Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Sheriff's investigators: Paw Paw man found high, naked behind wheel of stolen vehicle
PAW PAW (WKZO-AM) — Van Buren County Sheriff’s deputies have jailed a Paw Paw man after he was found naked and high on methamphetamine while behind the wheel of a stolen vehicle. The arres...
Apr 25, 2016
Rice urging changes to M-STEP, not new state standardized test
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — The superintendent of Kalamazoo Public Schools says he’s not in favor of proposals to scrap the Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress. Instead, Michael Rice w...
Apr 25, 2016
Man jailed for pulling knife at Dowagiac bar, slashing victim
DOWAGIAC (WKZO-AM) — Police have jailed a man on a felony assault charge after he allegedly slashed another person multiple times with a knife at a Dowagiac bar. It happened in the 100 block of ...
Apr 25, 2016
Gilmore Keyboard Festival starts Tuesday in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — The 13th-biennial Gilmore Keyboard Festival begins Tuesday in Kalamazoo. Spokesperson Mary McCormick says they’re expecting thousands to attend the nearly 100 concert...
Apr 25, 2016
VIDEO: The opioid epidemic has increased the number of babies born addicted
LANSING (WKZO-AM) — The explosion of opioid addicts has doubled the number of babies born addicted to drugs in Michigan, from 400 to well over 800 per year between 2010 and 2014. It may be even ...
Apr 25, 2016
New Kids Count report says crime does not pay for the criminal or their kids
LANSING (WKZO-AM) — It’s another side effect of Michigan’s higher-than-average prison population — Michigan is in the top five for the number of children growing up with a pare...
Apr 25, 2016
Gas prices may remain on the low side through the summer
DEARBORN (WKZO-AM) — AAA of Michigan says gas prices are up statewide six cents to an average of $2.17 a gallon. That is just a penny lower than the national average, pollster Trilby Lundberg sa...
Apr 25, 2016
Oshtemo man faces six charges after dogs seized from his property
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — The prosecution of an Oshtemo Township man for his alleged involvement in dogfighting has been turned over to prosecutors in Calhoun County. The property of Kelvin Thomas w...
Apr 24, 2016
Kalamazoo will host regional conference on elder abuse this week
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — A major conference on elder abuse will be held on the Western Michigan University campus on Monday. It’s one of the most under reported crimes in Michigan. Judy Sivik...
Apr 24, 2016
Fatal crash in Texas township kills a Mattawan man
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — A Mattawan man has been killed in a one-car crash in Texas Township. Michigan State Police investigators aren’t sure why 74-year-old Daniel Carson left the roadway as...
Apr 24, 2016
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