Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Priest who retired after sex scandal in his Minnesota diocese defends self during first sermon
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM) — The retired archbishop from Minnesota who retired following a sex scandal in his diocese defended himself from the podium this weekend in Battle Creek. Archbishop Emerit...
Jan 18, 2016
Martin Luther King celebrated in Kalamazoo area on annual day of remembrance [AUDIO]
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — It’s Martin Luther King Day, and several locations throughout the Kalamazoo area will be celebrating the birthday of the slain civil rights visionary. One of the bigg...
Jan 18, 2016
Kalamazoo Beer Week underway, roughly 300 events planned through weekend
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Detroit has its big auto-show. In direct competition — well, at least running at the same time — Kalamazoo will be showcasing one of its major industries during...
Jan 18, 2016
Kalamazoo Deputies release surveillance photos from violent liquor store robbery [PHOTOS]
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM) — Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s detectives say the gunpoint robbery of a Comstock Township liquor store early Monday has left a clerk hospitalized with injuries to...
Jan 18, 2016
Battle Creek shooting leaves teenager critically wounded
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM) — A 19-year-old from Battle Creek is in critical condition after he was shot in the abdomen early Sunday morning. Apparently, the teenager is no stranger to local police. ...
Jan 17, 2016
White-outs and high speeds cause multiple chain reaction collisions on Interstate 94 near Hartford
VAN BUREN COUNTY (WKZO-AM) — One person is dead and three others have life-threatening injuries after a series of chain-reaction collisions on Interstate 94 near Hartford early Sunday. The wreck...
Jan 17, 2016
Cold blast hits lower Michigan
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM)– Get your mittens, mukluks and long underwear ready. Forecasters say that a blast of arctic air make another sweep across Southern Michigan early Sunday, dropping highs into ...
Jan 17, 2016
Missing couple from Michigan last communicated from Texas
TERRELL, TEXAS (WKZO-AM) — A couple from Michigan who were hitch-hiking across the country have been missing for nearly a month. Now, their families are worried that something has happened to th...
Jan 17, 2016
Flint gets federal disaster declaration and assistance
FLINT (WKZO-AM) — President Obama has declared Flint a federal disaster area, which should make federal aid and assistance available to local governments, agencies and property owners, who are d...
Jan 17, 2016
Kalamazoo traffic stop results in gun and drug charges
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM)– A driver is jailed after Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s deputies found marijuana and an improperly-transported handgun during a traffic stop. A police dog made the find ea...
Jan 17, 2016
