Category Archives: Top News Stories
Nasser sexual abuse survivor from Kalamazoo supports lawsuit, hopes FBI will do better with future cases
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo native and Larry Nassar sexual abuse survivor Rachael Denhollander is pleased by other survivors filing federal court documents seeking over a billion-dollars fr...
Jun 09, 2022 Rachael Denhollander (courtesy of rachaeldenhollander.com)
UPDATE: Victim in fatal crash south of Allegan identified
TROWBRIDGE TWP., MI (WKZO-AM/FM) - A motorist who had died on Monday evening following a single-vehicle crash south of Allegan has been identified. According to the Allegan County Sheriff's Department...
Jun 09, 2022 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
State Police investigating unlawful imprisonment and shooting in Van Buren County
HARTFORD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan State Police Paw Paw Post is investigating a shooting and unlawful imprisonment that happened Wednesday morning, June 8, around 5:30 a.m. in Van Bure...
Jun 08, 2022 MSP investigating death of 2 year old in Cass County
McCann introduces resolution to allow 17-year-olds to vote in primary elections
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- State Senator Sean McCann (D-Kalamazoo) introduced a joint resolution on Wednesday, June 8, to allow 17-year-olds to vote in an August primary as long as they will be 18 ...
Jun 08, 2022 Michigan State Senator Sean McCann
AUDIO: Gun violence issues spill over into Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners meeting
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Efforts to stem gun violence in the Kalamazoo area appear to be just as mired in politics as the debate in Washington. Monday night Kalamazoo Mayor Dave Anderson called on...
Jun 08, 2022 Maryland GovPics / CC
Commissioners reject plan to retain 2020 Kalamazoo County election ballots for two more years
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A controversial resolution that would have required that ballots from the 2020 election be retained for further investigation has been rejected by the Kalamazoo County Boa...
Jun 08, 2022 Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners meeting June 7, 2022 (photo credit: John McNeill)
Larceny investigation in Calhoun County turns up large amounts of stolen items to include vehicles, watercraft, and trailers
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A big haul for Calhoun County Sheriff's deputies on Saturday, June 4 as they turned up multiple stolen items to include several vehicles, watercraft, and trailers du...
Jun 07, 2022
Battle Creek woman turns herself in and is charged in boyfriend's murder
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Battle Creek woman is charged with murder after police say she brutally attacked her partner back in April of this year. Authorities say Markisha Srackangast, who tu...
Jun 07, 2022 Photo from the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
Kalamazoo mayor urges city commission to move quicker on recommendations to stem gun violence
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Mayor Dave Anderson is urging a subcommittee to come up with recommendations to stem gun violence, and do it soon. The city and the county passed resolutions dec...
Jun 07, 2022 Kalamazoo City Commission meeting June 6, 2022 (photo credit: John McNeill)
Production of Paxlovid for high-risk COVID-19 patients has begun at Pfizer Portage Plant
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Pfizer plans a relatively quick turnaround on their plans to begin making Paxlovid,one of their newer Covid-19 treatments, in Kalamazoo County. The FDA has issued an Emerge...
Jun 07, 2022 Pfizer Chief Global Supply Officer Mike McDermott making the announcement of the production of the COVID-19 treatment drug, Paxlovid at the Portage facility on Monday, June 6, 2022. (Photo by John McNeill)
