Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Ted Nugent to play the Kalamazoo State Theater in August
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Legendary rocker Ted Nugent will stop in Kalamazoo this summer. The “Motor City Madman,” who had his biggest hit in 1977 with “Stranglehold,” will p...
May 10, 2016
Fire in converted commercial building displaces apartment tenants in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Four families have been displaced by a fire that badly damaged a building on Portage Road at Bryant Street in Kalamazoo on Monday night. The old commercial structure had be...
May 09, 2016
South 8th Street closes for culvert repair
The Kalamazoo County Road Commision has closed South 8th Street to thru traffic for culvert repair work. 8th Street is closed between S Avenue in Texas Township and U Avenue in Prairie Ronde Township....
May 09, 2016
"Borgess Run for the Health of It!" and Kalamazoo Marathon considered a success
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Organizers say the 38th-annual “Borgess Run for the Health of It!” weekend and 8th-annual Kalamazoo Marathon on Sunday were big successes. Spokesperson Blaine L...
May 09, 2016
Woman cited after striking motorcyclist in Fabius Township
FABIUS TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM) — A 42-year-old motorcyclist is recovering after being struck by a vehicle in Fabius Township. St. Joseph County Sheriff’s deputies say the 72-year-old driving th...
May 09, 2016
Kalamazoo Township chase hits snag after fleeing vehicle reaches dead end [UPDATE]
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM) — A man and a woman from Kalamazoo have been booked into the Kalamazoo County Jail after a chase of a stolen vehicle that began on the U.S. 131 business loop in Kala...
May 09, 2016
Motorcyclist killed in collision in downtown Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Kalamazoo Public Safety has released little information about a deadly collision between a car and a motorcycle downtown. It happed at about 2 a.m. Saturday at Park Street ...
May 08, 2016
UPDATE: The results are in from the 2016 Borgess Run for the Health of It [PHOTOS]
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Everything is big when you are talking about the Kalamazoo Marathon and the Borgess Run for the Health of It. It takes about 2,000 volunteers just to make it happen. Last y...
May 08, 2016
Two people in a moving car wounded by gunman in another car in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM) — Police in Battle Creek are looking for suspects following a shooting that left two people wounded Friday night. Investigators believe it started during an argument at Mi...
May 07, 2016
Plainwell woman charged with supplying drugs that led to fatal overdose
ALLEGAN COUNTY (WKZO-AM) — A woman from Plainwell is facing up to life in prison for allegedly supplying the dose of heroin that killed a former neighbor. Ashley Ashbrook, 28, has been charged w...
May 07, 2016
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