Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Kalamazoo City Commission approves resolution welcoming immigrants
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Michigan is expected to accept 5100 refugees this year, the highest since 2002, and last night Kalamazoo reaffirmed that it is a “welcoming community” and willi...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 22, 2016
Kalamazoo Valley Community College job fair set for Wednesday
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Representatives with Kalamazoo Valley Community College say they expect a big turnout for this year’s career fair. Over 700 job-seekers attended the event last year. ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 21, 2016
Mandatory retirement prevents Cass County judge from seeking re-election
CASSOPOLIS (WKZO-AM) — Cass County’s circuit court judge says he’s not seeking re-election this year. Michael E. Dodge said he’ll have to leave the post he’s held since 1...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 21, 2016
Lockdowns at KRESA school due to concealed weapons permit-holding father with gun
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — The Superintendent of the Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency says tension is building among the parents of students after consecutive gun lockdowns at its facili...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 21, 2016
Kellogg Community College looking to add new statues to campus
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM) — Kellogg Community College says it wants to spruce up its campus with a few new statues. The school in Battle Creek says selected artists will receive $750 stipends to cr...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 21, 2016
Neil deGrasse Tyson to appear at Miller Auditorium on Tuesday
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Astrophysicist, author and television star Neil deGrasse Tyson will be in Kalamazoo on Tuesday to speak at Western Michigan University. The host of the National Geographic ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 21, 2016
Unemployment up in Kalamazoo, Battle Creek
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Unemployment in the Battle Creek and Kalamazoo areas finished higher to begin 2016. The January rate jumped from 3.9 percent to 4.4 percent in Calhoun County. It increased ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 21, 2016
Fundraiser for mass shooting victims held Sunday Evening in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — The Kalamazoo Jaycees and the Kalamazoo Blues Association teamed up for Kalamazoo’s latest fundraiser for the victims of last month’s mass murders. Kalamazoo St...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 21, 2016
Beer and donuts featured on Oberon Day
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — It’s Oberon Day in Kalamazoo and around the Midwest, as the seasonal craft beer goes on sale for the first time this year. Shakespeare's and Old Burdick's tapped the ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 21, 2016
Tailgate party, protest over "fair chance" legislation planned before Kalamazoo City Commission meeting
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Michigan United has planned a tailgate party and a protest before Monday’s meeting of the Kalamazoo City Commission, where they will demand that businesses that recei...
localnews@mwcradio.com Mar 21, 2016




