Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Lansing drops gifts on Kalamazoo and Portage
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Two big projects in the cities of Kalamazoo and Portage have received gifts this Christmas season that will bring much bigger benefits in the years to come. The Michigan Ec...
Dec 20, 2016
Professors urging condemnation of Trump EPA head
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Several professors at Western Michigan University are asking school president John Dunn and campus media to publicly condemn president-elect Donald Trump’s selection ...
Dec 20, 2016
"Lauren's Law" bill on Snyder's desk
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Legislation passed during the lame duck session is on the governor’s desk that supporters say will boost organ donations in Michigan. It’s called “Lauren&...
Dec 20, 2016
Immigrant charged with hiding violent past
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — An immigrant who was caught up in the ethnic violence during the Bosnian War has been arrested near Kalamazoo by agents from Immigration and Homeland Security, after they c...
Dec 20, 2016
Iannelli fountain continues to spark discussion
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Kalamazoo is seeking a $54,000 state grant to plan repairs on the controversial “Fountain of the Pioneers” in Bronson Park. But not all the commissioners were w...
Dec 20, 2016
Fleck says he is focused on Cotton Bowl primarily
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Western Michigan University head football Coach P.J. Fleck says contract negotiations with the school continue, but they are taking a back seat to preparations for the Cott...
Dec 20, 2016
Name of victim released in Monday house fire
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — The family has identified the man who did not make it out of a burning home on North Rose Street alive Monday night. They say 60-year-old R.C. Jones was in the basement whe...
Dec 20, 2016
Fatal crash in Cass County blamed on slick roads
NEWBURG TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM) — A teenager from Indiana was killed when the car he was riding went out of control on an ice-covered M-40 in Cass County on Sunday. It happened during the noon. The c...
Dec 19, 2016
UPDATE: City Commission approves higher rates
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Rates will be going up 8% for all Kalamazoo City water customers after the first of the year to start financing infrastructure improvements needed to keep the system operat...
Dec 19, 2016
UPDATE: Suspicious death at mobile home park
SAUGATUCK (WKZO-AM) — The body of a 40-year-old woman has been found in the snow in a playground at the Shangrai-La Mobile Home Park northwest of Saugatuck in Allegan County. Police are treating...
Dec 19, 2016
