Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
The Lottery Jackpot reaches $1.5-billion, but what does that really mean
LANSING (WKZO-AM) — The Powerball jackpot may have reached $1.5 billion, larger than the gross national product of nearly two dozen countries, and enough to put a person on the Forbes 500 list &...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jan 12, 2016
Charges considered against two women after Lawton methamphetamine raid
LAWTON (WKZO-AM) — A raid on a meth house in Lawton may generate drug charges against two women, pending the results of further investigation. The Van Buren County Narcotics Unit obtained a warr...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jan 12, 2016
Surveillance photos released from Sturgis gas station heist
STURGIS (WKZO-AM) — Police in Sturgis are looking for an armed robber who flashed a handgun at the clerk at the Admiral gas station on East Chicago Road early Monday and demanded cash. They have...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jan 12, 2016
Hit and run at an auto repair shop triggers State Police investigation
PAW PAW (WKZO-AM) — Michigan State Police troopers in Paw Paw are investigating a hit-and-run early Tuesday at an auto parts store on M-43. Investigators say the evidence found at Complete Care ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jan 12, 2016
2016 Kalamazoo City Budget may include small tax hike to cover solid waste cost hikes
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) — City Commissioners have received a proposal from staff that will require a hike in taxes and a cut in services in order to maintain the city's Solid Waste programs. Bid prices...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jan 12, 2016
It will be a busy year for Public Safety in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) — The Department of Public Safety has some critical program changes coming this year. Yesterday officers underwent a Justice Training program that they hope will improve communi...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jan 12, 2016
Names released from deadly high speed chase in Portage
PORTAGE (WKZO) — A Kalamazoo teen has been formally charged with two felonies for causing a weekend crash that killed a woman from Paw Paw. Portage investigators say 33-year old Crystal Norton w...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jan 12, 2016
Light fluffy snow, and lots of it falls in West Michigan
GRAND RAPIDS (WKZO) — The National Weather Service has issued Lake Effect snow advisories and warnings for all of west Michigan running through today and into this evening. Temperatures dipped i...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jan 12, 2016
Weather causes closures in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) — We have at least one school closure to announce in Kalamazoo this morning, but it's not because of the snow. It's due to the cold. A boiler failure at the Woodward School for ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jan 12, 2016
There is nothing like the Auto Show in Detroit
DETROIT (WKZO) — The North American International Autoshow has kicked off press events, naming the Volvo XC-90 as the Truck of the Year and the Honda Civic as the Car of the Year. During the sho...
localnews@mwcradio.com Jan 11, 2016




