Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Poverty levels in Kalamazoo County vary
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — The United Way released its ALICE study this week, which shows that there are a lot more people in Michigan living in financial distress than most think. They claim that...
Apr 06, 2017
Ugly spat revealed
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — Two Kalamazoo non-profits tasked with the same general purpose, to promote the community have now taken legal action against each other over the use of the 269 area code...
Apr 05, 2017
MDOT: 17 killed in Michigan work zones in 2016
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — The Michigan Department of Transportation says 2016 was a particularly deadly year in work zones. MDOT spokesperson Nick Schirripa said 17 were killed in work zones last...
Apr 05, 2017
Guns, drugs, chases and tracking dogs
CALHOUN COUNTY (WKZO AM/FM) — A Battle Creek man is in custody and charges may also be filled against two others after an apparent road chase that may have been the result of a drug deal gone ba...
Apr 05, 2017
Rape suspect may be tried as an adult
BENTON HARBOR (WKZO AM/FM) A hearing has now been set to hear a motion by the Prosecutor to charge a 16-year-old Benton Harbor boy as an adult for an alleged sexual assault on a postal worker. The Ber...
Apr 05, 2017
Commissioners clarify position on immigrants
KALMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — Both Ann Arbor and Lansing adopted new measures this week, openly declaring their defiance against the Trump administration and its anti-immigration policies. Kalamazoo C...
Apr 05, 2017
Kalamazoo County contemplates building binge
KALMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — Kalamazoo County Commissioners came out of a closed meeting last night, ready to commit to a plan that could give a major 80 to 100-million dollar facelift to the west si...
Apr 05, 2017
Six Family Dollar stores to be closed in west Michigan
UNDATED (WKZO-AM/FM) — Six west Michigan Family Dollar stores are slated to close this summer, according to new state filings. Stores on South Westnedge Avenue in Portage and M-139 in Benton Har...
Apr 05, 2017
Deputies discover Marijuana grow operation
SPRINGFIELD (WKZO AM/FM) — Charges could be brought today against a 31-year-old Springfield man who was arrested after Deputies were dispatched to a home on Lafayette to help a woman with a medi...
Apr 04, 2017
B.C. Police end their probe and pass it on
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — The death of a woman that Pro-life groups claim was the result of complications after getting an abortion at Planned Parenthood in Kalamazoo isn't being ignored or cover...
Apr 04, 2017
