Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Doctor: Heat can hurt the heart
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — It’s going to be hot and muggy, with a heat index that could be in the low 90s in parts of southern Michigan on Thursday. That may be enough to make the average pe...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 06, 2017
Portage's new dog park closed
PORTAGE (WKZO-AM/FM) — Just a little more than a week after Portage proudly opened its South Westnedge Dog Park, it has been chained and padlocked until it can be made safe. The park is built ov...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 06, 2017
Dispatch authority looking for new funding source
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — After getting shot down at the polls last fall for a phone surcharge to fund consolidated emergency dispatch, The authority has been looking at other options. They have ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 06, 2017
County board approves issuing its own ID
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — On a straight line party vote, Democrats on the Kalamazoo County Commission have approved the creation of a Kalamazoo County identification card program. The vote follow...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 06, 2017
Gobles man crashes and drowns at Magician Lake
CASS COUNTY (WKZO-AM/FM) — A man from Gobles who was hit by his own personal watercraft has been declared dead. Witnesses say 28-year-old Derek Jackson hit a wave the wrong way in the northeast ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 05, 2017
Police pursuit ends in crash that injures four
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — A wanted fugitive from South Haven led Michigan State Police on a chase across the north side of Kalamazoo late Monday night until it was abruptly ended by a collision. ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 05, 2017
Kalamazoo man arrested for alcohol-related crash
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY (WKZO-AM/FM) — Sheriff’s deputies say a 35-year-old from Kalamazoo is jailed after he reportedly lost control of his car in St. Joseph County just after midnight Wednesda...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 05, 2017
Man hospitalized after Van Buren County lake collision
PAW PAW TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM/FM) — A 53-year-old Kalamazoo man is hospitalized after a collision between two personal watercraft Tuesday in Paw Paw Township’s Eagle Lake. Marine deputies with...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 05, 2017
Driver leads police on wild Calhoun County chase
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WTVB) – A Decatur man with a long history of drunk driving arrests is facing numerous charges following an alcohol related high speed chase in Calhoun County early Tuesday mo...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 05, 2017
"Extremely high and violent" man jailed after break-in
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM/FM) — A man, who was described as “extremely high and violent” by police in Battle Creek, is jailed on felonies after allegedly breaking into a house in Riviara...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 05, 2017




