Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Proos unveils legislation aimed at reforming prisoner rehabilitation
LANSING (WKZO-AM) — State Sen. John Proos, R-St. Joseph, has introduced legislation aimed at reforming how Michigan’s criminal justice system rehabilitates prisoners. Proos claims the bill...
May 04, 2016
Late-Tuesday traffic stop leads to Wednesday stolen gun arrest in Calhoun County
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM) — Calhoun County Sheriff’s deputies have jailed a Battle Creek resident for possessing a stolen gun. The discovery was made in the 100 block of Redner Avenue early W...
May 04, 2016
Coldwater man off to federal prison for attempting to schedule sex with disabled teen
BRANCH COUNTY (WKZO-AM) — A Coldwater man who was lining up his next sex crime before he even got out of prison for his last sexual assault, will get a change of scenery, but he will still be be...
May 04, 2016
Teenager killed in Cass County crash
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM) — A teenager has been killed in a violent collision in Cass County. Cass County Sheriff’s deputies say, just before noon Tuesday, 25-year-old Jeffrey Jackson d...
May 04, 2016
Battle Creek man gets a visit in his Brussels hospital bed from his daughters
BRUSSELS (WKZO-AM) — The Battle Creek man who was injured in the terrorist bombing in Belgium just got a lift in morale. Sebastien Bellin, the former basketball-player-turned-businessman who had...
May 04, 2016
Voter turnout was just over 10 percent in Kalamazoo County
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Kalamazoo County voters did not see a millage renewal they did not like on the ballot Tuesday. However, a proposal to do away with the village of Richland was roundly defea...
May 04, 2016
FINAL RESULTS: Kalamazoo and Calhoun County voters made clear choices
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Election returns show all four millage questions winning in Kalamazoo county, but a proposal to dissolve the village of Richland was soundly defeated. There were no close v...
May 03, 2016
Hit and run driver flees wreck near Decatur on foot with possible injuries
DECATUR TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM) — Van Buren County Sheriff’s deputies are looking for a hit-and-run driver who left the scene of a one-vehicle crash that left him banged up and bleeding. The su...
May 03, 2016
West Michigan voters to consider several unique issues on Tuesday ballots
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Michigan will go to the polls today, mostly to decide school funding issues. In fact, of the 112 ballot items scattered across the state, 93 of them are bond issue requests...
May 03, 2016
Kalamazoo Commission hikes fines for downtown parking violations
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — The Kalamazoo City Commission has approved an increase in parking fines for the dozens of violations that might draw a ticket downtown. Drivers could be cited for anything ...
May 03, 2016
