Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
UPDATE: Names released in triple-fatal
OSHTEMO (WKZO-AM/FM) — The Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office has released the names of the victims that were killed in a crash on U.S. 131 near Stadium Drive on Friday. Dead at the scene w...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 03, 2017
State lawmakers take the plunge
LANSING (WKZO-AM/FM) — About 50 state lawmakers jumped into a portable swimming pool filled with frigid water yesterday, but it was for a good cause. The annual legislative polar plunge, took pl...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 03, 2017
Man claims he was held captive by drug dealer
DOWAGIAC (WKZO AM/FM) — A young Dowagiac man who was allegedly operating a drug house on Oak Street, has been accused of holding a man captive last weekend because of a dispute over money, and n...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 03, 2017
Assault suspect to undergo competency exam
PORTAGE (WKZO-AM/FM) — A Portage man, who may have mental health issues, has been ordered to undergo a competency exam after he allegedly attacked a cab driver out of the blue. The 60-year-old c...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 03, 2017
Spring arriving early in the U.S.
UNDATED (WKZO-AM/FM) — Winter is making a brief comeback in west Michigan on Friday, but the U.S. Geological Survey says spring-like conditions have already arrived three to four weeks earlier t...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 03, 2017
Lawyer for murder suspect say she is innocent
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — The lawyer for a Scotts woman charged with shooting her husband and making it look like a murder-suicide on Valentine’s Day says detectives got it wrong. Attorney ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 03, 2017
Another school closes to fight the flu
PARCHMENT (WKZO-AM/FM) — Schools in Parchment have declared a three-day weekend, but many of the students won’t enjoy it. Officials say that’s because they have contracted the bug th...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 03, 2017
Deputies: Paw Paw man found with meth lab in vehicle
ALMENA TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM/FM) — A 25-year-old Paw Paw man wanted on felony drug and gun warrants is jailed after he was found cooking methamphetamine in a vehicle parked in a driveway. Sheriff...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 03, 2017
Gubernatorial candidate to visit Kalamazoo, Battle Creek
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — An independent gubernatorial candidate will be making stops in southwest Michigan this weekend. Todd Schleiger is a business owner and has history in the trucking indust...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 02, 2017
Homeowners on Southern have safe water
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — The Kalamazoo Department of Public Works and the health department have lifted the boil water alert from a stretch of Southern Avenue, where crews were working Monday on...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 02, 2017




