Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Kalamazoo River cleanup near Otsego ordered by EPA
CHICAGO (WKZO-AM) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a unilateral order for the three paper companies responsible for dumping PCBs into the Kalamazoo River to clean up 1.5 mil...
Apr 16, 2016
Kalamazoo shooting survivor Abigail Kopf out on the town
GRAND RAPIDS (WKZO-AM) — Abigail Kopf is beginning to get out and have a little fun. She got a furlough from Mary Free Bed Hospital and got a chance to ride a special bike and visit the John Bal...
Apr 16, 2016
Dogs attack man at a Kennel in Van Buren County
WAVERLY TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM) — A 25-year-old man was seriously mauled and a woman and small child trapped and emotionally shaken after a pair of pit bull mastiffs got loose from their cages at a k...
Apr 16, 2016
Burglar caught because deputy recognized him leaving the scene near Bangor
BANGOR TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM) — A Van Buren County Deputy gave chase to a man in a purple Honda Accord that he knew had no license during the noon hour Friday. The 31-year-old tried to elude the off...
Apr 16, 2016
UPDATE: Five motorcyclists die in weekend collisions in S.W. Michigan
SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN (WKZO-AM) — Police are warning drivers to be aware of motorcyclists now that the weather has warmed up. At least five have been killed and several others hospitalized in separ...
Apr 16, 2016
Intoxicated woman drives pick-up into home near Three Rivers
LOCKPORT TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM) — A drunken driver will face criminal charges after slamming a pickup truck into the side of a home in the 18000 block of South River Road near Three Rivers. The driv...
Apr 16, 2016
Oshtemo Township agrees to new deal with County on police protection
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — The Kalamazoo County Board will get their first look Tuesday at a revised contract with Oshtemo Township for Police Protection that would add an additional deputy to do Com...
Apr 16, 2016
Van Buren County Detectives need your help to identify burglars
VAN BUREN COUNTY (WKZO-AM) — A couple of burglars apparently didn't know they were on camera when they broke into a home in the 22000 block of 2nd Avenue in Pine Grove Township early Friday morn...
Apr 16, 2016
Memorial service to be held for Officer Eric Zapata in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Monday will be the fifth anniversary of the shooting incident that took the life of Kalamazoo Public Safety Officer Eric Zapata. He was shot while chasing down a felon and ...
Apr 16, 2016
Joint police effort nabs distracted drivers on West Main near Kalamazoo
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM) — Kalamazoo County Deputies and police officers from the City, Township, Portage, WMU, Richland, Vicksburg and Schoolcraft teamed up along West Main in Oshtemo Townshi...
Apr 15, 2016
