Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
WMU Professor blames Presidential race for making anti-Islam bigotry "Mainstream"
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) — A WMU professor claims that the debate over the U.S. response to ISIS, presidential politics and recent terrorist events are making anti-Muslim sentiments in the U.S. "Mainstr...
Dec 13, 2015
Two dead in Kalamazoo County crash Saturday afternoon [UPDATE]
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM) — Two are dead after crashing their vehicle while en route to a hospital to celebrate the birth of a new family member. It happened in Comstock Township before 4 p.m....
Dec 13, 2015
Man found with gunshot wound to chest on Woodbury Avenue
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — It’s one of the most-dangerous corners in Kalamazoo, and it was the apparent scene of another shooting Sunday. Kalamazoo Public Safety responded to 911 reports of mul...
Dec 13, 2015
West Michigan hospitals slated to lose Medicare funding over higher-than-allowed infection levels
UNDATED (WKZO-AM) — Seven hospitals in west Michigan will lose one percent of their federal Medicare reimbursement next year because of higher-than-allowed levels of infection and other hospital...
Dec 12, 2015
Man jailed for murder of Benton Harbor hydraulic shop co-owner
BENTON HARBOR (WKZO-AM) — A man is jailed after police say he fatally shot the co-owner of a hydraulic repair shop in Benton Harbor. Investigators say 30-year-old Roy Thompson struck 45-year-old...
Dec 12, 2015
Calhoun County dispatch chief selected to head 9-1-1 Consolidation in Kalamazoo County
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — A man from Calhoun County is being hired to head up the effort to consolidate Kalamazoo’s emergency dispatch centers. It’s a project that has been unsuccessfull...
Dec 12, 2015
Students face discipline after pellet gun is brought to Maple Street Middle School
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — A pair of Maple Street Magnet School students now face disciplinary action after one of them brought a pellet gun to school and passed it off to the other. Now both of them...
Dec 12, 2015
Annual "Santacon" to take place in Kalamazoo on Saturday
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — A non-denominational, non-commercial, non-political and nonsensical Santa Claus convention is taking place tonight in Kalamazoo. The eighth-annual Santacon begins with a Sa...
Dec 12, 2015
Bridge into Breedsville collapses
BREEDSVILLE (WKZO-AM) — A heavy vehicle and light corrosion is being blamed for a bridge collapse that has left the Van Buren County village of Breedsville inaccessible from the south. Officials...
Dec 11, 2015
Former Barry County undersheriff to not face embezzlement charges
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — The Kalamazoo County Prosecutor’s Office says it couldn’t find any wrongdoing and has opted to not charge a former Barry County undersheriff accused of embezzli...
Dec 11, 2015
