Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
WMU AD: Bahamas Bowl shouldn't be a big money-loser for school
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Western Michigan University is not expecting to lose significant money this year by allowing its football team to take part in the Bahamas Bowl, compared to the over $400,0...
Dec 16, 2015
Police drawback in Oshtemo Township possible as officials wrestle over new contract
KALAMAZOO (WZKO-AM) — Oshtemo residents could lose most of their police protection on New Year’s Eve. A deal has not been struck between township officials and the Kalamazoo County Sheriff...
Dec 16, 2015
Investigators: Vehicle in fatal Pennfield Township crash was going over 100 mph
PENNFIELD TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM) — Investigators say two teenage girls were barreling down East Avenue at 103 mph moments before their vehicle crashed into a tree in Pennfield Township. Calhoun Coun...
Dec 16, 2015
Hate crime investigation launched after Grand Rapids convenience store robber calls clerk an "ISIS terrorist"
GRAND RAPIDS (WKZO-AM) — Police in Grand Rapids say they’re now investigating a convenience store robbery as a possible hate crime after the clerk was called an “ISIS terrorist”...
Dec 15, 2015
Southwest Michigan First sees problems with tax breaks for proposed Grand Rapids data center
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Southwest Michigan First says it’s having trouble supporting massive tax breaks to lure a Nevada-based company’s $5 billion data center project to Grand Rapids....
Dec 15, 2015
AAA says it wasn't expecting last week's jump in Michigan gas prices
DEARBORN (WKZO-AM) — AAA of Michigan says it was surprised by last week’s jump in the statewide average gas price. Spokesperson Susan Hiltz said it was particularly shocking because crude ...
Dec 15, 2015
Furlong now prime suspect in disappearance of a six-year-old nearly two decades ago
CENTREVILLE (WKZO-AM) — A confessed child killer is now the prime suspect in the disappearance of another girl 18 years ago. WOOD-TV reports that, since Daniel Furlong’s DNA match and subs...
Dec 15, 2015
Donald Trump to make campaign stop in west Michigan
GRAND RAPIDS (WKZO-AM) — Donald Trump will be making his first visit to west Michigan since announcing his candidacy for president. His campaign has booked the Deltaplex Arena in Walker next Mon...
Dec 15, 2015
Kalamazoo County Sheriff's investigators: Father and grandmother killed in race to see newborn
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s investigators say the two people who died while en route to see a newborn on Saturday were the child’s father and grandmother. They b...
Dec 15, 2015
New Kalamazoo Public Safety officers sworn in
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Kalamazoo Public Safety’s newest group of officers have taken their official oaths. It happened during a ceremony at Kalamazoo City Hall on Monday. Chief Jeff Hadley ...
Dec 15, 2015
