Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Woman jailed on drug and weapon charges, outstanding warrants
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — A woman wanted on outstanding warrants is jailed on a list of charges after a traffic stop on Kalamazoo’s north side. A revolver, methamphetamine and marijuana was...
May 02, 2017
Man convicted of training fighting dogs
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM/FM) — A 27-year-old Battle Creek man could spend the next eight years in prison after being convicted on two counts of dogfighting. A jury also found Javaan James guilty on...
May 02, 2017
Federal judge allows suit to move forward
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM/FM) — It’s a city hall drama involving jealousy, romance and deception that Battle Creek had hoped to put behind it. Kalamazoo Federal Judge Paul Maloney has dismisse...
May 02, 2017
Immigration policies targeted by May Day protesters
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — Students from Western Michigan University and Kalamazoo College and other youngsters rallied and marched on “May Day” in Kalamazoo. Similar events were held ...
May 02, 2017
Getting the lead out takes time and money
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — City commissioners in Kalamazoo have given the green light for plans to replace lead pipes to about 230 homes in Kalamazoo Township, as that community finishes up the th...
May 02, 2017
City goes round and round over roundabout
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — Mayor Bobby Hopewell says sometimes it’s just not safe to mix cars and bikes and a new roundabout proposed for the eastside of Kalamazoo is one of those examples. ...
May 02, 2017
UPDATE: Voters say no to dispatch, what comes next
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — Voters in Kalamazoo County have resoundingly rejected a 911 surcharge as the way to fund consolidated emergency dispatch, batting down the proposition 18,470 to 11,225. ...
May 02, 2017
Sheriff, former sheriff making pitch for 911 consolidation
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — Current and former Kalamazoo County sheriffs are trying to sell voters on the consolidation of the county’s 911 dispatch centers in advance of Tuesday’s elec...
May 01, 2017
Artwork could find temporary home downtown
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM)– Kalamazoo City Commissioners will be asked to authorize bringing a sculpture called "Slices of Heaven" to Downtown Kalamazoo. The artwork consists of four very large oran...
May 01, 2017
May Day means Maypoles, trouble and jobs
UNDATED (WKZO-AM/FM)–It's May Day and that means different things to different people. To some it means Maypoles and spring flowers. The documented and undocumented alike will be using May Day-2...
May 01, 2017
