Category Archives: Top News Stories
Portage man to serve time in prison for his role in defrauding Amazon's Textbook Rental Program
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- 37-year-old Geoffrey Mark Hays Talsma was to 16 years' imprisonment for mail fraud and aggravated identity theft on Wednesday, July 27. The U.S. Attorney's Office Western...
Jul 27, 2022
Boy kidnapped by non-custodial parents in Allegan County found safe in Ohio
ALLEGAN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A four-year-old Allegan County boy kidnapped by his non-custodial parents has been found safe in Ohio. The Allegan County Sheriff's Office office says Gordon Greene I...
Jul 27, 2022 Angela Etts and Gordon Greene Jr. (Courtesy of Allegan County Sheriff’s Office)
AUDIO: Governor Whitmer signs executive order to combat gun violence during Kalamazoo visit
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Governor Gretchen Whitmer came to Kalamazoo on Tuesday, July 26, to sign an executive order to combat gun violence, and to hold a round table on the issue. The order will...
Jul 26, 2022 Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signs an executive order to combat gun violence and holds a round table discussion during her visit to Kalamazoo on Tuesday, July 26. (Photo from John McNeill)
Suspect of Richland gas station robbery arraigned on armed robbery and assault with a dangerous weapon charges
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A suspect of last Friday's armed robbery of the Circle K Gas Station in Richland was arraigned on Monday, July 25. The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office has identified th...
Jul 26, 2022 Booking photo provided by the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office.
Two suffer non-life-threatening injuries in shooting incident on Woodbury Street Monday night
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A late night shooting has sent two people to the hospital in Kalamazoo. Monday at around 11:15 p.m., two victims of gunshot wounds arrived at a local hospital. The Kalamaz...
Jul 26, 2022 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
Vigil held for man shot and killed by Allegan County deputy during traffic stop
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A vigil was held for 22-year-old Joseph Nagle who was shot and killed by an Allegan County deputy during a June 16 traffic stop. Supporters gathered outside the Allegan Cou...
Jul 25, 2022
Rescue crews recover Ohio man who drowned in Lake Michigan
MUSKEGON COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Authorities have confirmed that recovery crews have found the body of an Ohio man in Lake Michigan in Muskegon County. Police have identified the victim as 19-year-...
Jul 25, 2022
Homeowner critically injured in Battle Creek house fire
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN) - The owner of a home in the 100 block of Bryant Street had to be rescued late Sunday afternoon during a Battle Creek house fire. The Battle Creek Fire Department says the fire...
Jul 25, 2022 Battle Creek Fire department (Photo by John McNeil)
Police release photo of Kalamazoo Township armed robbery suspect
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Township of Kalamazoo Police Department says there were no injuries in an armed robbery in the 2000 block of West Main Street around 9:50 p.m. Sunday. Police ...
Jul 25, 2022 The suspect in an armed robbery in the 2000 block of West Main Street July 24, 2022 (courtesy of Township of Kalamazoo Police Department)
65,000 Consumers Energy customers lose power; Portage Farmers Market cancelled due to severe weather
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Severe storms knocking out power for more than 65,000 Consumers Energy customers over the weekend. Those storms moved through parts of West Michigan Saturday night with t...
Jul 24, 2022 texaus1 / CC
