Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Congressional hopeful protests state legislature's "Bathroom Bill"
LANSING (WKZO-AM) — Kalamazoo’s Lorence Wenke was in Lansing on Tuesday staging a very unique protest in regard to bills that that would require that Michiganders use the bathroom designat...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jun 08, 2016
Deputies investigating suspicious death in southern Kalamazoo County
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s investigators are calling the discovery of the body of a woman dumped along rural 10th Street near Schoolcraft a “suspicious death....
localnews@mwcradio.com Jun 08, 2016
UPDATE: Five bicyclists dead in Kalamazoo County wreck [PHOTOS]
UPDATE – 6/8 at 10:05 a.m.: State Sen. Margaret O’ Brien, R-Portage, has released a statement: “Kalamazoo County has again experienced a senseless tragedy. Nine people were randomly ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jun 07, 2016
Former educator, NAACP president left civil rights, acceptance legacy
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Friends and colleagues say local NAACP president and long-time Western Michigan University professor Dr. Charles Warfield left a lasting legacy of acceptance in Kalamazoo. ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jun 07, 2016
Kalamazoo Parade of Homes to begin Friday
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Seventeen new homes and three remodels will be featured in the 2016 Kalamazoo Parade of Homes, which gets underway Friday. Keith Crowell with the Homebuilders Association o...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jun 07, 2016
Bill would allow Red Cross donations on Michigan tax returns
LANSING (WKZO-AM) — Michiganders may soon be allowed to donate to the American Red Cross while filling out their taxes. Legislation sponsored by Sen. Rick Jones, R-Grand Ledge, is now on Gov. Ri...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jun 07, 2016
Home prices up 3.6 percent in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Financial information firm CoreLogic says home prices in Kalamazoo and Portage increased another 3.6 percent in April compared to figures from 2015. The mark is about 0.6 p...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jun 07, 2016
Growlers will have a full schedule of fireworks this summer
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Officials with the Kalamazoo Growlers were able to convince city commissioners to restore dates for fireworks after the city initially balked at the team’s proposed s...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jun 07, 2016
West Michigan economy flat in May
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Industrial economist Dr. Brian Long said the west Michigan economy is still outpacing the state and the nation when it comes to production and job growth, but not so much i...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jun 07, 2016
Tractor-trailers crash and burn in Comstock Township
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM) — A collision between two tractor-trailers turned into a tower of flames and smoke after the impact burst diesel tanks and the fuel caught fire, consuming both trucks...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jun 07, 2016
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