Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Kalamazoo community activist Anna Whitten has died
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Long-time Kalamazoo civil rights advocate and community volunteer Anna Whitten has died. Whitten had served on the Kalamazoo Valley Community College board for a quarter ce...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 14, 2016
Appellate court rebuffs convicted murderer from Portage
LANSING (WKZO-AM) — The Michigan Court of Appeals has upheld the second degree murder conviction of Portage accountant Andy Brown, who shot his boss to death after being confronted over embezzle...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 14, 2016
Groundbreaking ceremony for new Kalamazoo hospitality house [PHOTOS]
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM) — Ground has been broken on the first of two brand new hospitality houses in Kalamazoo. The first is being built on Henson Avenue, just a block east of the Borgess M...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 14, 2016
UPDATE: Missing person found in Tennessee
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Kalamazoo Public Safety says they have been notified by the family of Shelly Apple that she contacted a family member, telling them that she was in Columbia, Tenn. Public S...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 13, 2016
Youngest Kalamazoo shooting survivor recovering after surgery
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — The youngest survivor of February’s shooting rampage in Kalamazoo is recovering after a surgery to replace a portion of her skull left missing since the attack. The u...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 13, 2016
"Race for the Cure" set for Saturday in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Saturday’s “Race for the Cure” in Kalamazoo will be held in honor of a southwest Michigan radio personality and breast cancer survivor who was killed in a...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 13, 2016
Jones-sponsored legislation aims to reduce wheel and tire thefts
LANSING (WKZO-AM) — Gov. Rick Snyder has signed legislation which aims to reduce wheel thefts by applying used car part purchase standards to tires. Sen. Rick Jones sponsored the bill. “Un...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 13, 2016
Heroin mixed with Fentanyl producing deadly results in Berrien County
BENTON HARBOR (WKZO-AM) — Heroin mixed with a powerful painkiller caused several overdose deaths in the Kalamazoo area last month. Now, the dangerous mix has appeared in Berrien County, where it...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 13, 2016
Benton Harbor teenager found dead blocks from school
BENTON HARBOR (WKZO-AM) — Multiple law enforcement agencies are investigating the death of a Benton Harbor High School student as a homicide. He has been identified as 18-year-old Grady Manns. T...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 13, 2016
Parents worried about missing 14-year-old girl
GENEVA TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM) — Van Buren County Sheriff’s feputies need your help to locate a missing 14-year-old girl who was last seen in the 64000 block of 16th Avenue in Geneva Township l...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 12, 2016




