Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
WMU hockey team captain charged with sexual assault
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Western Michigan University hockey team captain has been charged with sexual assault. WOOD TV reporting that Paul Washe was arraigned in Kalamazoo County Friday, Februa...
Feb 25, 2022
Kalamazoo Township woman stabbed and burned, suspect is in custody
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 51-year-old Kalamazoo Township woman is hospitalized in stable condition after police say she was stabbed and burned in her own home. The Township of Kalamazoo ...
Feb 25, 2022
Colon man robbed at gunpoint when he thought he was meeting a woman he met online
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Calhoun County Sheriff's Office says a Colon man who thought he was meeting a woman he met online was robbed at gunpoint outside of Battle Creek Monday. Police say the ...
Feb 25, 2022 Calhoun County Sheriff's Office cruisers. (Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office).
Two charged with abusing, killing their elderly grandfather in Allegan County
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two Allegan County men are being charged with killing their 82-year-old grandfather. William Fitzhugh died in December 2021 after being hospitalized since October for broken...
Feb 25, 2022 27-year-old Christopher Fitzhugh and 24-year old Cory Nethery (courtesy of the Allegan County Sheriff's Department)
Winter Blast Half Marathon, 10k & 5k road closures and traffic alerts
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The 10th Annual Portage Winter Blast Half Marathon, 10k and 5k, presented in partnership with Komen Foundation, Kalamazoo Area Runners, and the City of Portage scheduled ...
Feb 24, 2022 Traffic signal
Kalamazoo man gets 23 year sentence for trafficking meth
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Kalamazoo man received a more than 20-year sentence for meth trafficking. 50-year-old Maurice Shanta Carson was sentenced to 23 years in prison for intent to distribute...
Feb 24, 2022 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Comstock Public Schools' mask mandate halted by Kalamazoo County Judge
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Kalamazoo County Judge temporarily halted Comstock Public School's mask mandate on Thursday, February 24. This comes as a group of parents filed a lawsuit on Wednesday,...
Feb 24, 2022 Jernej Furman / CC
Rep. Hall helps push tax cut plan through State House committees Thursday
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A local state lawmaker who chairs the House Tax Policy Committee is applauding a tax cut plan that he says will provide real tax relief for people across Michigan in the fac...
Feb 24, 2022 Michigan State Representative Matt Hall (courtesy of Michigan House of Representatives)
State ag officials issue warning to poultry owners after avian bird flu detected in Kalamazoo County
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - What's typically called avian bird flu has been detected in Kalamazoo County. The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) says following an investig...
Feb 24, 2022 Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development logo
As Kalamazoo plant expands, date set for closing Graphic Packaging site in Battle Creek, 200 jobs to be lost
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As its footprint continues to grow in Kalamazoo, the Graphic Packaging International paper mill in Battle Creek is preparing to shut down in August, with 200 layoffs ex...
Feb 24, 2022 Graphic Packaging International Logo
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