Category Archives: Top News Stories
State House Republicans boycott session Wednesday, holding press conference today
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Republican lawmakers in the Michigan House did not show up for session on Wednesday as they are protesting the refusal of House Speaker Joe Tate to take up the issue of tipp...
Dec 19, 2024 Exterior of Michigan Capitol building (courtesy State of Michigan)
Michigan State Police say Hartford Township murder suspect arrested in Indiana
HARTFORD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State Police troopers are investigating the murder of a 35-year-old Watervliet man. He was found dead Saturday shortly before 7 a.m. in the 66000 block of...
Dec 18, 2024 Michigan State Police - Photo by Jeana Gondek
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County awarded $18.9 million EPA grant
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County has been awarded an $18.9 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to make homes more energy efficient. Climate stability coordinator Taylor...
Dec 18, 2024
Kalamazoo and Calhoun County prosecutors among those critical of proposed sentencing changes
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Members of the Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan, including the Kalamazoo and Calhoun County prosecutors are speaking out ahead of a week that could see the Mich...
Dec 17, 2024 tomloel / Depositphotos.com
Governor Whitmer announces two economic development projects for Kalamazoo County
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two economic development projects in Portage and Schoolcraft will result in over $25 million in capital investment and the creation of 64 new jobs. Governor Whitmer announce...
Dec 17, 2024 Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer at a news conference in Taiwan March 4, 2024 (courtesy Focus Taiwan)
Kalamazoo city commission approves $1.5 million for RX Kids
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - If all goes as planned, Kalamazoo will be the second city in Michigan to have a RX Kids plan. Flint was the first to come up with the innovative program to provide expecta...
Dec 17, 2024 (Courtesy City of Flint)
AUDIO: MSP still investigating I-94 box truck crash that injured two firefighters
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State Police are not saying when they will be finished with the investigation into last week's icy road crash that wrecked a couple of fire trucks, and in...
Dec 17, 2024
AUDIO: 2025 city of Kalamazoo budget has $500,000 for the homeless
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's a holiday surprise for Kalamazoo's homeless. Kalamazoo city commissioners held a public hearing for their 2025 budget, announcing a late amendment to set aside money ...
Dec 17, 2024 Kalamazoo City Hall in winter. (Photo by John McNeil)
Kalamazoo man found guilty of first-degree murder in shooting death last August
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 22-year-old Kalamazoo man has been convicted of murder in the shooting death of another man in 2023. The Kalamazoo County Circuit Court jury Friday found Axel Armando Zu...
Dec 16, 2024 zolnierek / Depositphotos.com
God's Kitchen of Michigan to hold three Christmas dinners this week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - God's Kitchen of Michigan will hold three Christmas dinners this week. The first two will be in Battle Creek Wednesday, followed by the third in Kalamazoo on Thursday. On ...
Dec 16, 2024
