Category Archives: Kalamazoo News

KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Rep. Jon Hoadley, D-Kalamazoo, is proposing a bill that would prevent anyone who is named on the national “no-fly” list from buying a gun in Michigan. Hoadley s...

KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Taco Bob's raised about $7,000 on Wednesday for the family of a father and son from Mattawan who were among six killed during a shooting spree in Kalamazoo last month. R...

KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Big crowds are expected this weekend for the 51st-annual Maple Sugar Festival at the Kalamazoo Nature Center. Just $7 will gain you access to activities, crafts, animal exh...

PARCHMENT (WKZO-AM) — Kalamazoo Public Safety says a 19-year-old is jailed after leading a foot pursuit in Parchment. They say the man, who was visiting his mother at the time, bolted from multi...

BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM) — Investigators in Battle Creek are trying to figure out what sparked a suspicious fire on a roof of a commercial building in the 500 block of West Van Buren Street. Firef...

KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Kalamazoo-based economist Dr. Brian Long has done his monthly check on the west Michigan industrial economy, and he says it shows continued growth that is outpacing the res...

LANSING (WKZO-AM) — A bill that would require employees at Secretary of State’s offices to verbally ask residents if they want to be organ donors has cleared the Michigan Senate unanimousl...

KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — A Kalamazoo man who claimed he was doing “God’s work” when he set a sex shop on fire last year has been found not guilty by reason of insanity. The fire d...

KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — A Kalamazoo teenager awaiting sentencing on one set of felonies has now been charged with a brand new list of charges after he allegedly fled from Phoenix High School armed...

KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — The president of the Southwest Michigan Tea Party Patriots says he was pleased with Sen. Ted Cruz’s second-place finish in the Michigan’s Republican primary on ...