Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Four dead birds test positive for West Nile Virus in Michigan
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Health officials in Branch, Hillsdale and St. Joseph counties say four dead birds have tested positive for West Nile Virus. Angela Minicuci with the Michigan Department of ...
Sep 25, 2015
Ground broken on new fitness and wellness center at Kalamazoo College [PHOTOS]
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Kalamazoo College has broken ground on its new fitness and wellness center. The $9 million facility will include a weight room, five multi-purpose rooms, two racquetball co...
Sep 25, 2015
Fire displaces residents of a Kalamazoo apartment building
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — A fire at the Sage Terrace Apartments on North Sage Street in Kalamazoo has displaced the residents of at least a dozen units. It started at around 8 p.m. Thursday night. I...
Sep 25, 2015
Illinois man convicted of reckless driving in Portage man's death, found not guilty of second-degree murder
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — An Illinois man who intentionally drove his car into a 55-year-old outside his apartment in Portage has been found guilty of reckless driving causing death, but not second-...
Sep 25, 2015
Mercury spill shuts down Battle Creek road
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM) — A mercury spill forced law enforcement in Battle Creek to call a hazardous material crew and barricade a residential section of Union Street South. It happened before 11...
Sep 24, 2015
Hockey writers tab WMU to finish seventh in conference
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — The media is expecting the Western Michigan University men’s hockey team to finish seventh in the eight-team National Collegiate Hockey Conference this season. Minnes...
Sep 24, 2015
Conviction upheld in north Kalamazoo murder case from 1993
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — The Michigan Court of Appeals has upheld the 2014 murder conviction of a man who killed a north Kalamazoo business owner during a botched robbery in 1993. The attorney for ...
Sep 24, 2015
Checks in high-interest lender settlement to reach Michigan mailboxes by next month
LANSING (WKZO-AM) — The Attorney General’s Office says around 6,500 Michiganders have filed claims against two companies who paid out nearly 16,000 illegal loans between 2010 and 2013. Ref...
Sep 24, 2015
"Spoof run" for Kalamazoo hospice care facility set for Saturday
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — At least 600 top-notch athletes are expected in Kalamazoo this weekend for the country’s most-grueling 329-foot run. The third-annual Ultimate Extreme Ultra .1K is se...
Sep 24, 2015
Lobbyist spending in Lansing slightly higher
LANSING (WKZO-AM) — A new report by the Michigan Campaign Finance Network says lobbyist spending in Lansing is up about 1.3 percent compared to last year. The total doled out to sway lawmakers d...
Sep 24, 2015
