Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Sentencing delayed in wife beating case
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM/FM) — The sentencing of Christopher Carpenter of Battle Creek has been delayed after confusion over his plea deal. Carpenter is charged with beating his wife so badly that ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 29, 2017
Man jailed after morning incident involving trucks, gunfire
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM/FM) — Police in Kalamazoo Township say a 49-year-old man is jailed on a list of felonies after an early Monday neighborhood dispute that nearly turned deadly. Officer...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 28, 2017
Boy, 5, suffers self-inflicted gunshot wound
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM/FM) — Police are questioning witnesses and the victim after a 5-year-old Kalamazoo boy suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his hand at a residence on Carleton ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 28, 2017
New driver's license available
LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) — Beginning today, a new federally compliant state Driver's License or State ID card will become available. You will need one if you want to get on board a plane, or enter a...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 28, 2017
Harvey may hike gas prices, maybe not
UNDATED (WKZO AM/FM) — There is a great deal of speculation about the impact that Hurricane Harvey will have on gas prices, but it's pretty clear that it's anybody's guess. Tom Kloza at the Oil ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 28, 2017
Position on no-fault reform triggers media attack
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — A group of State House Republicans are being called the "Sinful 16" by a far right organization called "Drain the Swamp" and two local State Representatives are on the l...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 28, 2017
Motorcycle crash kills Hastings man
BARRY COUNTY (WKZO-AM/FM) — A motorcyclist from Hastings was killed in a collision in Barry County that Michigan State Police say may have been due to excessive speed. For now, they are saying 3...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 28, 2017
Red Cross sends more volunteers south
TEXAS (WKZO-AM/FM) — Thirty-three Red Cross volunteers and seven emergency response vehicles from Michigan have now been deployed to Texas to the area devastated by Hurricane Harvey. The ERVs wi...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 27, 2017
Elderly woman injured in single-car crash
CASS COUNTY (WKZO-AM/FM) — A seatbelt may have saved the life of a 70-year-old woman who lost control of her vehicle on M-62 near Hess Road in Cass County before 10 a.m. Saturday. Sheriff’...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 27, 2017
Farm accident kills Lake Odessa man
ODESSA TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM/FM) — A 59-year-old man from Lake Odessa was found dead near his overturned tractor in a drainage ditch at a farm in Ionia County late Saturday. Searchers went looking f...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 27, 2017




