Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Lake Effect New Years in West Michigan
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — Winter weather advisories are in effect in Kalamazoo and Kalamazoo counties and Weather Warnings are in effect along the lakeshore as the Lake Effect Machine is turned t...
Dec 30, 2017
Services for Mendon Superintendent set
THREE RIVERS (WKZO AM/FM) — Funeral services for Mendon Schools Superintendent Roger Rathburn have been set. Services will begin Saturday at 1pm at Riverside Church in Three Rivers. Rathburn was...
Dec 29, 2017
Services planned for murdered WMU cheerleader
DETROIT (WKZO AM/FM) — Visitation will be held today in Detroit for WMU Cheerleader Damond Carpenter, and funeral services will be held tomorrow following his senseless and violent death. He was...
Dec 29, 2017
Bill would ban tax dollars for sex settlements
LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) — A state lawmaker says he is drafting a bill that would prevent Michigan State University, or any Michigan college from using taxpayer funds to pay off sex abuse settlement...
Dec 29, 2017
Cold can take a toll on seniors and plumbing
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — Health officials say it may be a good idea to check on elderly neighbors who may be trying to save a few dollars by turning their thermostats down. They are more suscept...
Dec 29, 2017
Kalamazoo crack addict confesses to murder
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — Another Cold Case murder prosecution is over in Kalamazoo County. Suspected killer Todd Maneke has confessed to beating neighbor Alfred Minka to death with a hammer, bec...
Dec 28, 2017
Is your car ready for this?
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — Weather this cold can begin to test and strain the systems of our vehicles, the one piece of machinery that we depend on and that most of us leave outdoors a good part o...
Dec 28, 2017
It can be dangerous when it gets this cold
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — When temperatures dip as low as they have been in West Michigan, especially at night, exposure for just 15 to 30 minutes can cause frostbite. Emergency Room Physicians s...
Dec 28, 2017
Two injured in snowmobile crash
CASS COUNTY (WKZO AM/FM) — People who have owned snowmobiles for years with little chance to use them are finding a lot of uses for them now, and a lot more places to use them. In the last week ...
Dec 28, 2017
New Year's Fest adjusts to the cold
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — Deb Droppers, the organizer of New Year's Fest says some of the changes they have made to make it a better event, will make it easier to deal with the extreme cold predi...
Dec 28, 2017
