Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Woman shot in foot after confronting father in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM) — A woman who confronted her 61-year-old dad over his drinking problem wound up in the hospital with a gunshot wound in the foot after the two got into a physical confront...
Nov 17, 2015
Investigators: Battle Creek church fire caused by electrical short in water cooler
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM) — Fire investigators are blaming an electrical problem for the blaze that damaged the Community Missionary Church on Woodlawn Avenue on Nov. 2. A bad electrical connection...
Nov 17, 2015
Gamrat: I have not read the Michigan State Police investigation into husband's text messages
PLAINWELL (WKZO-AM) — Cindy Gamrat says she has not read the Michigan State Police investigation report yet and said she’s deferring comment on the fact that it names her husband and sever...
Nov 17, 2015
Syrian refugee in Grand Rapids hopes Gov. Snyder backs away from restrictions
GRAND RAPIDS (WKZO-AM) — A Syrian refugee who has already made it to west Michigan hopes that Gov. Rick Snyder’s decision to suspend letting others like him enter the country is only tempo...
Nov 17, 2015
Ottawa County man sentenced for beating mother to death with frying pan, chucking her body into a river
GRAND RAPIDS (WKZO-AM) — An Ottawa County man who confessed to beating his mother to death with a frying pan before tossing her body in the Grand River has been sentenced to 20 to 40 years in pr...
Nov 17, 2015
House Speaker Paul Ryan stops in west Michigan
GRAND RAPIDS (WKZO-AM) — The new Speaker of the U.S. House was in west Michigan on Monday. Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, spoke at a private fundraiser in Grand Rapids for the National Republican Congr...
Nov 17, 2015
Steelcase Pyramid in Grand Rapids slated to become huge data center, if tax breaks are approved
GRAND RAPIDS (WKZO-AM) — The vacant Steelcase Pyramid building could become the largest data center in the eastern United States. They say the $5 billion project, entitled “Supernap Michig...
Nov 17, 2015
Kalamazoo's Blue Ribbon Revenue Task Force settles on five recommendations
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Kalamazoo's Blue Ribbon Revenue Task Force has come up with five recommended ways the city might seek new sources of income but there is not unanimity on the panel. They vo...
Nov 16, 2015
WMU plays San Diego in regular season home opener Tuesday
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Western Michigan University men’s basketball plays its regular season home opener Tuesday against San Diego. WMU head coach Steve Hawkins says the Broncos went 1-1 ag...
Nov 16, 2015
AAA: Drivers could see gas prices below $2 throughout Michigan by the end of the year
DEARBORN (WKZO-AM) — AAA of Michigan says there’s a chance the statewide average gas price will dip below the $2 a gallon mark by the end of the year. Susan Hiltz, a spokesperson with the ...
Nov 16, 2015
