Category Archives: Kalamazoo News

KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Another person is dead after the Jan. 17 pileup on Interstate 94 near Hartford. Carol Griesemer, a 78-year-old woman from Northville, was pronounced dead at the scene along...

PORTAGE (WKZO-AM) — The Portage City Council will explore passage of an anti-discrimination ordinance protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. Kalamazoo, Battle Creek and Kalama...

BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM) — The first trial of former Emmett Township Public Safety Officer Troy Estree has gone to the jury in Calhoun County. Estree is charged with participating in an eight-mont...

PORTAGE (WKZO-AM) — Portage officials say city residents shouldn’t be concerned about their water getting poisoned by lead. City Manager Larry Schaffer said, for one thing, their system is...

ST. JOSEPH COUNTY (WKZO-AM) — A St. Joseph County woman who was arrested for animal cruelty after a pitbull puppy was found frozen to death in her backyard has been bound over to stand trial aft...

BRANCH COUNTY (WKZO-AM) — The prison term for a sex offender could be lengthened after federal prosecutors say he managed to commit a sex crime without leaving his cell at the Bellamy Creek Corr...

MARSHALL (WKZO-AM) — Fire investigators and insurance adjusters will be examining the debris at the scene of a pole barn fire near Marshall, trying to determine the cause of the blaze and assess...

LANSING (WKZO-AM) — A federal lawsuit has been filed challenging the so-called ballot “gag order” law, charging that it violates free speech. Local, municipal and school officials ap...

PORTAGE (WKZO-AM) — Board members have approved the purchase of another 350 computers that will be used by high school students at Portage Public Schools. It’s part of an effort to put com...

COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM) — Two men are jailed, including one who was in possession of a pellet gun, after Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s deputies say they were caught trying to break into a...