Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Kalamazoo Wings open hockey season Friday against Fort Wayne
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Kalamazoo Wings head coach Nick Bootland says he’s expecting fans to be entertained by his team this season. “We have a team that plays with physicality, and we...
Oct 16, 2015
Kalamazoo's Hoadley reintroduces nurse staffing bill
LANSING (WKZO-AM) — State Rep. Jon Hoadley has reintroduced a House bill that aims to protect nurses from being overworked. The Democrat from Kalamazoo said the Safe Patient Care Act creates max...
Oct 15, 2015
Arrest warrants issued for 38 sex offenders after Kalamazoo sweep
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Arrest warrants have been issued for 38 sex offenders in the Kalamazoo area who failed to report a change of address. The request was made by Michigan State Police after a ...
Oct 15, 2015
Men jailed after robbery, sexual assault of Oshtemo Township woman
OSHTEMO (WKZO-AM) — Two men are jailed on multiple felonies after an Oshtemo Township woman was robbed at gunpoint and sexually assaulted. Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s investigators say 20-y...
Oct 15, 2015
Hastings Walgreens robbed, suspect still at large
HASTINGS (WKZO-AM) — Police are looking for a man who robbed the Walgreens at West Apple and North Broadway streets in Hastings. It happened at around 8 p.m. Wednesday. They say a six-foot suspe...
Oct 15, 2015
Three dead after wreck in Van Buren County, all now identified [UPDATE]
MARCELLUS (WKZO-AM) — Van Buren County Sheriff’s investigators are trying to figure out what caused a roll-over wreck near Marcellus that has left a man and two teens from Vicksburg dead. ...
Oct 15, 2015
Sweep through Calhoun County yields $15K in marijuana plants
CALHOUN COUNTY (WKZO-AM) — A sweep through Calhoun County has yielded $15,000 in marijuana. Calhoun County Sheriff Matt Saxton says they spent three days on the ground and in the air searching f...
Oct 15, 2015
Children who claim they were molested at Three Rivers daycare testify against alleged attacker
CENTERVILLE (WKZO-AM) — A jury heard testimony Wednesday from the five children who claim they were molested by a man who helped operate an in-home daycare with his girlfriend in Three Rivers. E...
Oct 15, 2015
Old terminal at Kalamazoo-Battle Creek Int'l Airport being demolished
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — The Kalamazoo County Aviation Board has begun demolishing the old passenger terminal at the Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport after failing to find any practical...
Oct 15, 2015
Several given citations for driving on closed Almena Township road
ALMENA TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM) — Several drivers in Almena Township have been given tickets after being caught ignoring road closure signs at a construction site on County Road 653 near 28th Avenue. ...
Oct 15, 2015
