Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Gunman still at large after shooting in Albion
ALBION (WKZO-AM) — A shooting on the west side of Albion has left at least four people wounded. It happened at about 10:20 p.m. at the Albion Housing Commission’s low-income housing comple...
Sep 18, 2015
Baby dead, five others hurt after wreck near Niles
NILES (WKZO-AM) — A 10-month-old is dead and five others hurt after a two-car crash on U.S. 31 near Niles. Michigan State Police say it happened at around 4 p.m. Thursday near U.S. 12 after one ...
Sep 18, 2015
Job growth in Kalamazoo pushing unemployment lower
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Unemployment in Kalamazoo was down to 4.8 percent during the second quarter of 2015. The Upjohn Institute for Employment Research says the local rate was at around five per...
Sep 17, 2015
Kalamazoo, other communities awarded money to fight water contamination
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Kalamazoo will be getting one of the biggest portions of a nearly $500,000 pot of money set aside by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality to help communities pr...
Sep 17, 2015
Police deploy Taser on Hastings man who threatened officer with boulder
HASTINGS (WKZO-AM) — Police had to use a Taser to subdue a 19-year-old man who tossed a basketball-sized boulder through the windshield of a vehicle in the parking lot of the Hastings Police Dep...
Sep 17, 2015
Gamrat running again, Courser thinking about it
PLAINWELL (WKZO-AM) — Cindy Gamrat has decided she will run for the 80th District House seat that became vacant when she was expelled last week. She says the voters should have the final choice ...
Sep 17, 2015
Commissioner publishes video series questioning Battle Creek colleagues
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM) — Battle Creek city commissioner Jeff Domenico has filmed a four-part video on YouTube slamming his colleagues. The video, which can be seen here, “explains and expo...
Sep 17, 2015
Michigan unemployment falls to 5.1 percent
LANSING (WKZO-AM) — Michigan’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for August stood at 5.1 percent, which equals the national average. It’s the lowest monthly jobless mark in over ...
Sep 17, 2015
Breakdown takes nuclear power plant near Covert offline
COVERT (WKZO-AM) — The Palisades Nuclear Power Plant near Covert had to be shut down on Wednesday after turbine generator system equipment failed. The failure was in a non-nuclear part of the pl...
Sep 17, 2015
"Yes means yes" legislation introduced in Michigan House, Senate
LANSING (WKZO-AM) — A pair of Democratic state lawmakers have introduced matching bills in the House and Senate that would be aimed at the problem of sexual assaults on college campuses. Current...
Sep 17, 2015
