Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
State may order schools closed over low scores
LANSING (WKZO-AM) — The Snyder administration is threatening to close two Kalamazoo elementary schools for low test scores, along with 36 other schools across the state, and the State Reform Off...
Jan 21, 2017
Missing Hillsdale County boy found
HILLSDALE, MI (WTVB) – A two day search for a missing nine year old boy near Hillsdale ended early Friday night when Jace Landon Lyon was found in good health. Hillsdale County Sheriff Tim Parke...
Jan 20, 2017
Chili cook-off set for Saturday
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Over 40 participants will be vying for the title of Kalamazoo’s best chili-maker this Saturday. It’s part of the 12th-annual Kalamazoo Chili Cook-Off. “Th...
Jan 20, 2017
"Unity Bridge" reaches all the way to U.S. Capitol
WASHINGTON D.C. (WKZO-AM) — Rob Cortis of Michigan is driving his so-called “Unity Bridge” all over D.C. possibly because it's impossible to find a parking spot this weekend for a ca...
Jan 20, 2017
Drunken driving fatality may mean prison
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM) — A Battle Creek woman is facing time in prison after she allegedly got drunk and struck a motorcyclist last spring. 61-year-old Dagmar White has entered a guilty plea to ...
Jan 20, 2017
Cass County drug house raided
CASSOPOLIS (WKZO-AM) — Deputies say a Cass County drug dealer who could offer her customers a choice of illegal drugs has been put out of business following a raid on her home in the 1000 block ...
Jan 20, 2017
Weather forces change in plans
PORTAGE (WKZO-AM) — It will be an unusually warm weekend for a January in Michigan. It may be more of a preview of potholes to come, than an opportunity to crack out the sun screen. A warm spell...
Jan 20, 2017
Concealed gun found in man's vehicle
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — A 19-year-old Kalamazoo man is jailed after police found a concealed handgun on the floor of his vehicle. The discovery was made after 8:30 p.m. Thrusday in the 3200 block ...
Jan 20, 2017
Woman killed, daughter injured in morning fire
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM) — A woman is dead and her daughter hospitalized after a fire in a duplex on Sunnyside Drive on Kalamazoo’s east side Thursday morning. Kalamazoo Township firef...
Jan 19, 2017
Wreck, semi fire slows traffic through Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Thursday morning commutes in Kalamazoo were slowed after a crash and tractor-trailer fire on U.S. 131. It happened before 8 a.m. near Stadium Drive and forced a total shutd...
Jan 19, 2017
