown
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Downtown Kalamazoo Transportation Network has received a federal planning grant of $5,974,694. Congressman Fred Upton made the announcement Monday, saying, "It's no se...
Aug 09, 2022 A Kalamazoo Metro Transit bus (courtesy of Metro Transit)
There will be a fair in Kalamazoo County in 2022, but with a different look
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Youth Fair and Family Festival has been reimagined for 2022. Organizers say the all new event will focus on highlighting the 4-H programs and youth ed...
Aug 09, 2022 Kalamazoo County Youth Fair and Family Festival logo
UPDATE: South Haven police report victims pulled from Lake Michigan Monday have died
UPDATE TO EARLIER STORY: SOUTH HAVEN MI (WKZO AM/FM) - South Haven police have announced that the two people pulled from Lake Michigan earlier on Monday have died. A 22 year old male from Novi, MI, an...
Aug 08, 2022 South Beach at South Haven, MI (courtesy of southhaven.org)
K-College again hosting 2022 USTA Boys' 18 & 16 National Championships through Sunday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Some of the top male teen tennis players in the country are in Kalamazoo through Sunday for the 2022 USTA Boys' 18 & 16 National Championships. Since 1946, Kalamazoo C...
Aug 08, 2022 Kalamazoo College's Stowe Stadium
Kalamazoo's DePerno says voting machine allegations "are totally garbage"
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Republican Attorney General candidate Matthew DePerno of Kalamazoo said this morning allegations he is involved in a conspiracy to hack into and manipulate voting...
Aug 08, 2022 Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Kalamazoo area attorney Matthew DePerno in his bid for Michigan Attorney General in 2022 (courtesy of Deperno for Michigan)
