Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
West Michigan may have been the home of another serial killer
PACIFICA (WKZO) –A Muskegon Heights native who has spent most of the last several decades in prison on unrelated charges is accused of being the “Gypsy Hill Killer” who terrorized th...
Jan 24, 2015
Measles case recorded in Eastern Michigan
OAKLAND COUNTY (WKZO) –Here is another disease to worry about. The first case of Measles to be reported in Michigan this year has been identified in Oakland County in an adult. They are trying t...
Jan 24, 2015
Medawar Jewelers fends off another attack by robbers
GRAND RAPIDS (WKZO) — For the third time someone has tried to rob Medawar Jewelers on Plainfield Ave. in Grand Rapids, and for the third time, most of them have been captured. The suspects enter...
Jan 24, 2015
Milwood Elementary will be closed this summer for remodeling
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) — Kalamazoo Schools Supt. Michael Rice says Milwood Elementary will be the next school to get a major overhaul. The northern wing built in 1921, will be demolished and replaced ...
Jan 24, 2015
Poll shows May road ballot question may be in trouble
LANSING (WKZO) — A new poll, the first conducted on the possible success of that road construction ballot in May shows supporters have some work to do to sell it. Right now 49% oppose it and onl...
Jan 24, 2015
Orr named adviser in Atlantic City bankruptcy
DETROIT (WKZO) — Former Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr has been named an adviser to Atlantic City’s new emergency manager. On Thursday, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie issued an ex...
Jan 23, 2015
Religious Freedom Bill Filed In Senate
LANSING (WKZO) — A religious freedom bill that made it through the House last year but didn’t get to the governor’s desk is back this year. The Religious Freedom Restoration Act was ...
Jan 23, 2015
Brookings Institution finds Grand Rapids economy among world's best
GRAND RAPIDS (WKZO) — A new study from the Brookings Institution finds the Grand Rapids metro area had the ninth-fastest growing economy in the country in 2014. Compared to the 300 largest citie...
Jan 23, 2015
Many automakers bypass Super Bowl ads
DETROIT (WKZO) — Fans watching this year’s Super Bowl will not see ads from several automakers. While eleven different brands bought ad time last year, only a handful have committed to com...
Jan 23, 2015
Central Michigan University student suspended for gun-related threat
MT. PLEASANT (WKZO) — A 37-year-old Central Michigan University student is banned from campus after making a threat against a professor. CMU police call it “poor judgment” by the stu...
Jan 23, 2015
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