Category Archives: Top News Stories
WMU Sports and Event Management Club holding inaugural career fair next week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Western Michigan University Sports and Event Management Club will hold their inaugural career fair next week. The seniors in the club found there were not specific spo...
Mar 13, 2026
Stryker Corporation: All products safe to use after cyberattack
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Stryker Corporation says all of its products used at hospitals around the world remain safe to use after the Portage-based company was hit by a cyberattack. The Iranian-base...
Mar 13, 2026 Stryker logo. (Photo courtesy of Stryker).
Cleanup continues from Friday's four deadly tornadoes
THREE RIVERS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Cleanup efforts are continuing around southwest Michigan as a result of the four tornadoes that hit from Edwardsburg to Clarendon Township on Friday. Over 50 American R...
Mar 12, 2026
State House Republicans Spotlight "Project Lighthouse" Effort to Turn Back Renewable Energy Mandates
YouTube video courtesy Michigan House Republicans LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 12, 2026) - Energy was on the mind of majority Republicans in the state House on Wednesday. Speaker Matt Hall used his w...
Mar 12, 2026
Stryker Corporation hit by Iranian cyberattack
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Stryker Corporation in Portage has been hit by a cyberattack linked to Iran. The medical technology manufacturing company says they have had a "global network disruption to ...
Mar 12, 2026 Stryker logo. (Photo courtesy of Stryker).
Two boys, 14 and 16-years-old, arrested on weapons charges in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 14-year-old boy and a 16-year-old boy are both in the Kalamazoo County Juvenile Home on several weapons charges. The two were arrested Monday by the Kalamazoo Crime Redu...
Mar 11, 2026
AUDIO: WMU to purchase Newell Rubbermaid building
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Western Michigan University board of trustees has decided at a special meeting not to resell the former Newell Rubbermaid Research Facility at the BTR Park, but it was...
Mar 11, 2026 The Newell Rubbermaid facility at Western Michigan University (courtesy WMU)
Village of Vicksburg receives another $6,960,000 loan for sewer system upgrades
VICKSBURG, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Village of Vicksburg has just received another major financial boost for the continuing upgrade of its sewer system. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Developme...
Mar 10, 2026 (courtesy Village of Vicksburg)
Fire at Kalamazoo Metal Recyclers put out early Tuesday, causes concern for several hours about air quality
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It took firefighters over nine hours to put out a blaze at Kalamazoo Metal Recyclers. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says they were called to the metal recyclin...
Mar 10, 2026
Consumers Energy preparing for a mixture of freezing rain, thunderstorms and high winds to start moving across the state tonight
JACKSON, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Consumers Energy says it is preparing for severe weather expected to sweep across the state today and tomorrow. They say their line workers and other field crews are standin...
Mar 10, 2026 TTstudio / Depositphotos.com
