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Faulty clothes dryer leads to fire at Vine Street home Sunday afternoon
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A faulty clothes dryer is being called the cause of a house fire in Kalamazoo Sunday afternoon. Around 1:15 p.m. officers from the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety re...
Aug 08, 2022
Two shot at early morning party in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two people were shot early Sunday at a party in Kalamazoo. Around 3:15 a.m. Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officers responded to the 500 block of Lulu Street for a ...
Aug 07, 2022 KDPS Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety cruiser (Photo by Jeana Gondek)
One man is stabbed, another is on custody after incident at Portage motel Saturday
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An 18-year-old man is in custody, charged with stabbing another 47-year-old man at the Airport Inn on Helen Avenue in Portage late Saturday afternoon. The Portage Department...
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Police say alcohol appears to be a factor in Allegan County fatal crash
PLAINWELL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 30-year-old Plainwell area man is dead after a single vehicle crash in Allegan County's Martin Township Saturday afternoon. Allegan County Sheriff Deputies along with th...
Aug 06, 2022 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Upton announces district community grants tour
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) -- U.S. Representative Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, announced Friday that he will be visiting communities in the 6th Congressional District to celebrate and acknowledge the ...
Aug 05, 2022 (Photo courtesy of fredupton.com)
D-Angelo Davis sentenced to life for 2020 double murder
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Kalamazoo man was sentenced to life for double murder of a Kalamazoo Township couple on Friday, August 5. D-Angelo Davis was sentenced to life in prison without the pos...
Aug 05, 2022 Photo provided by the Kalamazoo County Jail.
Missing St. Joseph County girls found safe and sound, biological mother taken into custody
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Two young girls who were reported missing from the home of their foster parents in St. Joseph County on Thursday have been found safe and sound. St. Joseph County S...
Aug 05, 2022 St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office cruiser (Photo by John McNeil)
Arson suspect arrested and charged for fire at Planned Parenthood in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The U.S. Attorney's Office Western District of Michigan announced on Thursday, August 4, that the man suspected of intentionally setting fire to Planned Parenthood in Kal...
Aug 05, 2022 Joshua Brereton was arrested and charged on Thursday, August 4 for setting fire to Planned Parenthood in Kalamazoo. (Suspect photo provided by Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
Severe thunderstorms make their mark after extreme heat and humidity
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Severe thunderstorms ripped through Southwest Michigan on Wednesday, August 3, causing widespread damage across multiple counties, knocking down trees, knocking out power...
Aug 04, 2022 Photo courtesy of Consumers Energy.
Two people killed in plane crash in South Haven
SOUTH HAVEN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Two people are dead after a plane crash in South Haven Tuesday morning, August 2. The South Haven Police Department says the plane, an Aerospace 600, crashed just minut...
Aug 03, 2022
