Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
EPA picks plan to clean Allied Paper dumpsite
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — The EPA has settled on their plan to clean up the Allied Paper Landfill site and it's not the plan the community wanted, but it is the one that the city is willing to accep...
localnews@mwcradio.com Oct 22, 2016
Man wanted after gunpoint robbery of pizza place
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Police in Battle Creek say they’re looking for a tattooed man who wore camouflage pants, a tan jacket and a red bandana during the gunpoint robbery of a Happy’s...
localnews@mwcradio.com Oct 22, 2016
Fleck: WMU hasn't played best football yet
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Western Michigan head football coach P.J. Fleck says his Broncos have yet to play their best game this season. This despite being 7-0 and blowing out Akron on the road 41-0...
localnews@mwcradio.com Oct 21, 2016
Parkview, Kilgore bridges closed this Sunday
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — The Michigan Department of Transportation says repair work will close a pair of freeway-spanning bridges in Kalamazoo over the weekend. MDOT spokesperson Nick Schirripa sai...
localnews@mwcradio.com Oct 21, 2016
Kalamazoo kicks off Bronson Park capital campaign
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Plans to expand and improve Bronson Park and renovate the Fountain of the Pioneers have been in the works for years, and went public this summer. Last night they held the k...
localnews@mwcradio.com Oct 21, 2016
Battle Creek jury convicts man for murder again
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM) — For the second time, Leo Ackley of Battle Creek has been found guilty of first-degree murder. He was also found guilty of first-degree child abuse and will once again re...
localnews@mwcradio.com Oct 21, 2016
Teen caught making threats at Portage Northern
PORTAGE (WKZO-AM) — Authorities have not yet indicated what they plan to do with a 15-year-old student at Portage Northern High School who was overheard making threats of violence targeting othe...
localnews@mwcradio.com Oct 21, 2016
Bicycle tragedy spurs legislation in Lansing
LANSING (WKZO-AM) — The Michigan State Senate has approved two bills that are a direct response to the death of five cyclists in Kalamazoo County in June. The legislation sets a five-foot buffer...
localnews@mwcradio.com Oct 21, 2016
Developer proposes hotel on west side
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM) — A developer has just secured a variance to build a four story hotel at the Davenport College Campus site on West Main. The Boji Group of Lansing is talking to Hilt...
localnews@mwcradio.com Oct 21, 2016
Man and woman at large after attacking couple
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Police are looking for a man and woman who sent a couple to the hospital after an altercation near downtown Kalamazoo. The male victim was stabbed in the back and both vict...
localnews@mwcradio.com Oct 21, 2016




