Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Car fire at Drakes Pond destroys two cars
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — It's not the first time a car has burst into flames spontaneously. At about 2:15 a.m. Friday, Kalamazoo Public Safety was dispatched to the Drakes Pond Apartments where the...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 22, 2016
Heat wave hits region this weekend
UNDATED (WKZO-AM) — Today could be the hottest day in several years. Cooling centers will be open this afternoon at the Douglas Community Center on Patterson Street, Mt. Zion Baptist Church on R...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 22, 2016
Bat-wielding man busted in Burlington
BURLINGTON (WKZO-AM) — A 21-year-old is being held in the Calhoun County Jail on multiple charges after he got involved in a drunken altercation with a man and his own sister Thursday, utilizing...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 22, 2016
BC man to face criminal sexual conduct charges
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM) — A Battle Creek man has been ordered to trial on a first-degree criminal sexual conduct charge for crimes that were committed against 16-year-old girl at gunpoint in May....
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 22, 2016
Federal judge lifts ban on straight-ticket voting
DETROIT (WKZO-AM) — Straight-ticket voting could be available for voters this November after all, despite a new law banning it in Michigan. Federal Judge Gershwin Drain has slapped an injunction...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 21, 2016
Kalamazoo Twp. shooting ruled "unintentional"
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM) — A 15-year-old arrested following the shooting of his 17-year-old female cousin has been charged, but attempted homicide is not one of the counts listed in the warr...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 21, 2016
Storms blow out heat, knock out power
UNDATED (WKZO-AM) — It was not the weather we were warned about. Instead of the start of a heat wave, stormy weather blew through west Michigan, causing random acts of violence but no reports of...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 21, 2016
Colon Magic Festival set for weekend
COLON (WKZO-AM) — Organizers are expecting big crowds for the 13th-annual Colon Magic Festival. Cassandra Wellington with the FAB Magic Company said the entertainment gets underway Friday. ̶...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 21, 2016
"Teddy Bear Posse" bins already overflowing
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Businesses throughout the Kalamazoo area say their “Teddy Bear Posse” bins are overflowing just a week after the formal start of the promotion. “We have p...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 21, 2016
Daytime gunfight reported at apartment complex
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Police are looking for two people who took part in a broad daylight gun fight in the parking lot of an apartment complex. Kalamazoo Public Safety says it happened at the Fo...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 21, 2016




