Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Aramark contract overseer leaves
LANSING (WKZO) — Nobody is saying whether Ed Buss was fired or resigned, but after less five months overseeing Aramark’s contract to manage the state’s prison food service, he’...
Jan 30, 2015
Deadline approaching to file General Motors claims
DETROIT (WKZO) — Saturday is the deadline to file claims with the General Motors victim compensation fund. That’s the last day the fund’s administrators will accept claims of death o...
Jan 30, 2015
St. Joseph County opens diversion assessment center
CENTREVILLE (WKZO) — St. Joseph County has opened one of eight diversion assessment centers in the state. Lieutenant Governor Brian Calley was joined in Centreville by Michigan Department of Cor...
Jan 30, 2015
Body found in Grand River
GRAND RAPIDS (WKZO) — Authorities are working to identify a body pulled out of the Grand River south of the Sixth Street Bridge and park Thursday afternoon. Grand Rapids police are ruling out th...
Jan 30, 2015
NAIAS attendance tops 2014
DETROIT (WKZO) — This year’s North American International Auto Show in Detroit is being touted as a success. Attendance topped 2014 by more than five-thousand, as 808-thousand-775 tickets ...
Jan 30, 2015
Lieutenant Governor's brother suspect in hit-and-run case
ORANGE (WKZO) — The brother of Michigan Lieutenant Governor Brian Calley is a suspect in a hit-and-run accident. John Calley is being questioned in connection with a hit-and-run incident in Oran...
Jan 30, 2015
State legislature leaders say revenue sharing, education won't be cut
LANSING (WKZO) — The chairs of the state House and Senate Appropriations Committees are in agreement that education funding and revenue sharing for local governments are untouchable in their wor...
Jan 30, 2015
Michigan U.S. Senators fall short in effort to amend Keystone XL bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKZO) — A proposal from Michigan’s two U.S. senators to add new regulations and oversight to pipelines running through the Great Lakes to the bill authorizing the Keyston...
Jan 30, 2015
State elevator inspector charged wtih fraud
LANSING (WKZO) — The state Elevator Inspector accused of playing golf and doing other personal activities when he was supposed to be working 84 times from 2012 to 2014 is facing charges. Three f...
Jan 30, 2015
New Battle Creek state lawmaker proposes bill
LANSING (WKZO) – A bill proposed by State Rep. John Bizon of Battle Creek would extend a law that allows retired teachers to return to work when the State Superintendent of Schools determines th...
Jan 30, 2015
