Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Gobles man held for running from police
GOBLES (WKZO) — A Gobles man is facing several charges after police say he led deputies on a high speed chase down icy county roadways, a chase that ended in the destruction of Christmas trees. ...
Jan 05, 2015
Half a dozen applicants still in running for vacant Kalamazoo Commission seat
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) — Kalamazoo City Commissioners have said goodbye to Commissioner Stephanie Moore and narrowed the list of candidates to replace her from 15 to 6. Commissioner Don Cooney said he...
Jan 05, 2015
Kalamazoo County Detectives looking for bank robber
OSHTEMO (WKZO) — Kalamazoo County Deputies could use your help to identify the bank robber who held up the Chemical Bank on West Main just before 3 p.m. Monday. The 6-foot tall white male walked...
Jan 05, 2015
Fatal fire on First St. in Battle Creek ruled accidental
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO) — Fire investigators say it appears that careless smoking was the cause of a fire on First Street in Battle Creek that has now claimed two lives. Smoke and flames were pourin...
Jan 05, 2015
Gasbuddy says local gas prices may spike this week
DEARBORN (WKZO) — AAA of Michigan says gas prices on average in Michigan have dropped another 14-cents in the past week. The statewide average now stands at $1.91/gallon. That's a $1.41 below wh...
Jan 05, 2015
Arctic blast claims three lives
KENT COUNTY (WKZO) — This latest round of wintry weather and hazardous road conditions have already claimed three lives. Counties to the north got hit harder and sooner than the southern countie...
Jan 05, 2015
Temperatures plunge as New Year begins
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) — Winter has snapped back with a vengeance, going from unusually mild to potentially dangerous over the last 24 hours. It was the combination of rain and freezing rain that left...
Jan 05, 2015
BD'S Mongolian Restaurant closed in Portage
PORTAGE (WKZO) — Rob Thomas, the owner of BD's Mongolian Grill on South Westnedge in Portage has issued a statement after closing the restaurant for the last time this weekend. He doesn't say wh...
Jan 05, 2015
Four wrecks in Van Buren County blamed on icy road surfaces
VAN BUREN COUNTY (WKZO) — There were over four dozen wrecks in Van Buren County over the weekend due to the icy roads. This is just four of them. Van Buren County Deputies responded to a pair of...
Jan 05, 2015
Washington Writers Academy reopens in Milwood
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) — The students at Washington Writers Academy, a Kalamazoo Public Elementary magnet school in the Edison neighborhood have a new school, beginning this week. They have been atten...
Jan 05, 2015
