Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Motorcyclist survives head-on crash
BERRIEN COUNTY (WKZO-AM) — An Elkhart, Ind., woman may be lucky to be alive after her motorcycle collided with three cars on U.S. 12 in Galien Township late Sunday afternoon. Berrien County Sher...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 12, 2016
Portage Public Safety tweaks pursuit policy
PORTAGE (WKZO-AM) — The Portage Public Safety Department is changing their policy on high-speed chases, following the lead of other police agencies that now only chase violent felons. The decisi...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 12, 2016
The Teddy Bear Posse rides again
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Kalamazoo County Sheriff Rick Fuller and the Texas Township Fire Department have begun a ten-week campaign to collect teddy bears and other stuffed animals. The toys will b...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 12, 2016
Troy Estree sentenced after plea bargain
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — A former Emmett Township police officer who had been charged with multiple counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct will wind up serving just four more months in jail...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 12, 2016
Sturgis man dies nine days after auto crash
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY (WKZO-AM) — It appears that the Independence Day weekend holiday death toll this year will climb by one now that a Sturgis man who was injured in a crash on July 2 in St. Josep...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 12, 2016
UPDATE: Names released in Berrien County shooting
ST. JOSEPH, MICH. (WKZO-AM) — Two court bailiffs are dead, and a deputy and a civilian are wounded but in fair condition after an inmate at the Berrien County Courthouse grabbed a deputy’s...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 11, 2016
UPDATE: Shooting at Berrien Co. Courthouse
ST. JOSEPH, MICH. (WKZO-AM) — Two Court Bailiffs at the Berrien County Courthouse are dead and so is the inmate who killed them after an escape attempt this afternoon in St. Joseph. Sheriff Paul...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 11, 2016
Air Zoo working to restore WWII bomber
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Restoration work is underway at the Air Zoo on a uniquely-sourced World War II-era bomber. President Troy Thrash says the plane, a Douglas SBD-2P Dauntless Dive Bomber, is ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 11, 2016
Domestic disputes lead to gun play
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Kalamazoo Public Safety says they have seized several guns and made two arrests responding to a pair of domestic assault complaints Sunday. Police were dispatched to 1000 b...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 11, 2016
Dogs seized last month getting placed [PHOTOS]
VAN BUREN COUNTY (WKZO-AM) — Only six of the remaining 108 dogs that were found at the Lawrence home of a couple accused of animal hoarding have yet to be placed. It took ten officers eight hour...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jul 11, 2016




