Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Fisherman found dead in area lake
VAN BUREN COUNTY (WKZO-AM) — A 75-year-old angler is dead after he apparently fell into Three Legged Lake in Bloomingdale Township while he was fishing Wednesday. Michigan State Police say he le...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 11, 2016
UPDATE: Hit-and-run driver takes out cruiser
UPDATE – 8/11 at 10:42 a.m.: The driver of the suspect vehicle has been identified as a 23-year-old man from Oshtemo Township. According to a press release, the man’s family contacted law ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 11, 2016
Public Safety arrests teen in stolen van
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Three people are in custody and a fourth is on the run after a Kalamazoo Public Safety officer on patrol checked the license plate on a suspicious vehicle and learned it ha...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 11, 2016
Teenager busted for shooting
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — A Kalamazoo teenager will be in district court on Thursday to answer to allegations that he took a potshot at three females after a dispute in the 1300 block of Clinton Str...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 10, 2016
"Teddy Bear Posse" count eclipses 2,000
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Businesses in Kalamazoo County have taken in over 2,000 stuffed animals so far during the 2016 “Teddy Bear Posse” campaign. Kalamazoo County Sheriff Rick Fuller...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 10, 2016
Former WMU hockey player, ESPN talent Saunders dead
UNDATED (WKZO-AM) — ESPN journalist and former Western Michigan University hockey player John Saunders is dead. He joined ESPN in 1986 after television stints in Canada and Baltimore and was a f...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 10, 2016
Man jailed after stealing TV from apartment
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — A man is jailed on a home invasion charge after police say he stole a big-screen television from an apartment in the 3000 block of South Burdick Street. A neighbor spotted ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 10, 2016
Suspected drunk drives backwards on trunkline
THREE RIVERS (WKZO-AM) — Michigan State Police say a man from Three Rivers who was making bad decisions is sitting in the St. Joseph County Jail facing felony charges. His first bad decision was...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 10, 2016
Sheriff's office: Runaway may be suicidal
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s deputies say they’re looking for a 16-year-old runaway who may be suicidal. Michael Thornton is 5-foot-9, 115 pounds and has sandy br...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 10, 2016
Search for elderly Silver Creek man successful
SILVER CREEK TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM) — St. Joseph County Sheriff’s deputies were informed Tuesday that 77-year-old George Bournay of Silver Creek Township had walked away from his home on Leach...
localnews@mwcradio.com Aug 10, 2016




