Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Trio survive collision with a freight train
PORTAGE (WKZO-AM/FM) — Three people on board a minivan that tangled with a freight train at the Garden Lane Crossing in Portage last night may be lucky to be alive. Police suspect the driver may...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 02, 2017
Double-murder suspect in Kalamazoo Thursday
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — Zachary Patten, the Portage man who is suspected in back-to-back murders two weeks ago is now scheduled to be arraigned in Kalamazoo District Court on Thursday. He has a...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 02, 2017
Western Michigan University's new president on the job
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — Western Michigan University’s new president met with the local media on his first day on the job Tuesday. Dr. Edward Montgomery said he became interested in the jo...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 02, 2017
Workplace death under investigation
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — A Kalamazoo man was killed when a tire on a front-end loader he was filling exploded like an overfilled balloon. The name of the 45-year-old victim, who was a new hire a...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 02, 2017
Suspect in attack on sheriff's deputy charged
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — We have learned more about the shoplifting on West Main Street that turned violent late Saturday night. The suspect, 24-year-old James Collins, has been formally charged...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 01, 2017
Passing of the baton at Western Michigan University
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — “The Dunn Decade” at Western Michigan University officially ends Tuesday, as Dr. Edward Montgomery takes over as the chief administrator of the largest publi...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 01, 2017
Former WMU football player sentenced
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — The Western Michigan University football team’s spectacular 2016 season began on a low note when two team members were arrested for forcing their way into a woman&...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 01, 2017
Suspicious fire under investigation on north side
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — Kalamazoo Public Safety says a fire in the 700 block of Staples Avenue appears to be suspicious. The occupants of the home were not there and a passerby called in the fi...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 01, 2017
Christopher Lockhart free on bond again
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — Christopher Lockhart was deposited in the Kalamazoo County Jail for the fourth time in a month for, once again, violating a condition of his parole over the weekend. Loc...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 01, 2017
Two hospitalized after intersection crash
DECATUR (WKZO-AM/FM) — Sheriff’s deputies in Cass County are investigating a two-vehicle crash at Decatur Road and Dewey Lake Street that sent a 33-year-old Lawton woman and her passenger ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 01, 2017




