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Family and friends rally around KDPS officer paralyzed from weekend crash
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officer who was injured in a weekend crash is now paralyzed from the waist down. Officer Tom Maher was struck by a suspected drunk...
Jul 12, 2022 GoFundMe page for Officer Maher and family.
Pat McGinnis takes over as Portage City Manager today
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Portage will welcome their new City Manager to his new post today, throwing him straight into the deep end of the pool. Mayor Patricia Randall says Patrick McGinnis will pre...
Jul 12, 2022 City of Portage logo
No injuries, but one arrested after shooting incident outside Portage apartment Monday
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Police say no one was hit, but a suspect is in custody following a shooting near Centre Street Apartments in Portage Monday. The shooting that took place just outside of the...
Jul 12, 2022 Crime scene tape
17-year-old boy dies after being shot near Arbor Pointe Townhomes, BCPD investigating
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A 17-year-old who just graduated from high school last month is dead following a shooting in Battle Creek late Monday night. Battle Creek Police are investigating the fa...
Jul 12, 2022 Christopher Mark Williams (courtesy of Battle Creek Police Department)
Chase with speeds up to 110 mph ends with crash, arrests in Portage Monday evening
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - What started out an an apparent robbery at the Walmart in Paw Paw ended in a crash and the apprehension of five juveniles in Portage Monday evening. Around 6:15 p.m. deputie...
Jul 12, 2022 Van Buren County Sheriff's Office cruiser (Photo by John McNeil)
Probable Monkeypox case identified in Kent County
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on Monday, July 11, notified The Kent County Health Department (KCHD) that the first probable case of Monkeypox wa...
Jul 11, 2022 2003 electron microscope image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Two injured in overnight shooting on Hazard Street in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The investigation is underway into another shooting in Kalamazoo. Monday at approximately 3:00 a.m. Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officers responded to the 900 blo...
Jul 11, 2022 (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
Early Monday morning robbery at Kalamazoo gas station, suspects still at large
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There was an armed robbery of a gas station in Kalamazoo early Monday. At approximately 3:10 a.m. Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Officers were dispatched to the 390...
Jul 11, 2022 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Kayakers rescued from Kalamazoo River Saturday
GUN PLAIN TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Several kayakers who got stranded on the Kalamazoo River in Allegan County's Gun Plain Township had to be rescued Saturday. According to the Plainwell Department ...
Jul 11, 2022 Plainwell authorities arrest man suspected of pointing a gun at another person
Albion College's Whitehouse Nature Center closed: Potential alligator sightings
ALBION, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Albion College had to close it's Whitehouse Nature Center on Sunday, July 10, after potential alligator sightings. According to FOX-17, the college said there were two separ...
Jul 10, 2022 Photo from Albion College's Whitehouse Nature Center's Facebook page.
