Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Party at off-campus apartments in Kalamazoo nearly brings down the house
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) — They threw a party at Varsity Apartments that didn't exactly raise the roof, but it did drop the ceiling of the apartment below it. A spokesperson for the apartment complex sa...
Jan 01, 2016
Stabbing in Battle Creek under investigation
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO) — Police are looking for a woman who allegedly picked a fight, and then stabbed another woman in a store parking lot on Capital Avenue in Battle Creek just before 10 a.m. New...
Jan 01, 2016
Lake Superior State is still trying to clean up the language
SAULT STE. MARIE, (WKZO) — More words are being added to Lake Superior State's annual list of overused and misused words. This year the words “so,” “problematic,” and ...
Jan 01, 2016
New Year's Eve is celebrated in many ways around the world
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) — Champagne parties and New Year Kisses have been around a very long time. Ball-drops are becoming a regular feature of local New Year's events. Grand Haven dropped their first ...
Jan 01, 2016
2016 starts with a bang in Downtown Kalamazoo.
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) — Thousands turned out for the annual New Year's Fest in downtown Kalamazoo, with the biggest crowds gathering in Bronson Park just before midnight for the ball drop and the fir...
Jan 01, 2016
Fire damages garage in Plainwell
PLAINWELL (WKZO-AM) — Investigators are trying to figure out what sparked a fire that charred a garage in Plainwell. Firefighters from four departments were called to the residence in the 2000 b...
Dec 30, 2015
West Michigan gas prices to remain low to start 2016
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — GasBuddy.com says the average price for a gallon of fuel in west Michigan should remain low to start the new year. Analyst Gregg Laskoski says he doesn’t expect major...
Dec 30, 2015
Items totaling $2,000 taken from Columbia Township home
COLUMBIA TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM) — Van Buren County Sheriff’s detectives are looking for a man who broke into a home in the 12000 block of 56th Street in Columbia Township at around noon Tuesda...
Dec 30, 2015
Kalamazoo County Sheriff's deputies issue pellet gun warnings after Comstock Township incident
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Sheriff’s deputies in Kalamazoo County say they had to give two children a stern warning after they were spotted playing with a pellet gun that closely-resembled the ...
Dec 30, 2015
Democrats: "Gag order" on Michigan school districts and cities "hypocritical"
LANSING (WKZO-AM) — Democrats are calling the Republican leadership in the Michigan Legislature “hypocritical,” after approving a new law that bans school districts and cities from t...
Dec 30, 2015
