Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Lakeside for Children breaks ground on new facility
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Lakeside for Children has broken ground on a $2.3 million expansion on their Oakland Drive campus. The 12,500 st. ft. building will feature a new gymnasium, fitness center ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jun 16, 2016
Van Buren County standoff suspect charged
GENEVA TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM) — A Van Buren County man who allegedly exchanged gunfire with police several times on Tuesday has been charged with 15 felony counts. Investigators with Michigan State ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jun 16, 2016
Albion Public Safety officer under investigation
ALBION (WKZO-AM) — An Albion Public Safety officer has been put on administrative leave after he was arrested at a crash scene over the weekend in Jackson County. There is a suspicion that he wa...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jun 16, 2016
Grounded girl attacks mother with knife
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM) — An 11-year-old girl is being held at the Calhoun County Juvenile Home in Marshall after attempting to attack her mother with a butcher knife. The Calhoun County Prosecut...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jun 16, 2016
Pop-up bike lane ready for use
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — The city of Kalamazoo will be creating a temporary “pop-up” bike route between the Vine and Edison neighborhoods past the Farmers Market on Bank Street beginnin...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jun 16, 2016
Quick resolution not expected in Pickett case
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Kalamazoo County Sheriff Richard Fuller isn’t anticipating prosecutors to cut a plea deal with the 50-year-old accused of driving a truck into a group of cyclists in ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jun 15, 2016
Fuller, others expected at community violence meeting
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Around 30 local officials are expected to meet at the Kalamazoo Public Library on Thursday to discuss ways to reduce community violence. Kalamazoo County Sheriff Richard Fu...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jun 15, 2016
Man sentenced for drunken, deadly hit-and-run
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — A 39-year-old Kalamazoo man who killed a woman in a drunken hit-and-run on the city’s north side will spend at least the next six years in prison. Shelby Johnson left...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jun 15, 2016
Three jailed after Three Rivers overdose death
THREE RIVERS (WKZO-AM) — Three people are in custody for supplying drugs to a 28-year-old Three Rivers man who died from an apparent overdose last week. Joshua Tuckerman-Raymer, 35, Rebecca Webb...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jun 15, 2016
Lance Armstrong visits Kalamazoo crash victims
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — One of the survivors from last Tuesday’s bike tragedy has been discharged from the Hospital. Sheila Jeske was released on Tuesday. Paul Runnels is in fair condition a...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jun 15, 2016
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