Category Archives: Kalamazoo News

BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM) — The Binder Park Zoo in Battle Creek has announced the death of its last Mexican grey wolf. Phoenix was 14 years old when he was euthanized on Monday due to deteriorating...

KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — A Kalamazoo murder case from early this year will go to the jury today. Nasi Ben-Yaisrael is charged with the first-degree murder of 18-year-old DeShontae Ellis during a te...

STURGIS (WKZO-AM) — Good news about Kayla Gates-Vaillancourt of Sturgis. The 29-year-old woman has been found safe and sound after not being seen or heard from for over a week. No further inform...

KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — The Kalamazoo woman charged with abusing and torturing her 4-year-old daughter to death the stand Wednesday and denied any involvement in causing the injuries that led to l...

KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Western Michigan University President John Dunn will deliver his final state of the university address Friday morning. It’s part of the school’s fall convocatio...

PORTAGE (WKZO-AM) — A Lawton man had to be extracted from his vehicle after a two-car crash on West Centre Avenue near Cooley Drive in Portage. Investigators say the 43-year-old victim’s v...

UNDATED (WKZO-AM) — CoreLogic says the foreclosure rate in Kalamazoo-Portage declined another 0.16 percent in July compared to figures from the same time last year. The financial information fir...

URBANDALE (WKZO-AM) — Two men are jailed on larceny charges after police in Battle Creek say they were caught stealing construction supplies from the Family, Farm and Home store on West Michigan...

PORTER TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM) — A rookie Cass County Sheriff’s tracking dog is being credited for finding a suspect in a domestic violence case who fled a half-mile into a wooded area near Por...

BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM) — A robbery suspect who tried to hide in plain sight from authorities by blending in with students at a Battle Creek school has been formally charged with unarmed robbery ...