Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Chunk of truck falls off and kills two near Kalamazoo
PORTAGE (WKZO)– A freakish accident on I-94 in Portage has now claimed two lives. It began early Saturday afternoon when two wheels attached at the axle broke off a westbound tanker trailer, and...
Jun 01, 2015
Pelletier sisters to be formally charged after stand-off in Portage
PORTAGE (WKZO) — Two female members of the Pelletier family are expected to be arraigned in court Monday or Tuesday for trespass and resisting arrest charges after they had to be tear-gassed out...
Jun 01, 2015
Marvin Gabrion tries new tactic to avoid execution
TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA (WKZO) — Marvin Gabrion, a west Michigan man and convicted killer who was given the death penalty for the death of a 19-year-old woman has exhausted all his appeals, but he ...
May 31, 2015
Royalty to visit Grand Rapids
GRAND RAPIDS (WKZO) — West Michigan will be the destination for a royal visit this week as part of a three day itinerary for King Willem-Alexander and Queen Mxima of the Netherlands, but Holland...
May 31, 2015
New rules for breast cancer screening take effect June first
LANSING (WKZO)– Beginning Monday, women with dense breast tissue must be notified in writing and encouraged to consider additional tests, because simple mammograms may not always reveal life thr...
May 31, 2015
Illinois woman killed in strange collision on I-94.
PORTAGE (WKZO) — A freakish accident on I-94 has claimed the life of an Illinois woman. Portage Public Safety officers say the 67-year-old died when the car she was in was struck by a Tandem Whe...
May 31, 2015
Pelletier sisters arrested after stand off with police in Portage
PORTAGE (WKZO) — The month's long stand-off between Police and the Pelletier family has ended, once again with violence. It all began when Sean Pelletier's mom tried to evict him and his two sis...
May 31, 2015
Assisted care worker charged with elderly abuse
KENT COUNTY (WKZO)– A caregiver at a West Michigan Assisted Care center has been arrested and charged with abusing an elderly patient. It's not clear why 21-year-old Tyler Malone was finally cha...
May 30, 2015
New charges in old sex abuse case in Jackson
JACKSON (WKZO)– Former Jackson Lumen Christi High School Priest and teacher James Rapp, who is already doing 40 years in Oklahoma for sex crimes, is facing 13 new charges for sexual abuse dating...
May 30, 2015
Sturgis burglar sought-have you seen his teen
STURGIS (WKZO) — As the technology has gone digital and prices have dropped, more and more homes have begun to install sophisticated video surveillance systems. The young burglar who broke into ...
May 30, 2015
