Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Calhoun County attorney considering run against Bizon
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM) — A Calhoun County attorney who served seven years as a county commissioner has formed a campaign committee, and is exploring a run at the Michigan House. Jim Haadsma woul...
Nov 19, 2015
Calhoun County jury deliberating in attempted murder trial of man who shot girlfriend
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM) — A Calhoun County Jury will resume deliberations Thursday in the trial of a man charged with attempted murder for allegedly shooting ex-girlfriend Angela Bass claims Bret...
Nov 19, 2015
Gas starting to dip below $2 a gallon in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM) — Gas is starting to dip below $2 a gallon in Battle Creek. The average price for a gallon of regular in the city is $2.06, with about a dozen stations selling fuel under ...
Nov 19, 2015
Unemployment at five percent in Michigan, lower in Kalamazoo County
LANSING (WKZO-AM) — Michigan's unemployment rate has hit a plateau at 5 percent, according to numbers released at the Capitol, despite the state adding 9,000 jobs last month. It matches the nati...
Nov 19, 2015
Nearly a year after the pileup, audit coming for Interstate 94 from Indiana to Jackson
LANSING (WKZO-AM) — Last January’s chain-reaction pileup on Interstate 94 in eastern Kalamazoo County was the largest in state history, and, at the time, officials wondered if it could be ...
Nov 19, 2015
SWAT called to condemned Kalamazoo home, alleged gunman wanted
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Trespassing charges are expected against two Kalamazoo residents after SWAT officers surrounded a condemned home on Woodbury Avenue in Kalamazoo in what they thought may ha...
Nov 19, 2015
Consumers: Scammers bilk $81,000 from businesses, $16,000 in Kalamazoo County
JACKSON (WKZO-AM) — Consumers Energy says phone scammers posing as the utility have cheated people out of $81,000 this year. They joined with Michigan State Police and the Better Business Bureau...
Nov 19, 2015
Sprinkle Road roundabouts in Kalamazoo open to traffic
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Work is done on the two new roundabouts on Sprinkle Road near Interstate 94 in Kalamazoo. The first cars and trucks filtered through the intersections Wednesday afternoon. ...
Nov 18, 2015
Police: Man who kidnapped St. Joseph woman shot, killed by officers after standoff
BENTON HARBOR (WKZO-AM) — A man suspected of kidnapping a worker from a St. Joseph assisted living facility at gunpoint Wednesday morning has been shot to death by police at a motel outside Bent...
Nov 18, 2015
One arrest made, one person being sought after Halloween tire-slashings
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — A 19-year-old wanted for his role in 10 tire-slashings in downtown Kalamazoo over the Halloween weekend is jailed after turning himself in, and another 19-year-old is being...
Nov 18, 2015
