Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Proposal would allow immigrants to drive
LANSING (WKZO-AM) — Bi-partisan legislation that would allow undocumented immigrants to obtain a driver's license has been introduced in Lansing. They were stripped of licenses in 2008, but a nu...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 21, 2016
Legislation on self-driving cars slips into gear
LANSING (WKZO-AM) — On the same day that the U.S. Transportation Department released a 112-page order laying down the law on the development of automated cars, a Michigan House committee has sen...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 21, 2016
Biker protection package clears Senate Committee
LANSING (WKZO-AM) — With its roots in the Cooper Township bicycle tragedy, A Michigan Senate committee has approved a five-bill package that would improve safety for bikers and pedestrians by cr...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 21, 2016
First West Nile case in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Local health officials say they have recorded their first case of West Nile Virus in Kalamazoo County, but there are probably more out there. They say 80 percent of the peo...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 21, 2016
Edison fire threatens local business
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Kalamazoo Public Safety was able to prevent damage to Jack’s Party Store on East Stockbridge Avenue, even though an apartment attached to it caught fire just before 1...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 21, 2016
Stabenow confident in luring missile defense to Fort Custer
WASHINGTON D.C. (WKZO-AM) — U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow says she feels confident Fort Custer will beat out facilities in Ohio and New York for a proposed eastern missile defense site. The Democrat...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 20, 2016
No statewide ballot proposals on Michigan ballots in Nov.
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Michiganders will not be voting on any ballot statewide proposals this November for the first time in decades. Kalamazoo County Clerk Tim Snow said that is peculiar. “...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 20, 2016
KDPS: Man on bench with suspicious injuries now dead
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — A Kalamazoo man who was rushed to Bronson Methodist Hospital on Sept. 7 after being found on a West Michigan Avenue bench near the Kalamazoo College campus with life-threat...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 20, 2016
Area Kmarts spared from closure, according to report
UNDATED (WKZO-AM) — It appears blue lights will stay on at Kmarts in Battle Creek, Marshall and Hastings, despite reported plans by the struggling big box retailer to shutter over 60 of its stor...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 20, 2016
Teen shooting suspect in custody
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — A shooting investigation in Kalamazoo has resulted in the arrest of a 19-year-old. All officers found when they were first dispatched to the scene on North Rose Street last...
localnews@mwcradio.com Sep 20, 2016




