Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Battle Creek Police work with DEA in several drug busts
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO) — Few details have been released, but the Battle Creek Police Special Investigations Unit, Gang Suppression Unit, Emergency Response Team, and South West Enforcement Team mad...
Jan 15, 2015
Michigan State Police to move out of Lansing headquarters
LANSING (WKZO) — Michigan State Police will be moving out of their five-year-old headquarters in downtown Lansing to the State Secondary Complex in Dimondale, just south of the capital city. Sta...
Jan 15, 2015
Fish affected by diabetes medication in Lake Michigan
LANSING (WKZO) — Drugs and their byproducts are making their way into Lake Michigan miles from sewage discharge pipes and they’re hurting the fish. According to new research out of the Uni...
Jan 15, 2015
Bashara sentenced to life in prison
DETROIT (WKZO) — Bob Bashara has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the death of his wife Jane in 2012. Wayne County Judge Vonda Evans handed down the verdict after hearing Bash...
Jan 15, 2015
Governor Snyder appoints judges in Kalamazoo County
LANSING (WKZO) — Governor Rick Snyder has appointed new judges to Kalamazoo County. Chief Judge Paul J. Bridenstine has been appointed to the 9th Circuit Court and Christopher Haenicke to the 8t...
Jan 15, 2015
Judge rules state must recognize 300 same-sex marriages
DETROIT (WKZO) — A federal judge is ordering the state to recognize hundreds of same-sex marriages. U.S. District Judge Mark Goldsmith called marriage a “fundamental right” in his op...
Jan 15, 2015
State agency predicts major budget shortfall
LANSING (WKZO) — An already dismal financial picture just got gloomier. The state’s House Fiscal Agency says the general fund is looking at an estimated 454-million dollar shortfall. The e...
Jan 15, 2015
Study finds Michigan has nation's tenth highest cigarette smuggling rate
MIDLAND (WKZO) — A new study from the Mackinac Center for Public Policy finds 25-percent of all cigarettes smoked in Michigan in 2013 were smuggled into the state, the 10th highest percentage in...
Jan 15, 2015
Data shows Asian carp eDNA very close to Lake Michigan
CHICAGO (WKZO) — Sampling results from the Chicago Area Waterway System by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service indicate the presence of environmental DNA from Asian carp closer than ever before t...
Jan 15, 2015
98th Michigan legislative session opens
LANSING (WKZO) — State lawmakers are back at work in Lansing with the start of the new term on Wednesday. Not a lot will be done for the next several weeks other than getting organized, but new ...
Jan 15, 2015
