Category Archives: Top News Stories
KDPS breaks up several "nuisance" parties early Sunday, with four arrested
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Four people were arrested and one vehicle was impounded early Sunday morning after the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety responded to two separate nuisance party compl...
Jul 18, 2022 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
4 people injured in shooting in Grand Rapids; suspect sought
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A mass shooting happened in Grand Rapids early Sunday, July 17, and a suspect is currently on the loose. Police say four people were injured when multiple shots were f...
Jul 17, 2022 Photo from the Grand Rapids Police Department's Facebook page.
Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office seeks to fill multiple vacancies fast
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- With staffing down by a third at a time when jail populations are increasing and crime and violence are rising post-pandemic, The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office is iss...
Jul 15, 2022 Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office (Photo by John McNeil)
Wolfe headed to state psychiatric hospital instead of prison for double murder in Galesburg
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Galesburg man charged with two counts of open murder for killing two of his neighbors in an apartment complex has plead not guilty by reason of insanity. Kalamazoo Count...
Jul 15, 2022 Brian Turner / CC
Missing 33-year-old Ohio man presumed drowned in Lake Michigan positively identified
SOUTH HAVEN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Divers from the Allegan County Sheriff's Department have located the body of a man on Thursday, July 14, who drowned while trying to save a young boy in Lake Michigan i...
Jul 14, 2022 First responders conduct a search and rescue at North Beach in South Haven July 13, 2022 (courtesy of South Haven Emergency Services)
Upton, Cicilline bipartisan Active Shooter Alert Act Bill approved by House
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) -- U.S. Representative Fred Upton of St. Joseph on Thursday, July 14, welcomed House approval of the Active Shooter Alert Act. The Republican lawmaker from Michigan spons...
Jul 14, 2022
A deadly evening on Lake Michigan as three drown and one is missing
SOUTH HAVEN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After Lake Michigan conditions deteriorated rapidly late Wednesday, at least three people drowned and a fourth is missing. The first drowning happened around 7:30 p.m. a...
Jul 14, 2022 First responders conduct a search and rescue at North Beach in South Haven July 13, 2022 (courtesy of South Haven Emergency Services)
West Nile Virus identified in Kent County
KENT COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kent County Health Department officials are confirming that the West Nile Virus has been detected in mosquitoes in Kent County. According to a news release dated Tuesda...
Jul 13, 2022 Enrique Dans / CC
Kalamazoo law enforcement veteran picked as Kelley's potential running mate
HOLLAND, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo native Jamie Swafford has been selected by Republican gubernatorial hopeful Ryan Kelley as his lieutenant governor candidate. He introduced her at a candidate foru...
Jul 13, 2022 (courtesy of ryandkelley.com)
Hartford man charged with murder in the April 2021 death of 18-month-old
HARTFORD, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 22-year-old Hartford man has been arrested and charged with homicide and child abuse in the death of his girlfriend's baby last year. Sheriff Daniel E Abbott reports that...
Jul 12, 2022 The booking photo of 22-year-old Jacob Tanner of Hartford, MI (courtesy of the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office)
