Category Archives: Kalamazoo News

KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Fifteen candidates vying for the six city commission seats up for grabs on Nov. 3 took part in a debate at the Kalamazoo Public Library on Tuesday. Longtime mayor Bobby Hop...

GRAND RAPIDS (WKZO-AM) — A Kalamazoo man who plead guilty in March to child pornography and gun-related charges has been sentenced to 27 years in federal prison. Prosecutors say 44-year-old Mich...

ELKHART, IND. (WKZO-AM) — Two girls on the White Pigeon High School cross-country team are hospitalized after being struck by an SUV while jogging on a trail in northern Indiana. The collision h...

LANSING (WKZO-AM) — The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development found 12 credit card skimmers during a two-week statewide gas pump sweep. Agency spokesperson Jennifer Holton say...

LANSING (WKZO-AM) — Unemployment in the Kalamazoo-Portage metropolitan area dipped to 4.2 percent last month. The Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget says the rate was at 5....

BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM) — Battle Creek-based Kellogg has purchased Egypt’s largest cereal company. The world’s largest cereal maker has agreed to pay $50 million to acquire Mass Food ...

BERRIEN COUNTY (WKZO-AM) — Investigators say alcohol appears to be a factor in a wreck that killed the 23-year-old passenger of a vehicle, whose driver fell asleep behind the wheel on M-139 near...

WAYNE TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM) — Two would-be motorcycle thieves could face serious charges if they are ever caught and prosecuted for a botched attempt to swipe a bike from a home on Twin Lakes Road ...

LANSING (WKZO-AM) — Rep. Amanda Price of Park Township says House members are trying to focus on putting together a bill package to fix Michigan roads, but also says other expensive problems are...

UNDATED (WKZO-AM) — Two more cases of Eastern equine encephalitis have been identified by Michigan agricultural officials in Calhoun and Van Buren counties. EEE, much like West Nile Virus, is tr...