Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
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
Kalamazoo Public Safety has a plan to stop violence before it starts
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Kalamazoo Public Safety says it has found the money it needs to fund a program that would attempt to cut off violence in the city at its roots. They have been working for o...
May 03, 2016
Students back in class at Climax-Scotts schools after bomb scare
CLIMAX (WKZO-AM) — It's back to normal Tuesday at Climax-Scotts Junior and Senior High School after students there were sent home early on Monday. Officials with the school say someone scrawled ...
May 03, 2016
House Republicans, Democrats spar over omnibus school budget after passage
LANSING (WKZO-AM) — Despite passing with bipartisan support in the House last week, local Democrats and Republicans remain split on the $16.1 billion school budget bill. Rep. Jon Hoadley, D-Kala...
May 03, 2016
Turkey hunter mistakes his hunting partner for a bird
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM) — He claims he thought his hunting partner was a wild turkey. Now, a Jackson County man is recovering after he was shot in the left arm with a crossbow bolt. Jackson C...
May 02, 2016
One local school official says state funding is still inadequate
LANSING (WKZO-AM) — Representatives with Kalamazoo Public Schools say they hope the Senate is more generous than the House with funding for public schools. The House passed budget bills last wee...
May 02, 2016
Rare proposals to dissolve taxing units, millage requests to appear on area ballots Tuesday
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Kalamazoo County Clerk Tim Snow says they’re anticipating fewer voters this Tuesday, compared to figures from March’s primary. Snow is guessing only about 20 pe...
May 02, 2016
Kalamazoo Commissioners will vote on parking fine hikes downtown Monday
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Kalamazoo city commissioners on Monday are scheduled to take a final vote on a proposal to increase parking fines downtown by at least 50 percent. It is part of a five-year...
May 01, 2016
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