Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
AUDIO: Man pleads guilty to killing girlfriend, dumping body on US-131
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man in the U.S. illegally from Mexico had pled guilty to shooting and killing his girlfriend in March in Grand Rapids and dumping her body on the side of US-131. Kent...
Sep 24, 2024
AUDIO: Detroit Tigers tickets hot as team starts final six-game homestand in playoff push
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Detroit Tigers start their final six-game homestand this afternoon against the Tampa Bay Rays and currently occupy the second wild card spot in the American League playo...
Sep 24, 2024 Dave Sizer / CC
Father of drunk driving victim and volleyball coach upset by sentence of driver
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The father of 30-year-old Brianna McPherson is livid with a judge for sentencing the 80-year-old man who hit and killed her while he was driving drunk to just a ye...
Sep 24, 2024 (courtesy Comstock Public Schools)
Man arraigned for Saturday robbery of Kalsee Credit Union
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 36-year-old Kalamazoo man is charged with four counts of bank robbery and one count of unarmed robbery. Police say Malcolm Graham robbed the Kalsee Credit Union on Porta...
Sep 24, 2024
AUDIO: MSP director visits WMU students in Cold Case Program
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Western Michigan University students taking part in the university's Cold Case Program with Michigan State Police welcomed MSP director Colonel James Grady the Second to c...
Sep 24, 2024
US House unanimously approves renaming Battle Creek Post Office for Sojourner Truth
WASHINGTON, DC (WKZO AM/FM) - The U.S. House of Representatives has voted unanimously to approve a bill to rename the Battle Creek Post Office. Congressman Bill Huizenga introduced the bill in May to ...
Sep 24, 2024 Sojourner Truth monument in Battle Creek, MI
WMU's three academic labor unions approve "no confidence" vote for President Edward Montgomery
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As negotiations continue on new contracts, all three of Western Michigan University's academic unions last week approved a vote of "no confidence" in university President ...
Sep 24, 2024 President Edward Montgomery of Western Michigan University. (Photo via WMU Announcement video).
UPDATE: Bicyclist Killed Identified, SUV Driver Arraigned After Late-Night Collision Near Pullman
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 23, 2024) - More details have been disclosed involving a fatal late-night collision between a bicyclist and a motorist near Pullman last Thursday. No names or any descri...
Sep 23, 2024 Joel Rojas-Chanito (photo courtesy Allegan Co. Sheriff's Dept.)
Kalamazoo County Undersheriff Jim VanDyken to retire, replacement named
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - With the retirement of Kalamazoo County Undersheriff Jim VanDyken at the end of the year, he is transitioning to a new position and current Chief Deputy Michelle Greenlee ...
Sep 23, 2024
Vandalia man hospitalized after collision between motorcycle, deer
CALVIN TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 68-year-old Vandalia man is hospitalized after he hit a deer in the road when he was on his motorcycle Saturday afternoon. The Cass County Sheriff's Office says Ch...
Sep 23, 2024
