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Vacant mobile home in Portage destroyed by fire
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A vacant mobile home in Portage has been destroyed by a fire. Portage Public Safety says they were called to the 5200 block of Dutchess Drive in the Colonial Acres Manufactu...
Dec 12, 2024 Portage fire truck. (Photo courtesy City of Portage).
"Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" holiday motoring safety initiative underway
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO-AM/FM) - We're still a week and a half away from the calendar start of the Christmas/New Year season, but it's never too early for those in brown, black or blue to be vigilant on roa...
Dec 12, 2024 The "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" road enforcement initiative. (Image courtesy National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
AUDIO: NRC says Palisades won't restart if it doesn't pass inspections
COVERT TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission wants it to be clear to everyone that if the Palisades nuclear power plant in Covert Township does not pass inspections, it...
Dec 12, 2024
Man pleads guilty to killing ex-girlfriend in 2023
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo man has entered a guilty plea to a charge of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of his former girlfriend outside her mother's apartment in May 2023. Je...
Dec 12, 2024 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
AAA predicting record number of travelers for the year-end holiday period
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Holiday travel numbers this year are at record highs. Almost 120-million will travel at leave 50 miles away from home, according to Triple-A. With Christmas Day falling on ...
Dec 12, 2024
Lawton man pleads guilty to fatally stabbing ex-girlfriend
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Lawton faces decades in prison after pleading guilty to killing his ex-girlfriend at her apartment in Kalamazoo. Wednesday morning Jeff Kucharski pled guilty to second d...
Dec 11, 2024 tomloel / Depositphotos.com
Portage launches Portage Pocket Pay eGift Card program
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Portage is launching its Portage Pocket Pay eGift Card to support local businesses and encourage people to shop locally. They can be purchased online in customiz...
Dec 11, 2024 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
Dorr man sentenced for attack on Allegan County Sheriff's deputy
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A west Michigan man will spend between 19 and 40-years in prison for seriously injuring an Allegan County Sheriff's deputy in an attack in September 2023. Thirty-seven-year-...
Dec 11, 2024 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Recount gives Steve Frisbie 79-vote win in state House District 44
MARSHALL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Republican Calhoun County commissioner Steve Frisbie has won the state House District 44 race after a hand recount. Frisbie defeated Democratic incumbent Representative Jim...
Dec 11, 2024 Exterior of Michigan Capitol building (courtesy State of Michigan)
Federal funding to address flooding issues in Kalamazoo, restoration of the Kalamazoo River in downtown Battle Creek
WASHINGTON D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) - A bipartisan water infrastructure bill that overwhelmingly passed the U.S. House Tuesday provides money for several projects in southwest Michigan, including Kalamazoo a...
Dec 11, 2024 Flooding in Kalamazoo. (Photo by John McNeil).
