Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Portage Public Schools teacher awarded for newspaper work
PORTAGE (WKZO-AM) — The woman from Three Rivers who hit the Powerball jackpot isn’t the only local to be rewarded by the Michigan Lottery this week. Portage Public Schools teacher Amanda T...
localnews@mwcradio.com Oct 07, 2015
Accused Child Porn peddler takes plea deal
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM) — A man who was turned into police after showing child pornography to a customer at an adult book store in Battle Creek has cut a plea deal with prosecutors, where he̵...
localnews@mwcradio.com Oct 06, 2015
Public Safety: Man stole Kalamazoo Humane Society donation box
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Kalamazoo Public Safety is looking for the person who broke into the Kalamazoo Humane Society offices on South Westnedge Avenue and stole a donation box off the front count...
localnews@mwcradio.com Oct 06, 2015
New Popeyes restaurant in Kalamazoo received well
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — It’s was a busy day at the new Popeyes restaurant on West Main Street in Kalamazoo. There were people out the door and lines of cars two blocks long, all waiting to g...
localnews@mwcradio.com Oct 06, 2015
Man sentenced for fatal shooting of girlfriend in Oshtemo
OSHTEMO (WKZO-AM) — A man who claimed he didn’t know a .22-caliber rifle was loaded before he fatally shot his girlfriend in the back of the head has been sentenced to 15 to 50 years in pr...
localnews@mwcradio.com Oct 06, 2015
Man dead after shooting in Oshtemo Township [UPDATE]
OSHTEMO (WKZO-AM) — A man is jailed and another is dead after a shooting southeast of Stadium Drive and South 6th Street in Oshtemo Township. Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s deputies say it hap...
localnews@mwcradio.com Oct 06, 2015
Three Rivers woman claims $310 million Powerball jackpot in Lansing
LANSING (WKZO-AM) — A Three Rivers mother and grandmother who worked at a fiberglass bathtub factory has turned in her winning lottery ticket, claiming a $310 million jackpot. Julie Leach, 50, w...
localnews@mwcradio.com Oct 06, 2015
One person seriously hurt after wreck in St. Joseph County
CONSTANTINE TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM) — Sheriff’s investigators in St. Joseph County say speed and alcohol appear to be factors in a wreck that seriously injured an Indiana man. It happened at ar...
localnews@mwcradio.com Oct 05, 2015
Michigan finishes highly on energy efficiency rankings
UNDATED (WKZO-AM) — Financial website WalletHub.com has ranked Michigan the nation’s 15th-most energy efficient state. The company scored the contiguous United States using average vehicle...
localnews@mwcradio.com Oct 05, 2015
AAA: Michigan gas prices up for third consecutive week
DETROIT (WKZO-AM) — AAA says gas prices throughout Michigan are up for a third-consecutive week. “The price per gallon is $2.52,” club spokesperson Susan Hiltz said. “That̵...
localnews@mwcradio.com Oct 05, 2015




