Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
It's Homecoming at WMU
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — It's homecoming weekend at WMU. Events have been taking place all week. Last night they held a community party in the park, with food trucks parked along Bronson Park an...
Oct 14, 2017
KVET busts suspects in drug rip-off scheme
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — It doesn't happen often, but Public Safety got a tip that a drug dealer was going to meet with men who planned to rip him off in the 1000 block of Walter Street on Frida...
Oct 14, 2017
Kalamazoo Symphony does Star Wars
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — It was a special night for Star Wars fans at Miller Auditorium as the first installment of the space opera was shown with a live orchestra playing the soundtrack. The re...
Oct 13, 2017
Bond committee appointed by KPS board
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — The Kalamazoo School Board has appointed a bond committee to consider whether or not to put a bond question on an upcoming ballot. The 34-member committee is made up of ...
Oct 13, 2017
Two of the three Sunny Mart robbers busted
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) –Two of the three armed robbers who muscled their way into the Sunny Mart last weekend and smacked a clerk before fleeing with the money from the cash register have been t...
Oct 13, 2017
Public Safety now investigating third armed heist
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) –There has been another robbery. This time the Food Co-op on Harrison Street was held up by a large black male who implied he had a gun and demanded the female cashier ope...
Oct 13, 2017
Committee takes testimony on honor for Fire Chief
LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) — The Senate Transportation Committee has taken testimony on a proposal by Senator Margaret O'Brien to rename a stretch of I-94 for fallen Comstock Fire Chief Ed Switalski. ...
Oct 13, 2017
Man robs restaurant in Battle Creek with gun
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO AM/FM) — A bandit walked into a restaurant in the 100 block of Vale Street in Battle Creek and ordered workers at gunpoint to fork over all their cash shortly before 9:00 last...
Oct 12, 2017
Man faces manslaughter charge in death of mother
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — A murder charge has been reduced against a Parchment man who tried to save his mother's life after he allegedly pushed her to the floor and she hit her head during a dom...
Oct 12, 2017
Suspected double murderer bound over for trial
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — A Portage man charged with a double murder that appears to have been fueled by jealousy has waived his preliminary exam to one of those killings and will proceed to tria...
Oct 12, 2017
