Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
New audit blames feds in part for GM ignition switch woes
WASHINGTON D.C. (WKZO) — A new government audit that has not yet been released, will claim that the federal government also has to shoulder some of the blame for faulty GM ignition systems. The ...
Jun 20, 2015
Drug bust in the Cereal City
BATTLE CREEK (WKZ0) Acting on tips about drug sales, Battle Creek police obtained a warrant and raided a building at the corner of Grove St. and Washington on Friday. They seized suspected crack cocai...
Jun 20, 2015
Fatal crash kills one in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK (WKZ0) — No names have been released but Battle Creek Police say that a crash between a van and a car has left one person dead. They say a car headed south on Clark road blew throug...
Jun 20, 2015
Yankees clobber tigers in the Bronx
NEW YORK (WKZO)– Alex Rodriguez collected his 3,000th career hit in the Yankees’ 7-2 win over the Tigers in New York. A-Rod slugged a solo homer in the first to join the 3,000-hit club. Br...
Jun 20, 2015
Church and State united against hate
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) — It was a religious and municipal show of force at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Kalamazoo as the area's pastors came together with city officials to take a stand against the kind...
Jun 19, 2015
Faster test results for safer Michigan beaches
LANSING (WKZO) — Michigan will be the first state to monitor beaches using a new rapid test technology that they are adapting for water quality. It can identify E.coli DNA in a water sample in a...
Jun 19, 2015
"Freezer Mom" says send me to prison
DETROIT (WKZO) — Mitchelle Blair told a Wayne County Judge Friday she would “happily” do a sentence of life in prison for killing two of her children. The Detroit woman was found com...
Jun 19, 2015
Amy Pelletier bound over for trial
KALAMAZOO (WKZO)– 39-year-old Amy Pelletier, one of the two sisters involved in an armed stand-off with police earlier this month has waived her preliminary hearing and will proceed to trial. On...
Jun 19, 2015
Death by train investigated in Mattawan
MATTAWAN (WKZO) — Police in Mattawan have released the name of a man who they believe may have intentionally stepped out in front of an Amtrak train on Thursday. They are investigating the death...
Jun 19, 2015
Two record fish confirmed by the Department of Natural Resources
LANSING (WKZO) Two new state-record fish have been caught in West Michigan, but they couldn't be more different. The Department of Natural Resources says bowfisherman Sage Colgrove of Muskegon shot a ...
Jun 19, 2015
