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Could This Kalamazoo Singer be the Next Big Artist? If you love pop/R&B music, keep your eyes on Courtney Moore from Kalamazoo. A current Western Michigan University student, Courtney has grown up right here in Southwest Michigan.  She was born in Kalamazoo and went to high school in Three Rivers and Cassopolis.  The 26-year-old told us that music has been a part of her life from a very early age, I sang in my first talent show when I was 6 but started recording my own songs in 2019. She went...

BLM to host wild horse and burro event in Cassopolis, Michigan MILWAUKEE – The Bureau of Land Management is holding a wild horse and burro placement event June 11-12, offering approximately 60 excess animals gathered from western rangelands at the Red Horse Ranch, 64247 Library Road, Cassopolis, Michigan. “Placement events like this one are important in promoting healthy horses on healthy rangelands out west,” said Acting Northeastern States District Manager Stephanie Carman. “Our goal ...

A nightmare scenario unfolded in Constantine at a little league game Wednesday night leaving a Cassopolis man seriously injured and children traumatized. Multiple little league games were happening Wednesday night in Constantine, Michigan when the unimaginable happened. Gunfire erupted leaving a 38-year-old Cassopolis man multiple gunshot wounds. Just before 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 5, school officials say multiple games had just ended or were on the cusp of ending with most children and spec...

Wild Horse And Burro Adoption Event Coming To SW Michigan Battle Creek and Kalamazoo area residents who have the capability to care for a wild horse or burro will get a chance to adopt or purchase one or more next month.  The U.S. Government Bureau of Land Management is staging one of its popular adoption events at a farm in Cassopolis.  That’s a little over an hours drive from Battle Creek, not far from Niles. The Red Horse Ranch there is the host site. It has hosted BLM Wild Horse adoptio...

Wild horses, donkeys available from federal land at Michigan farm next month Coming next month to Michigan: The opportunity to adopt a horse or donkey available from Americas West. The Bureau of Land Management is sponsoring the event May 14-15 at a ranch in Cassopolis near the Michigan-Indiana border. The horses and donkeys likely will be from the wild, those involved in the program say, but are trainable and end up being worth the adoption effort. Different horse breeds will be available. "W...

by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — As with many aspiring athletes, Theo Hassim’s interest in footwear and sneakers began in grade school by following what top athletes were wearing. That initial interest sparked a passion, ultimately guiding Hassim, a senior industrial design major from St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, to the 2021 Rickert-Ziebold Trust Award presented by the Southern Illinois University Carbondale School of Art and Design. “I’m very shocked and excited. I can’t stop...

March 14, 2021 There are now 55 new Michigan State Police troopers ready to serve the state. Michigan State Police say graduation has been held for the 138th Trooper Recruit School as the graduates prepare to head off to their assigned posts. Of the 55, two are coming to southwest Michigan, both to the Paw Paw post. Trooper Oliver Fiala is from Cassopolis and Trooper Kalvin Ludwig is from Three Rivers. MSP Lieutenant DuWayne Johnson tells WSJM News these new troopers went through about six ...

March 8, 2021 There are now 55 new Michigan State Police troopers ready to serve the state. Michigan State Police say graduation has been held for the 138th Trooper Recruit School as the graduates prepare to head off to their assigned posts. Of the 55, two are coming to southwest Michigan, both to the Paw Paw post. Trooper Oliver Fiala is from Cassopolis and Trooper Kalvin Ludwig is from Three Rivers. MSP Lieutenant DuWayne Johnson tells WSJM News these new troopers went through about six m...

Ice rescue - Courtesy Cass County Sheriffs office MARCELLUS TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Rescue crews were called to save a southwest Michigan man who fell through the ice on a lake Sunday. The Cass County Sheriff’s office says they responded to Saddlebag Lake in Marcellus Township at around 2:45 p.m.. When deputies arrived, the man was in the water hanging on to some ice, but unable to pull himself out. Assisting fire officials in rescue gear were able to reach the spot on the lake and pull...

Michigan Works has announced it’s opening a new office in Cass County. It says the pandemic has shown that the agency needs to be adaptable, get creative, and adjust the way it does business. The new office inside the Cass County Administration Building in Cassopolis is intended to bring more programs to the area and allow for convenience. Cass County Commissioner Roseann Marchetti says the move is “a natural fit and will allow them to serve more individuals and more businesses located in C...