Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Protesters turn out Saturday to picket truck repair shop
GRANDVILLE (WKZO) — There was a lot of agreement between the folks gathered outside DieselTec in Grandville on Saturday, separated by a yellow caution tape when about three dozen protestors turn...
Apr 19, 2015
9th Street Postal Service sorting operation consolidated in Grand Rapids
OSHTEMO (WKZO) — Monday, most of the mail that used to go through the processing center on Ninth Street will instead be trucked up to Grand Rapids for sorting and redistribution. That means if y...
Apr 19, 2015
Michigan retail giant A. Alfred Taubman dies
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MICHIGAN (WKZO) –A billionaire philanthropist and retail pioneer from Michigan credited with inventing the shopping mall concept is dead at age 91. A. Alfred Taubman died Frida...
Apr 19, 2015
Zapata events raise money for foundation
TEXAS TOWNSHIP (WKZO) — They held the 4th annual EZ 5-k run Saturday morning, a fundraiser for the Eric Zapata Foundation in memory of the slain Public Safety Officer. Hundreds participated, som...
Apr 18, 2015
Wooden covered bridge to be rebuilt
LOWELL (WKZO)– You can never replace the original but the Whites Bridge Historical Society has raised enough money to build a replica of the original covered wooden bridge near Lowell that was b...
Apr 18, 2015
Maple St. Magnet school makes improvements
LANSING (WKZO) — State School Superintendent Mike Flanagan has taken 27 school buildings off a list of over 250 on a statewide list of schools that were under the "priority" supervision of the M...
Apr 18, 2015
Formal charges issued against former Assistant Prosecutor
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) –A Felony drunken driving charge has been filed against 27-year-old Paige Timmer, who happened to be An Assistant Prosecutor in Kalamazoo County at the time. Timmer's blood alco...
Apr 18, 2015
"Freezer Mom" may spur legislation
DETROIT (WKZO) — Detroit lawmaker Stephanie Chang is proposing legislation that would require that parents who homeschool their children be regulated and periodically inspected, for the sake of ...
Apr 18, 2015
Kalamazoo Public Safety needs your help to find Ronnie Smith Jr.
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) — Kalamazoo Public Safety is asking for the public's help to locate Ronnie Deval Smith Jr. Who managed to run away from police on foot on Thursday because they already had suspe...
Apr 18, 2015
Rick Snyder to tour country talking about Michigan's recovery
ANN ARBOR (WKZO) — Money is being raised privately to allow Governor Snyder to tour the country, ostensibly to tout Michigan's turnaround but also to test the waters for a Presidential bid accor...
Apr 18, 2015
