Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Funeral for slain bailiff held in Benton Harbor
BENTON HARBOR (WKZO-AM) — Fifteen-hundred mourners, including many police officers and first responders from all over the Midwest, turned out to say goodbye to slain Berrien County Courthouse Se...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 16, 2016
Governor Snyder approves Junior Achievement checkoff
LANSING (WKZO-AM) — Governor Snyder has signed a bill sponsored by Oshtemo Republican Brandt Iden that will add a checkoff box on state tax forms to contribute funds to Junior Achievement. Iden ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 16, 2016
GOP Convention: Only the stage is set
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Kalamazoo County Republican Party Chair Scott McGraw and the rest of the delegates from Kalamazoo have chartered a bus to take them to Cleveland this weekend for the Republ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 16, 2016
Residential fire damages home in Portage
PORTAGE (WKZO-AM) — The Portage Fire Department as dispatched to a fire just after midnight at 6488 Evergreen a residential home. First arriving crews encountered heavy smoke and fire conditions...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 16, 2016
Calhoun Co. Land Bank homes up for sale
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM) — The city of Battle Creek and the Calhoun County Land Bank are putting two previously abandoned homes up for sale. Land Bank Executive Director Krista Trout-Edwards says ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 15, 2016
Adopt a Highway cleanups begin Saturday
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Beginning this weekend, hundreds of yellow-clad volunteers will be clearing trash from alongside major Michigan roadways. MDOT spokesperson Nick Schirripa says 2016’s...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 15, 2016
Man hospitalized after solo-motorcycle crash
THREE RIVERS (WKZO-AM) — A 32-year-old Marcellus man had to be airlifted to Bronson Methodist Hosptial in Kalamazoo after getting thrown off his motorcycle. The St. Joseph County Sheriff’s...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 15, 2016
Van Buren Co. woman arrested for hit-and-run
PORTER TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM) — Michigan State Police say a 50-year-old woman is jailed after her pickup struck a 65-year-old man who was walking his beagle alongside 90th Avenue in Porter Township....
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 15, 2016
Cass County vandalism suspects caught on camera
CASSOPOLIS (WKZO-AM) — Three suspected vandals who police say trashed computer systems inside Ross Beatty High School in Cassopolis have been captured thanks to a couple of other high tech syste...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 15, 2016
Governor takes shortcut to resolve dispute
LANSING (WKZO-AM) — Governor Rick Snyder has asked the State Supreme Court to issue a ruling on whether or not a budget provision setting aside $2.5-million to reimburse private schools for stat...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 15, 2016




