Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Study: Hiring for college graduates should pick up, but more must be done to shore up community colleges
UNDATED (WKZO-AM) — A study just released by the University of Michigan suggests that employers plan to hire 15 percent more graduates this year than last, especially if they have engineering or...
Oct 11, 2015
Crooks converting your converters into cash near Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) — Kalamazoo Township Police need your help to locate two men who may be involved in the theft of Catalytic Converters from the West Side of the Kalamazoo metro-area. Township Po...
Oct 10, 2015
$20K presented to Kalamazoo Habitat for Humanity
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Kalamazoo Valley Habitat for Humanity has accepted a $20,000 check from Consumers Energy to help reduce the utility bills of low-income residents in the Kalamazoo metropoli...
Oct 09, 2015
Student loan default rates lower in Michigan
WASHINGTON (WKZO-AM) — The U.S. Department of Education says student loan default rates at Michigan colleges are on the decline. Among graduates that have been paying back their loans since Sept...
Oct 09, 2015
School districts beginning to review preliminary count numbers
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Local schools are beginning to crunch the numbers after Wednesday’s count day. Changes among the public school districts weren’t all that noticeable. According ...
Oct 09, 2015
No big changes for WMU police this weekend, increased presence by KPS
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Western Michigan University Police Chief Scott Merlo says officers with the agency will remain focused on finding impaired drivers, minors drinking alcohol and getting peop...
Oct 09, 2015
Teen recovering from shooting in apartment parking lot, suspect still at large
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Kalamazoo Public Safety is looking for a man who shot a 17-year-old girl in the leg. It happened north of Alamo Drive in the parking lot of the Fox Ridge Apartments before ...
Oct 09, 2015
Michigan Senate passes legislation prohibiting city dog breed bans
LANSING (WKZO-AM) — The Michigan Senate has approved a bill that would make local bans on particular dog breeds illegal. It passed 25-11. Twenty-seven communities in Michigan have outlawed owner...
Oct 09, 2015
Convicted killer living in Holland found with guns, drugs
HOLLAND (WKZO-AM) — A Holland man convicted in Illinois 18 years ago of murder and attempted murder is in custody on federal gun and drug charges. According to prosecutors, law enforcement seize...
Oct 09, 2015
Card skimmer found inside gas pump in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM) — Agriculture officials have found another skimmer attached to the card reader in a gas pump at a BP station on Capitol Avenue near Interstate 94 in Battle Creek. It’...
Oct 09, 2015
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