Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Suspected drug house catches fire
NILES (WKZO-AM) — A fire in Niles Township is being blamed on gear used to grow and process marijuana. It takes a lot of lights and heat to grow and dry marijuana indoors, investigators said. Lu...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 23, 2016
Mass marriage ceremony at WMU homecoming
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Homecoming at Western Michigan University is just a few weeks away, and this year the school hopes to break a Guinness World Record during homecoming weekend. Married coupl...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 23, 2016
Rx Optical breaks ground on headquarters [PHOTOS]
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — It’s not every day that a company announces its building its Corporate World Headquarters in Kalamazoo. But then, RX Optical has always been in Kalamazoo. The firm be...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 23, 2016
Water main break on South Burdick disrupts lives
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM)– Road barriers are in place at South Burdick Street and Belmont Avenue and a boil water alert has been issued after a water main break at the intersection. Health officials s...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 22, 2016
Springfield man arrested after shooting incident
SPRINGFIELD (WKZO-AM)– Investigators in Calhoun County say a domestic dispute between a man, his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend over child custody escalated into gunplay when they confronte...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 22, 2016
Threat Alert System now activated in Michigan
LANSING (WKZO-AM) — It’s hard to imagine anything positive coming from the horrific mass-shooting that took place in Kalamazoo last February when police say that Uber driver Jason Dalton b...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 22, 2016
Murder trial ends with unexpected guilty plea
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — The murder trial of Theresa Petto rumbled to an unexpected end when the 43-year-old defendant from Hastings decided to cut the trial short and entered a guilty-but-mentally...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 22, 2016
Senate approves Jones' bad cop bill
LANSING (WKZO-AM) — The Michigan Senate has unanimously approved legislation sponsored by Sen. Rick Jones that he claims will keep bad behavior from cops and sheriff’s deputies unhidden by...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 22, 2016
Iden getting reelection help from Snyder [VIDEO]
LANSING (WKZO-AM) — Brandt Iden is one of five House candidates getting election help from Gov. Rick Snyder in the form of television ads. Iden told Michael-Patrick Sheils on Wednesday he was no...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 22, 2016
"Movie money" popping up in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM) — Police say they’re noticing an increase in complaints about “movie money” being passed in the Battle Creek area. The Battle Creek Police Department say...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 22, 2016




