Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Three Rivers Middle School target of bomb threat
THREE RIVERS (WKZO-AM) — A bomb threat made against seventh and eighth-graders prompted enhanced police patrols around Three Rivers High School on Wednesday. The message, which featured video of...
Mar 23, 2016
Senate throws life ring to Detroit Schools
LANSING (WKZO)– The Michigan Senate has approved a pair of bills aimed at rescuing Detroit Public Schools. One bill provides $50-million dollars to stave off an immediate financial crisis and wi...
Mar 23, 2016
Branch County woman gets up to seven years for computer crime
BRANCH COUNTY (WKZO-AM) — A Batavia Township woman who allegedly offered her own developmentally disabled daughter to a prison inmate for sex has cut a deal with prosecutors. Linda Allen Ehle, 4...
Mar 23, 2016
City of Kalamazoo to consider an increase in downtown parking fees
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — One of the least popular aspects of downtown Kalamazoo is about to get more expensive as the Downtown Development Authority looks for more funding to improve parking facili...
Mar 23, 2016
Suspicious truck and shed fire under investigation in Portage
PORTAGE (WKZO-AM) — Portage Public Safety says it’s investigating a suspicious fire that consumed a shed and a pickup in the 1100 block of East Milham Avenue. Firefighters found the truck ...
Mar 23, 2016
Aaron Pelletier goes on trial for his role in police chase and fatal shootout
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — A jury has been seated in the trial of Aaron Pelletier and the first witnesses have been called. Pelletier is charged with fleeing and eluding and gun felonies for his role...
Mar 22, 2016
Collision in Allegan County kills teenager from Plainwell
TROWBRIDGE TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM) — Distracted driving may have been the cause of a violent collision that killed an 18-year-old girl from Plainwell, who crashed into a home at 102nd Avenue and M-40...
Mar 22, 2016
Man who lives in Battle Creek wounded in the Brussels terrorist attacks
BRUSSELS (WKZO-AM) — Several sources are confirming that a Battle Creek resident and former Oakland University basketball player was injured in the Brussels terror attack on Tuesday. Sebastian B...
Mar 22, 2016
Jones expecting passage of school water testing bill
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — State Sen. Rick Jones says he’s expecting his bill requiring mandatory water testing at Michigan schools to be on Gov. Rick Snyder’s desk within the next three ...
Mar 22, 2016
Western Michigan University pilot program gives college credit opportunity to disadvantaged students
GRAND RAPIDS (WKZO-AM) — Western Michigan University is touting a pilot program set to launch next year that would give disadvantaged high school students interested in healthcare careers an opp...
Mar 22, 2016
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