Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Design contract approved for new Battle Creek PD HQ
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM) — Commissioners have agreed to put about $765,000 toward the design of the proposed new police station in Battle Creek. The city wants to construct the two-story facility ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 20, 2016
UPDATE: Suspect in teen shooting in custody
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM) — Police are no longer looking for the gunman who shot a 17-year-old woman in an apartment in the 2100 block of Sunnyside Drive in Kalamazoo Township. The parents of...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 20, 2016
Portage Public Schools bus drivers get new contract
PORTAGE (WKZO-AM) — Bus drivers with Portage Public Schools are slated to get a one percent pay increase when they return to work in about two months. Board members approved the two-year deal wi...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 20, 2016
Downtown salsa cook-off this Saturday
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — A big crowd will brave hot weather and hotter salsas in downtown Kalamazoo this Saturday. Twenty-five locations will have tortilla chips at the ready for the city’s s...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 20, 2016
Flags will fly at half-staff through Friday
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — The American flag has already flown at half-staff more times this year than all of last year, and it has been lowered many more times in Michigan than the rest of the natio...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 19, 2016
More security issues at Covert nuclear plant
COVERT (WKZO-AM) — An anti-nuclear group is asking questions about allegations that security guards at the Palisades Power Plant were either skipping or not adequately performing fire inspection...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 19, 2016
Making room for bikes on area roadways
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — The Kalamazoo City Commission has agreed to begin the formulation of a “complete streets” plan. It’s been part of the ongoing “Imagine KalamazooR...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 19, 2016
Dryer fire causes smoke damage at residence
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Several people are displaced after a dryer caught fire at a home in the 1500 block of East Stockbridge Avenue. It happened before 3:30 a.m. Tuesday. Kalamazoo Public Safety...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 19, 2016
Kalamazoo City Commission talks trash
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Despite some initial resistance, the single-hauler trash program in Kalamazoo Township is being hailed as a success. Kalamazoo City Commissioner Matt Milcarek said it has c...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 19, 2016
Missing teen possibly near Battle Creek [PHOTO]
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM) — U.S. Marshals say they have received a tip that a runaway teenager from upstate New York might be in the Battle Creek area. The tip came from a resident who said they th...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 19, 2016




