Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Public Safety issues statement on Dunigan death
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Kalamazoo Public Safety Chief Jeff Hadley has suspended the two officers involved in the death of James Dunigan for one day. After a review by the Office of Professional St...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 24, 2016
Driver in fatal crash headed to trial
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — A Kalamazoo woman has been bound over to stand trial for allegedly driving drunk and causing a crash that killed the young son of her boyfriend in April. Nicole Camden waiv...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 24, 2016
WMU to open newest food service facility [PHOTOS]
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — The school cafeteria was never like this. Western Michigan University officials say they plan a wide variety of menus when their new Valley Dining Center starts serving mea...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 24, 2016
Investigation continues into fatal fire
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM) — The investigation continues to determine the cause of a house fire at 267 East Michigan Avenue that killed a Battle Creek man Monday night. After a full day of investiga...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 24, 2016
Pfizer gets its tax break
PORTAGE (WKZO-AM) — The Portage City Council has given its final approval for a 12-year, 50 percent break on local property taxes for Pfizer’s $140 million expansion plan. The big drug fir...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 24, 2016
Deer invade Portage neighborhoods
PORTAGE (WKZO-AM) — Deer are invading Portage, but the only methods available to get rid of them are either controversial or expensive. Sprawling development has driven herds into residential se...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 24, 2016
Body found in fitness center parking lot
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — A grisly discovery has been made in the parking lot near the Planet Fitness on Stadium Drive. Detectives aren’t sure how long 32-year-old Stephen Heuer of Edwardsburg...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 24, 2016
Boil water alert cancelled
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — The city of Kalamazoo has now lifted a boil water alert for a small section of the Winchell Neighborhood that was impacted by a loss of pressure when a water main broke las...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 23, 2016
WMU: Generally healthier foods hitting store shelves
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — An assistant professor at Western Michigan University says more grocery stores are stocking their shelves with healthier foods and snacks. Dr. Marcel Zondag, who focuses hi...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 23, 2016
Mural planned for Kalamazoo River Valley Trail
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Kalamazoo-area street artist Bonus Saves plans to start a massive mural along the Kalamazoo River Valley Trail next week. Patrick Hershberger, who works under the pseudonym...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 23, 2016




