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Police K9 locates missing 81-year-old after being lost in the woods
OGEMAW COUNTY, Mich.— K9 Loki found the elderly woman after she was missing in the woods for 20 hours. Michigan State Police troopers were dispatched to a home in Richland Township on July 2 for a missing 81-year-old. A family member last saw the woman around 10 p.m. the...
‘Heartbreaking tragedy:’ Dad dies, 2 of 3 boys critically injured in crash
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI – Dan and Chelsea Savage of Kalamazoo and their three boys did everything together. Now, their family is devastated. Dan Savage died and two of his boys were critically injured in a crash Sunday, June 30, in Allegan County’s Fillmore Township. His wife and other son are recovering from injuries.
Deputies: 2 in custody for attempted murder of Kalamazoo woman
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A man and woman are in custody after deputies say they tried to kill a woman in Comstock Township earlier this week. The incident happened Monday at an undisclosed location, according to the Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO). We’re told a 44-year-old Portage woman...
'We mean what we say' | West Michigan man sentenced to 5+ years for having gun modified with a switch
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A Kalamazoo man who federal authorities said had a handgun modified to operate as a machine gun will spend at least five years in prison. U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten announced Tuesday that 32-year-old Kalamazoo resident Juwara Jawan Compton Jr. was sentenced to 64 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
Fundraiser underway for the family of Kalamazoo man killed in Allegan County crash Sunday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – The family of a Kalamazoo man killed in a two vehicle crash Sunday has set up a GoFundMe fund to raise money for the man’s wife and four sons. Dan Savage died at the scene of the accident when the car he was driving was broadsided by a pickup truck south of Holland in Allegan County’s Fillmore Township.
Report: Family in Fillmore Township crash will donate eldest son’s organs
ALLEGAN COUNTY — The family devastated by a fatal crash in Allegan County has been identified; and one fatality will soon become two, according to a report from WZZM-13. On June 30, Danny and Chelsea Savage, of Kalamazoo, and their three sons — Mason, 14, Parker, 11, and Levi, 9 — were involved in a crash in Fillmore Township. According to the Allegan County Sheriff’s Office, the family was headed westbound on 136th Avenue and didn’t stop for a stop sign at 58th Street.
Calhoun County officials looking for people connected to break in complaint
CALHOUN COUNTY, Mich. (WILX) - Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office Deputies are looking for two people accused of breaking and entering. Deputies said they were called to the 100 block of Avenue C in Springfield for a breaking and entering complaint of an unoccupied building. Officials said two unknown people were seen on camera breaking into and entering the building.
Kalamazoo man sentenced for abusing his young child
KALAMAZOO MI (WKZO AM/FM) – A Kalamazoo man is headed to prison for abusing his young child. The case stems from May 2023, when Paul Preston admitted that he punched his two-month-old child several times. The child was left with a fractured skull, brain bleeding, fractured ribs, and more.
Shooting that injured 2 in Kalamazoo was not random, police say
KALAMAZOO, MI -- A police official said he is limited in what he can release about the investigation of two people shot, while confirming investigators do not believe it was a random act. Two people were shot around 10 p.m. Sunday, June 30, on the 4000 block of Portage Street....
Kalamazoo settles lawsuit with police lieutenant who called department ‘cancerous’
KALAMAZOO, MI -- Kalamazoo’s city commission unanimously approved a $306,763.76 settlement with a Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety employee in a workplace discrimination lawsuit. The city agreed to the settlement at its Monday, July 1, meeting. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link...
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