Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
MSP: Screwdriver-wielding man jailed after failed car theft
STURGIS (WKZO-AM/FM) — The Michigan State Police post in Marshall says a screwdriver-wielding man is jailed on charges of attempted car theft and trespassing after failing to steal a vehicle fro...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 22, 2017
Local tribe bets on diversification
BRADLEY (WKZO AM/FM) — The Gun Lake Tribe, the same people who own and operate the Gun Lake Casino in Wayland are diversifying and while their new enterprises may not bring in the same kind of r...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 21, 2017
Public Memorial scheduled for Martha Parfet
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — Martha Gilmore Parfet, the last surviving grandchild of W.E. Upjohn, is dead at the age of 91. She was an important link to Kalamazoo’s historic past and a communi...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 21, 2017
City commission takes a stand or two
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — Kalamazoo city commissioners approved a resolution Monday supporting the Kalamazoo Public Schools’ fight with Gov. Rick Snyder’s School Reform Office over th...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 21, 2017
Long lines form to spend time with Cubs hardware
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — The Chicago Cubs World Series trophy has visited Kalamazoo. Some fans got in line a half-day before doors opened at the Cityscape Events Center on the Kalamazoo Mall to ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 21, 2017
Kalamazoo Strong one year after mass shooting
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — A few hundred people turned out to Wings Event Center on Monday for the first anniversary remembrance for the victims of the shooting rampage in Kalamazoo and to get the...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 20, 2017
Michigan's average gas price down a nickel
DEARBORN (WKZO-AM/FM) — AAA says the average price for a gallon of gas in Michigan is down five cents to $2.26. Auto club spokesperson Susan Hiltz said that good news is mixed with some bad news...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 20, 2017
Dalton trial yet to be scheduled, hearing next month
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — Monday marks the one-year anniversary of a shooting spree across Kalamazoo that left six dead. A trial date for the alleged gunman, Jason Dalton, has yet to be set. The ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 20, 2017
Cubs World Series Trophy in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) — The World Series trophy won last fall by the Chicago Cubs will be in Kalamazoo on Monday for any fan who wants to visit, but there will be some rules just to protect the...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 20, 2017
Woman with child flees police
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM/FM) — A woman who nearly ran over one officer and allegedly hit a police van fleeing from a motel parking lot is in custody this morning in Battle Creek. Police were dispat...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 20, 2017




