Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Assistant Prosecutor appointed to judgeship
LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) — Governor Rick Snyder has picked a Kalamazoo County Assistant Prosecutor to fill a vacancy on the 8th District Court Bench. His office has announced that Kathleen Hemingway...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 31, 2017
Elliott-Larsen expansion bill reintroduced
LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) — Supporters of a proposal to expand the state's civil rights law to include gays and transgender residents say the legislation's time has come. At least they hope so. The b...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 31, 2017
Peter cosponsors bill to build missile base
UNDATED (WKZO AM/FM) — The Missile Defense Agency has sent a signal to North Korea by destroying a target missile launched at the U.S. with an interceptor dispatched from Vandenberg Air Force Ba...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 31, 2017
Man convicted of sexual assault sentenced
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — A Kalamazoo ex-con has been given 35 to 60 years in state prison for a sexual assault on a woman who asked him for a ride last summer. The woman got in Tory Casey's car ...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 31, 2017
UPDATE: Suspect charged in murder at Interfaith
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — The suspect in a brutal stabbing death at the Interfaith Homes has been order held without bond after her arraignment in 8th Circuit Court Wednesday afternoon. 20-year-o...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 31, 2017
Double fatal in Barry County
JAMESTOWN TOWNSHIP (WKZO AM/FM) — A motorcycle crash in Barry County has now claimed a second life. 39-year-old Michael Charles of Battle Creek was killed when his bike struck a deer on Pifer Ro...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 31, 2017
Three men wanted after armed home invasion
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — Sheriff’s deputies in Kalamazoo County are looking for three people involved in an early Wednesday armed home invasion at the Concord Place Apartments in Oshtemo T...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 31, 2017
"Dog-and-poetry" show set for Wednesday
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — A peculiar poetry show will take place Wednesday in Kalamazoo. You may have heard of a dog-and-pony show before, but what about a dog-and-poetry show? “We have som...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 30, 2017
Fatal stabbing investigated at Interfaith Homes
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — A Stabbing at Interfaith Homes in Kalamazoo has left a 23-year-old woman is dead and the 20 year old daughter of the victim's boyfriend behind bars. Public Safety respon...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 30, 2017
Niles man jailed for leading pursuit
BENTON HARBOR (WKZO-AM/FM) — A Niles man is jailed for leading Berrien County Sheriff’s deputies on a chase through Sodus and Pipestone townships. It began late Saturday after authorities ...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 29, 2017




