Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Rep. Bizon amends House budget to help firefighters with cancer
LANSING (WKZO-AM) — A late addition to the Michigan House Budget Bill could be just what the doctor ordered for Michigan firefighters. Rep. John Bizon, R-Battle Creek, convinced the House Approp...
Apr 21, 2016
Study shows interlock devices keep drunks off Michigan roads
LANSING (WKZO-AM) — New research shows that one of the tools used by Michigan sobriety courts to keep drunk drivers off the road is working. Kalamazoo’s sobriety court was one of five to p...
Apr 21, 2016
Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Department: beware of tax scammers
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Tax day may have come and gone, but the tax scams just keep on coming. The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Department says they’ve received several complaints this week fr...
Apr 21, 2016
Groundbreaking at Binder Park Zoo for two new animal exhibits
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM) Beginning next year, the “king of the beasts” will join the rest of the animals at the Binder Park Zoo in Battle Creek. Zoo officials and contributors to the new add...
Apr 20, 2016
Shooting in Kalamazoo puts a young man into the hospital
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — A gunman remains at large after a shooting in the 100 block of East Prouty Street on Kalamazoo’s north side. Kalamazoo Public Safety Lt. David Ostrander said it occur...
Apr 20, 2016
After two months, Kalamazoo mass-shooting survivor Abigail Kopf leaves treatment facility [VIDEO]
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM) — It was two months ago when 45-year-old Jason Dalton allegedly went on a shooting rampage that killed six and wounded a 25-year-old mother and 14-year-old Abigail Kopf. I...
Apr 20, 2016
MDOT takes input on road changes in downtown Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — There have been discussions for years about untangling downtown Kalamazoo’s system of one way streets, improving street parking and making the central city more user-...
Apr 20, 2016
Parole absconder found inside home in Decatur
DECATUR (WKZO-AM) — Sheriff’s deputies in Van Buren County have jailed a fugitive who was found inside a home in Decatur. Investigators say they received a tip that 31-year-old Ramiro Reev...
Apr 20, 2016
Fire torches home in Vicksburg, two trapped inside
VICKSBURG (WKZO-AM) — Two people had to be taken to a hospital after a fire torched a home in the 5500 block of East Y Avenue in Vicksburg. Both are expected to recover after being trapped insid...
Apr 20, 2016
Todd Courser says he wants to be Lapeer County's Prosecutor
LAPEER COUNTY (WKZO-AM) — Tuesday was the filing deadline for State and County candidates who want to run in the August primary all across the State of Michigan. One of the more unexpected filin...
Apr 20, 2016
