Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
UPDATE: Kalamazoo adds old candy cane displays to Candy Cane Lane
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — UPDATE: The City of Kalamazoo has announced that it will add some of the old candy canes to its Candy Cane Lane display in Bronson Park. Previously, the City had rev...
Nov 25, 2019
Senior services driver sentenced for sexual assault
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — A volunteer driver for Van Buren County senior services is facing time behind bars after attempting to sexually assault a woman earlier this year. Juan Manuel Lopez of...
Nov 25, 2019
Former Kalamazoo Co. Sheriff's Office clerk sentenced for embezzlement
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — A former clerk for the Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office is being sentenced for an embezzlement charge. 47-year-old Marcie Copeland was sentenced Monday...
Nov 25, 2019
State police trooper hit by drunk driver in Berrien Co.
BERRIEN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — A state police trooper and a truck driver are hurt after a drunk driver crashed into two semi-tractor trailers in Berrien County. It happened around 3 a.m. Mond...
Nov 25, 2019
Two dozen convicted in Southwest Michigan drug ring
BENTON HARBOR, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Authorities say 24-people involved in a drug trafficking ring, distributing meth in the Kalamazoo area, have now all been convicted. On Friday the last 4 defenda...
Nov 25, 2019
Final co-defendant in child kidnapping rape plot pleads guilty
COLDWATER, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — The fourth and final co-defendant in a Coldwater child sex abuse conspiracy ring pleaded guilty in Branch County Circuit Court on Friday. 33-year-old Matthew Toole o...
Nov 25, 2019
Benton Harbor woman shot by stray bullet
BENTON HARBOR, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Police in Benton Harbor are reporting that a 66-year-old woman was shot by a stray bullet Saturday night. Around 11:05 p.m., police responded to gunfire near Bro...
Nov 24, 2019
Dowagiac teen accidentally shot in foot; suspect arrested
DOWAGIAC, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Police in Dowagiac are reporting that a shooting landed a 14-year-old in the hospital Sunday morning. Around 11:30 a.m., police were contacted by Ascension Borgess Le...
Nov 24, 2019
Allegan County Health Department offering free AIDS testing
ALLEGAN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — As a part of World AIDS Day on Dec. 1st, the Allegan County Health Department will be offering free AIDS testing on Monday, Dec. 2nd. The department says that 1...
Nov 24, 2019
Comstock STEM Academy chosen as state finalist in nationwide contest
COMSTOCK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — The Comstock STEM Academy has announced that an idea submitted by a student has been selected as a state finalist in Samsung's Solve for Tomorrow contest. The academy...
Nov 24, 2019
