Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Meth Raid in Osthemo apartment where children were living
OSHTEMO (WKZO) — A noontime raid Tuesday on a suspected meth-house in an apartment at 683 S. Drake Avenue in Oshtemo turned up suspected meth components, discarded one-pot meth cooks and evidenc...
Jan 28, 2015
Suspected drug dealer attempts stealth strategy on Van Buren Deputies
PAW PAW (WKZO) — A 24-year-old man from Kalamazoo is in custody in Van Buren County after he was stopped with 4.85 grams of cocaine in his vehicle. Deputies tried to pull his Chevy Tahoe over on...
Jan 28, 2015
Blind man suing Redford Township Police over being tasered
REDFORD (WKZO) — The Redford Township Police Department is facing a lawsuit from a blind man who says officers used a Taser on him last August without cause. Carl Leatherberry says police came t...
Jan 27, 2015
Representative Miller tours border security operations
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKZO) — Congresswoman Candice Miller is back from a three day tour of the Department of Homeland Security’s Southwest border security operations. She says that she and he...
Jan 27, 2015
Legislation aims to help veterans get service dogs
LANSING (WKZO) — A state senator who did two tours in Iraq wants to help ease the transition for veterans returning from their tours of duty. Senator David Knezek is hoping to make it easier for...
Jan 27, 2015
Flint no longer on FBI crime report due to population decline
FLINT (WKZO) — Flint is no longer listed on the FBI’s crime report, but not because conditions in the city have improved. The FBI has dropped the city from the list for the first time in d...
Jan 27, 2015
Stabenow named co-chair of Senate Great Lakes Task Force
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKZO) — Michigan’s senior U.S. senator will serve as the co-chair of the Senate Great Lakes Task Force. Senator Debbie Stabenow will chair the task force along with Illin...
Jan 27, 2015
Michigan to receive nearly 68-million dollars from HUD
DETROIT (WKZO) — Hundreds of projects in Michigan will benefit from nearly 68-million dollars in grant money from the U.S. Housing and Urban Development office. The amount is the state’s p...
Jan 27, 2015
Bob Newhart coming to Tulip Festival
HOLLAND (WKZO) — Comedian and actor Bob Newhart is going to perform at the 2015 Tulip Time Festival in Holland. He’s replacing comedian Bill Engvall, who canceled his planned appearance be...
Jan 27, 2015
Rich getting richer in Michigan
LANSING (WKZO) — The rich are getting richer and the middle class are staying about the same in Michigan. That’s according to a new report from the Economic Policy Institute showing wage i...
Jan 27, 2015
