Category Archives: Top News Stories
Gunshots fired into another Portage home, police believe two incidents are connected
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Portage police are investigating the second incident this week involving gunshots being fired at a home, and believe the two are related. On Thursday morning, officers resp...
Apr 23, 2021 (photo by John McNeil)
Battle Creek home where murders and arsons took place has been demolished
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Battle Creek house connected to a double murder and several arsons in recent months has now been demolished. In October, two residents at 203 Post Ave., Joseph Soule...
Apr 23, 2021 203 Post Avenue in Battle Creek, Michigan - Google Satellite Image
Work on getting rid of "notorious odor" in northeast area of Kalamazoo underway
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- While the City of Kalamazoo plans to roll out a comprehensive effort to reduce the city's carbon footprint later this summer, one of its biggest environmental initiatives...
Apr 22, 2021 City of Kalamazoo logo
Marshall man taken into custody after threatening police and others with a knife
MARSHALL TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Deputies from the Calhoun County Office of the Sheriff along with the Michigan State Police took a man into custody during the overnight hours in the 200 block of W...
Apr 22, 2021 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
KPS Superintendent announces in-person, virtual options for fall classes
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Students returning to Kalamazoo Public Schools will have the option to do so in either a virtual or face-to-face format, as announced by Superintendent Rita Raichoudhuri ...
Apr 21, 2021 KPS employees to get raise (Photo by John McNeill).
KDPS announces Earth Day neighborhood cleanup activities
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Earth Day is coming up on Wednesday, and in commemoration, the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety (KDPS) will be hosting neighborhood cleanup activities across the cit...
Apr 21, 2021 (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek)
Portage police investigating shooting on Colonial Avenue
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Police in Portage are investigating a shooting incident that took place on Tuesday. Around 10:15 p.m., officers responded to the 300 block of Colonial Avenue, where an unid...
Apr 21, 2021 (photo by John McNeil)
One of two suspects accused in Allegan County sex trafficking ring headed to trial
WAYLAND, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- One of two suspects accused of being involved in sex trafficking for at least five years in Allegan County will be headed to trial. The suspects, Robert Grigsby and Vanessa...
Apr 21, 2021 Best Law
State and local leaders react to Derek Chauvin's guilty verdict in death of George Floyd
MINNEAPOLIS, MN (WKZO AM/FM) -- The former police officer accused in the death of George Floyd has been found guilty on all charges, as decided by a jury verdict Tuesday. Derek Chauvin was found guilt...
Apr 21, 2021 Chad Davis / CC
Kalamazoo County Commissioners discuss sale of Bronson Park to City of Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo County Commissioners have begun discussions on whether or not to execute a purchase agreement for Bronson Park to the City of Kalamazoo, but the conversa...
Apr 20, 2021 Kalamazoo City Hall in the fall from Bronson Park. (Photo by John McNeill).
