Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Detroit mom to be charged for allegedly freezing murdered children
DETROIT (WKZO) — A Detroit mother is being charged with child abuse for now…but more serious charges are likely after autopsies are completed on her two children, who were found dead, thei...
Mar 26, 2015
Unemployment numbers for February drop
LANSING (WKZO) — Michigan's unadjusted unemployment rate for February is as low as it has been since the beginning of the Michigan recession in 2001, the downturn that preceded the Great Recessi...
Mar 26, 2015
Kalamazoo man on trial fot killing his infant son
KALAMAZOO (WKZO)– Prosecutors may put the credibility of Brian Roberts on trial as he faces First Degree Felony Murder charges for the death of his two year old son, Nehemia Dodd. Roberts, who h...
Mar 26, 2015
New name for Wings Stadium
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) — In the start of several proposed changes over the upcoming off-season, Wings Stadium has been rebranded as Wings Event Center. Officials say that the new name will best encomp...
Mar 25, 2015
WMU researcher says getting a college degree is a good thing
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) — A researcher at WMU has done an investigation in defense of getting a college degree, after a number of reports that claim that getting one just isn't worth the time or the st...
Mar 25, 2015
Armed drug dealer busted in Kalamazoo's Edison neighborhood
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) — An 18-year-old suspected drug dealer is being held on a variety of gun and drug charges after leading Public Safety officers on a foot chase through the Edison neighborhood ea...
Mar 25, 2015
The higher price of road construction
PORTAGE (WKZO) — Portage City officials had to find additional funding after their biggest road project of the summer came in at bids way over their budget. There will be three major constructio...
Mar 25, 2015
Suspected child abuser now charged with open murder
ALLEGAN (WKZO) — Open murder charges have now been filed against Jonathan Colby, a 22-year-old Allegan man whose three-month-old son died on December 3rd. The Allegan County Medical Examiner's O...
Mar 25, 2015
SAT's AND ACT's will no longer be required at Kalamazoo College
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) — Kalamazoo College will drop the requirement for the fall class of 2016, that applicants supply either their ACT or SAT score. Officials at the private college say from now on ...
Mar 25, 2015
Public Safety Officer wants his job back
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO) — A former Kalamazoo Public Safety officer has filed a grievance to recover his job after he was fired late last year for allegedly using the services of a Battle Creek prost...
Mar 25, 2015
