Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Fat Tuesday means Paczki in Michigan
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) — For a lot of people the day before Lent is called Fat Tuesday but in Michigan and other Midwest cities with large Polish populations it’s called Paczki day. A paczki is ...
Feb 17, 2015
Accident at Bittersweet injures 12-year-old Boy Scout from Indiana
BITTERSWEET SKI RESORT (WKZO)–12-year-old Samuel Root of Lafayette, Indiana was critically injured but is recovering after his scarf got caught in a tow rope at Bittersweet Ski Resort Saturday. ...
Feb 17, 2015
After much debate Kalamazoo Commissioners approve Southtown design standards
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) – In one of the more contentious issues the Kalamazoo Commission has dealt with in recent memory, the commission voted narrowly to approve Design Review Standards for a portion ...
Feb 17, 2015
Kalamazoo Transit Authority has a "bold vision" to expand service if voters say 'yes'
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) — Kalamazoo's Metro Transit Authority will be asking voters in the metropolitan area who have access to line haul service to approve a .75 mil assessment this summer. The reques...
Feb 17, 2015
Wife of Kalamazoo Public Safety officer shoots home invader
SCHOOLCRAFT TOWNSHIP (WKZO) — There will be no charges considered against the wife of a Kalamazoo Public Safety Officer who shot a burglar over the weekend, after the man smashed out a window to...
Feb 17, 2015
Authorities think murder suspect may have crossed into Canada
(Coburn Gore, ME) — The search for a West Michigan murder suspect is now focused on a border town in Maine. Allison Lemont recognized Harold “Butch” Knight in a photo as a man she at...
Feb 16, 2015
It will likely remain well below freezing all week
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) — This is one time when looking out your window isn't going to tell you the whole story about the weather, because you cannot see just how truly cold it is. John Feerick at Accu...
Feb 16, 2015
Public Safety Chief Hadley updates community on progress
Kalamazoo Public Safety Chief Jeff Hadley delivered a Valentine's Day blog to the community, saying they are bracing themselves to receive the recommendations of the President's Task Force on 21st Cen...
Feb 16, 2015
Sunny but cold, followed by cloudy and cold
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) - Kalamazoo and Battle Creek never got the blizzard-like conditions predicted for the area, but the counties to the south and west were hit hard by Lake Effect snow. Cass County offic...
Feb 15, 2015
Michigan Democrats meet in Detroit to get organized
DETROIT (WKZO) — Despite devastating losses in state races last fall, Lon Johnson has been unanimously re-elected as chair of the Michigan Democratic Party for a second term. Now the push will b...
Feb 15, 2015
