Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
MDOT: Work done on U.S. 131 near Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Workers have wrapped up reconstruction work on a major north-south freeway through the Kalamazoo-Portage area. Crews spent over three months refreshing U.S. 131 from Inters...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 19, 2016
Alcohol a possible factor in Fabius Township wreck
FABIUS TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM) — St. Joseph County Sheriff’s investigators say alcohol may have been a factor in a crash between a pair of Three Rivers men on U.S. 131 in Fabius Township. An SU...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 19, 2016
Domestic abuse murder suspect bound over
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM) — It was a domestic violence case in Battle Creek that shocked the community and invigorated local efforts to help women in abusive situations to get help. Now, the suspec...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 19, 2016
Motorcyclist killed in crash in St. Joseph County
STURGIS (WKZO-AM) — A Bronson man is dead after a violent motorcycle crash just east of Sturgis. Investigators with the Michigan State Police say his motorcycle slammed into the back of a pickup...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 19, 2016
Commissioner wants answers in Dunigan case
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — A report is overdue on the death of James Dunigan of Kalamazoo, who died in police custody in early May. His death was partly documented on a disturbing police video. The v...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 19, 2016
UPDATE: Garbage truck driver dies at the wheel
MIDDLEVILLE (WKZO-AM) — An autopsy is planned on the body of a garbage truck driver after he crashed near the Cider Mill Mobile Home Park in Barry County. Sgt. Jason Sixberry has released the na...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 18, 2016
Health advisory lifted on the Kalamazoo River
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — The health advisory on the Kalamazoo River following the large sanitary sewer overflow from earlier this week has been lifted after tests revealed that water quality levels...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 18, 2016
UPDATE: Vehicle struck by train in Battle Creek
PORTAGE (WKZO-AM) — Police say an 81-year-old Charles Burgan of Portage suffered only minor injuries after his SUV was struck by a train in Battle Creek. The collision between the vehicle and th...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 18, 2016
Gull Lake Schools to get new resource deputy
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — A newly-hired resource deputy will be patrolling Gull Lake Schools this year. Kalamazoo County Sheriff Rick Fuller says it’s something the district’s been talki...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 18, 2016
Cooney: Big-money donors won't run Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Commissioners say attorneys are busy drafting an ordinance that would ensure elected officials, not big-money donors, are running Kalamazoo, even if the city accepts a thre...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 18, 2016




