Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
UPDATE: Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety loses veteran officer to cancer
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) — Kalamazoo Public Safety has announced the death of Sgt. Lisa Marie Zuk, a 14-year-veteran of the Department who had been battling breast cancer for several years . In an obitu...
Nov 30, 2015
Study of I-94 triggered by January's chain-reaction wreck finds no problem with the roadway
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) — A collaborative interagency study of the I-94 Corridor in Western Michigan has been completed and released and there were a few surprises. The audit was ordered after last Jan...
Nov 30, 2015
AAA of Michigan: State should stay below the $2 a gallon gas mark through holidays
DEARBORN (WKZO-AM) — AAA expects statewide gas prices to remain below $2 a gallon through the holidays, despite fears over a looming price hike. Spokesperson Susan Hiltz says the Michigan averag...
Nov 30, 2015
KRESA Foundation trying to establish scholarship program to develop new special education teachers
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — The Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency is trying to raise money for a new program that aims to boost special education instructor numbers by helping to pay tuiti...
Nov 30, 2015
Man, 19, hospitalized after running into a power pole near Waldo Stadium
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Kalamazoo Public Safety says a 19-year-old had to be rushed to a hospital after wrapping his car around a wooden utility pole in a wreck on Oakland Drive near Lovell Street...
Nov 30, 2015
K-Wings to donate over 1,000 stuffed animals to Kalamazoo hospital
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — The Kalamazoo Wings will be donating over 1,000 stuffed animals to Bronson Children’s Hospital after the team’s “Teddy Bear Toss” promotion Sunday a...
Nov 30, 2015
KPS: Fire at house on Mills Street may have been intentionally set
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Arson investigators with Kalamazoo Public Safety are taking a closer look at a suspicious vacant house fire at Mills Street and Washington Avenue. The fire marshal has been...
Nov 30, 2015
Report: Western Michigan working on new contract for Fleck
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Rumor website FootballScoop reports Western Michigan University is working on a new contract for head football coach P.J. Fleck, who is expected to garner interest from mul...
Nov 30, 2015
Kalamazoo Vikings football finishes second in national championship
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — The Kalamazoo Vikings have taken second place in the National Youth Football Championships. Last year, they finished third. The team, made up of children between 9 and 11 y...
Nov 30, 2015
WMU professor: Republican stance on Syrian refugees comparable to America's refusal to take in Jews during the Holocaust
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — The debate over Syrian refugees continued this weekend, with Detroit native Ben Carson traveling to Amman, Jordan, to visit a refugee camp. Dr. Carson did not back down fro...
Nov 30, 2015
