Category Archives: Top News Stories
AUDIO: Kalamazoo city commissioners will decide how to spend remaining ARPA money
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - With the deadline looming, Kalamazoo city commissioners will take final action on how they obligate remaining American Rescue Plan Act funding tonight, making sure they ha...
Dec 16, 2024 Pictures of Money / CC
Michigan's average gas price back above $3
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan's average gasoline price has gone back above $3 a gallon, rising ten-cents in the past week to $3.04. Triple-A Michigan says the price is 13-cents less than last m...
Dec 16, 2024
Kalamazoo city commission to hold budget public hearing tonight
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo city commissioners will hold a public hearing on their 2025 budget tonight and the bottom line is way up from the typical city budget, mostly because of hikes in...
Dec 16, 2024 Kalamazoo City Hall in winter. (Photo by John McNeil)
Richland Township home total loss after fire
RICHLAND TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There were no injuries, but a house in Kalamazoo County's Richland Township is likely a total loss after a fire Saturday afternoon. The home is located on M-89 nea...
Dec 14, 2024 Arseni Mourzenko
Second teen in Jack Snyder's murder pleads guilty to killing him
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A second teenager has pled guilty to an open murder charge in the death of Battle Creek Central High School senior Jack Snyder in February 2023. 15-year-old Justice Chi...
Dec 13, 2024 Photo take from the family's GoFundMe page.
MSP Paw Paw post commander graduates from FBI National Academy
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The commander of the Michigan State Police Paw Paw post has graduated from the FBI National Academy. First Lieutenant Scott Ernstes graduated this week as a member of the 29...
Dec 13, 2024
AUDIO: Commencement, bowl game make Saturday a great day to be a Bronco
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Saturday is going to be a great day to be a Bronco. It will mean that all Western Michigan University students will be done with finals for fall term, and will begin a lon...
Dec 13, 2024 (courtesy Western Michigan University)
AUDIO: WMU launching search for new president with Dr. Montgomery's retirement looming
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The search has begun for Western Michigan University's 10th president as Dr. Edward Montgomery has announced his plans for retirement. Board chair Shelly Edgerton says the...
Dec 13, 2024 Western Michigan University President Edward Montgomery (courtesy WMU)
All-MIAA basketball player killed in Wednesday night I-94 crash
EMMETT TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A Detroit man who was an All-M.I.A.A. basketball player for two seasons at Trine University in Angola, Indiana was killed on Wednesday night in a crash on westbound I...
Dec 12, 2024 Courtesy Trine University
Box truck loses control on EB I-94, damages several emergency vehicles
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Three Comstock Fire vehicles and one Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office cruiser were hit and damaged by a box truck that lost control on eastbound I-94 just east of...
Dec 12, 2024
