Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Kalamazoo's strategic plan coming together
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — Kalamazoo city commissioners will receive a draft of their Imagine 2025 strategic plan Monday night It has been years in the making and includes suggestions from thousan...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jun 19, 2017
T-bone collision kills Paw Paw man
ANTWERP TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM/FM) — A 30-year-old is a dead and an 18-year-old could face criminal charges after a collision at a rural intersection north of Paw Paw in Van Buren County. SheriffR...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jun 19, 2017
Survivors of ball field attack improving
WASHINGTON D.C. (WKZO-AM/FM) — The family of former Western Michigan University student and Michigan native Matt Mika has issued a statement, saying he is expected to make a full recovery after ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jun 18, 2017
Once again, X-train derailed in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — The X-Train reappeared, this time on Kalamazoo’s west side Saturday night, and Kalamazoo Public Safety assembled another effort to break up the rolling alcohol and...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jun 18, 2017
Woman killed after car plunges into pond
BARRY COUNTY (WKZO-AM/FM) — A Hastings woman is dead and the man she was with may be facing charges after a crash in Barry County. Sheriff Dar Leaf says the 23-year-old driver was northbound on ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jun 18, 2017
M-96 work between Augusta and Galesburg set to begin
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — Resurfacing work on roughly four miles of M-96 between Augusta and Galesburg is slated to start Monday. The two-month project carries a $415,000 price tag. Michigan Depa...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jun 17, 2017
Suspected drug dealer may face new charge
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO AM/FM) — An additional charge is being filed against 35-year-old Jerrell Finch, an alleged Battle Creek drug dealer who prosecutors claim left a customer who had overdosed out...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jun 17, 2017
Suspect in early morning shooting in custody
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM/FM) — A 35-year-old man is in custody in Battle Creek for a shooting that left a 45-year-old resident wounded. The victim was shot three times in his right leg at a busines...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jun 17, 2017
Sheriff sued by election opponent
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — A Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office employee who claims he was demoted because he ran against Sheriff Rick Fuller and lost has now filed a federal lawsuit, claimin...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jun 17, 2017
Stryke Force headed to Michigan Int'l Speedway
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — The teenage members of a Kalamazoo robotics team that won a global competition this spring were saluted by Kalamazoo Public Schools trustees this week. Stryke Force won ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jun 17, 2017




