Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Amway sales down eight-percent
ADA (WKZO) — Amway sales fell eight-percent in 2014, with a decline in China playing a role along with a stronger U.S. dollar. Company President Doug DeVos tells the “Grand Rapids Press...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 05, 2015
Michigan House Republicans release their 'Action Plan'
LANSING (WKZO) — Michigan's House republicans have released their 18-page "Action Plan” for the up coming legislative session. It's their list of priority legislation and it was released d...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 05, 2015
Governor Rick Snyder still working from hospital bed
ANN ARBOR (WKZO)– Governor Rick Snyder has been admitted to an Ann Arbor Hospital with a suspected blood clot in the leg, what they suspect is a side-effect from his injured Achilles tendon. The...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 05, 2015
No charges will be filed against Kalamazoo Psychiatric Hospital employees
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) — Kalamazoo County Prosecutor Jeff Getting says he will not be pursuing charges against any of the 16-patient care workers at the Kalamazoo Psychiatric Hospital following allega...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 05, 2015
Some Ford workers get pay raise
DETROIT (WKZO) — Ford Motor Company’s recent announcement of additional jobs at three plants that build the F-150 pickup means some current workers are getting a raise. The automaker says ...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 05, 2015
Report: Online education failing students
LANSING (WKZO) — A new report finds that the more classes a high school student takes on-line the less successful they are academically. It is particularly troubling because 38-percent more stud...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 05, 2015
Second driver in Muskegeon hit-and-run charged
MUSKEGON (WKZO) — The woman who stopped and called police after hitting a man lying in the road on Apple Avenue in Muskegon is now facing charges. Ronna Lifer was the second driver to hit Rory R...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 05, 2015
Pfizer buying Hospira for 15-billion dollars
NEW YORK (WKZO) — Drugmaker Pfizer is buying Hospira for just over 15-billion dollars. Pfizer said the deal is a good fit with its “global established pharmaceutical business” and wo...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 05, 2015
Governor Snyder moving to downtown Ann Arbor condo
LANSING (WKZO) — Governor Snyder is moving to a downtown Ann Arbor condo with his wife, Sue. The couple purchased the home for 1.5-million dollars, and are planning a 500-thousand dollar additio...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 05, 2015
Michigan International Auto Shows begins
GRAND RAPIDS (WKZO) — The Michigan International Auto Show is starting in Grand Rapids. International manufacturers will show off more than 300 new sedans, vans, SUVs, trucks, sports cars and hy...
localnews@mwcradio.com Feb 05, 2015




