Category Archives: Top News Stories
Kalamazoo man guilty of 2024 shooting death of New Buffalo man
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo man has been found guilty of manslaughter in the 2024 shooting death of 53-year-old Mark Jackson of New Buffalo. Jackson was visiting his daughter in Kalamazoo...
Apr 30, 2025
AUDIO: Portage housing project getting breaks to make homes more affordable
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A proposed Portage housing project that initially drew complaints is getting every break possible to make it more affordable for prospective home buyers. Last night, the Por...
Apr 30, 2025 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
AUDIO: Portage city council hears about flooding issues in Ramona Park area
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A project to install sanitary sewers in the Ramona Park area in Portage has left the residential area looking awful and homeowners want something done about it. Neighbor aft...
Apr 30, 2025
Kalamazoo County deputies arrest man for vehicle theft in Richland
RICHLAND TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - 31-year-old Christopher Vandenburg of Kalamazoo is charged with unlawful driving away of an automobile after he was arrested early Tuesday morning in Richland Town...
Apr 30, 2025
Ascension says data breach happened in December 2024
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Ascension says the health system has been hit with a data breach in December that included demographic information including names, addresses, phone numbers, email address...
Apr 29, 2025 Photo courtesy Ascension Borgess Hospital.
AUDIO: Six WMU international students get SEVIS statuses reinstated
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Six international students at Western Michigan University have had their Student and Exchange Visitor Information System statuses reinstated by the federal government. Sev...
Apr 29, 2025
19-year-old charged with Kalamazoo murder
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Nineteen-year-old Lamone Hickman Jr. is charged with open murder in the shooting death Thursday of Marktavion Perry-Bennett in Kalamazoo. Hickman was arrested in Muskegon ...
Apr 29, 2025
Michigan's gas price down 11-cents a gallon
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan's average gasoline price is down eleven-cents a gallon to $3.04. Triple-A Michigan says that is down seven-cents from last month and down 68-cents from last year. ...
Apr 28, 2025
AUDIO: Portage city council to vote on ordinance making being bad neighbor a misdemeanor
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Portage city council will get their first look this week at a new ordinance that would make being a really bad neighbor a misdemeanor. For the past two meetings, Mark Mo...
Apr 28, 2025 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
Investigation continues in killing of Marshall man on Easter Sunday
JACKSON, MI (WTVB)- it has now been over a week since a homicide in Jackson, left 45-year-old John Lusch of Marshall dead from multiple gunshot wounds. The incident occurred in a home in the 900 block...
Apr 28, 2025
