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Wed, February 22, 2012

Kalamazoo Man Sentenced In Quincy Drug Death

GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WTVB) - A federal court judge in Grand Rapids on Tuesday handed down a sentence in connection with the drug death of ...

Wed, February 22, 2012

Kalamazoo County Board Rejects Homeless Millage

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO) -- After over two hours of impassioned debate and pleas, the Kalamazoo County Board has once again refused to put a housing ...

Wed, February 22, 2012

Suspect Expected To Be Charged With Open Murder

BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO) -- They were long-time friends and roommates but something must have boiled over because detectives say that 52-year-old Robert Curtis Nelson ...

Wed, February 22, 2012

Suspect Continues Bizarre Behavior

PAW PAW, MI (WKZO)  --   Wade Lewis, the suspect involved in a bizarre home invasion, car theft, and cross country chase on Sunday, continued to ...

Wed, February 22, 2012

Two Portage Police Officers Gone

PORTAGE, MI (WKZO)  --  There has been a shake-up in the middle-management of the Portage Police Department after allegations of on-duty dalliances with waitresses, conduct ...

Wed, February 22, 2012

Things Tighten Up In Michigan Primary

UNDATED, MI (WKZO)  --  If history is any guide, almost anything can happen in a Michigan Primary, and that’s why the vote next Tuesday ...

Tue, February 21, 2012

Kalamazoo Board Will Consider Homeless Millage

KALAMAZOO, MI  (WKZO) - The Kalamazoo County Board is scheduled to decide tonight whether or not to ask voters this fall to approve a 1 ...

Tue, February 21, 2012

Governor Opposes Kalamazoo’s Medical Marijuana Initiative

KALAMAZOO, MI (WTVB) - Kalamazoo City Commissioners were told last night that the governor opposes a petition initiative in Kalamazoo requiring the city permit three ...

Tue, February 21, 2012

Body Found In Fire

FABIUS TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO) St. Joseph County fire investigators and Police are dealing with a double mystery.  How did a fire begin in one ...

Tue, February 21, 2012

Covert Man May Be Sent For Psychiatric Exam

COVERT, MI (WTVB) - A man from Covert who police say led them on a two county high speed chase on Sunday had contact with ...

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