Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AMBER ALERT: UPDATE missing girl believed dead in Detroit.
DETROIT (WKZO) — An Amber Alert had been issued for 4-year-old Savannah Walker from the Detroit Area, and her mother Heidi Walker. They now believe that their bodies were found in the burned out...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 20, 2016
Warmer weather blows in leaving a lot of people without power in West Michigan
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) — The wind has died down which will make it easier for Consumers Energy and other Utility crews in West Michigan to repair the damage left behind by freakish mid-February weathe...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 19, 2016
Man dead after Feb. 12 wreck in Van Buren County
COLUMBIA TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM) — Van Buren County Sheriff’s deputies say a Lacota man is dead after crashing his SUV into a tree east of South Haven. Joseph Scholze, 57, died Wednesday at Bro...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 19, 2016
Injunction lifted against proposed Three Rivers youth sports complex
THREE RIVERS (WKZO-AM) — A controversial youth sports facility in Three Rivers is now a step closer to breaking ground. A judge earlier this week lifted a temporary injunction that blocked devel...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 19, 2016
Two children taken from drug house in Wayne Township
WAYNE TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM) — A 29-year-old felon is jailed and two children are in protective custody after methamphetamine, a one-pot lab, components used to make the drug and a rifle was found i...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 19, 2016
Four jailed, child in protective custody after Battle Creek methamphetamine sweep
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM) — Four people are jailed and two more are being sought after police checked seven suspected drug houses in Battle Creek and Emmett Township. Investigators say either metha...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 19, 2016
Person arrested for pulling gun, threatening to kill man at Oshtemo apartment
OSHTEMO (WKZO-AM) — The Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office says a person is in custody after pointing a rifle and threatening to kill a man at the Concord Place apartments in Oshtemo Townsh...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 19, 2016
Republicans calling for investigations following scathing Grand Rapids Home for Veterans audit
LANSING (WKZO-AM) — Republican lawmakers are angrily promising investigations following a summary of a scathing audit of the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans that will be released on Friday. The a...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 19, 2016
IRS urging vigilance as scammers ramp up attacks on taxpayers
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Internal Revenue Service spokesman Luis Garcia was on a mission as he traveled through west Michigan on Thursday, spreading the word about all the ways you can be scammed d...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 19, 2016
Turkey urging deportation for southwest Michigan restaurant owner
ST. JOSEPH (WKZO-AM) — A letter from the Turkish Consulate to Congressman Fred Upton shows that nation continues to have its eyes set on getting Harbert restaurant owner Ibrahim Parlak deported....
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 19, 2016




