Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
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
BCPD stands by their officers
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO AM/FM) — A mentally challenged Battle Creek man claims police used excessive force when they took him into custody. Chief Jim Blocker says the officers were completely justifi...
Dec 27, 2017
Driver cited for crashing into squad car
MATTAWAN (WKZO AM/FM) — A Mattawan Police officer had his cruiser totaled by a wayward driver on I-94 who slid into the police car just as the officer had gotten out to work a crash scene. It is...
Dec 27, 2017
The sun may be shining but its cold outside
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — The cold continues and it's not going away and we can only be glad that as chilly as it may be here, it's even colder just to the west where some parts of the Dakotas, M...
Dec 27, 2017
