Category Archives: Top News Stories
AUDIO: Thanksgiving travel could set record
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - If you're heading to relatives or friends this Thanksgiving, you'll have a lot of company, kicking off on Tuesday. Triple-A Michigan's Adrienne Woodland says it's expected ...
Nov 25, 2024
Michigan's gas price down 12-cents a gallon
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - With the Thanksgiving holiday around the corner, Michigan's average gas price is down 12-cents a gallon to start the week at $3.01. AAA Michigan says that's down 17-cents f...
Nov 25, 2024
AUDIO: Communities in Schools of Kalamazoo giving away Thanksgiving meal fixings this week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Hundreds of low-income families in Kalamazoo will receive all the fixings they need to make their own Thanksgiving meals this week from Communities in Schools of Kalamazoo...
Nov 25, 2024 Paulo O / CC
One killed after being struck by Amtrak train in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Few details have been released after Amtrak train struck and killed a pedestrian near downtown Kalamazoo Saturday afternoon. The accident happened near West Main Street an...
Nov 24, 2024 Richard Eriksson / CC
Hall proposes road plan he hopes will pass during lame duck session
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Incoming Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Township) Friday unveiled a plan that he says will fix Michigan's roads and bridges, that he hopes will be taken up dur...
Nov 22, 2024 Road closed sign
AUDIO: KPS to discuss adding metal detectors to high schools
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools already use metal detectors at sports events and other for extracurricular activities and will soon begin talking about using them daily at the do...
Nov 22, 2024
Three arrested in KVET drug busts
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Three men have been arrested by the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team after drug busts November 19 and 20. Officers seized over five ounces of fentanyl in a raid at a home...
Nov 22, 2024
24th annual Kalamazoo Kick-Off Classic this weekend at Wings Event Center
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Nearly 2,000 skaters will be at Wings Event Center Saturday and Sunday for the Kalamazoo Kick-Off Classic. This will be the 24th year for the event, which began in 1999 wi...
Nov 22, 2024
AUDIO: Kalamazoo prepares for annual holiday parade, holiday season
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's beginning to look a little like Christmas. We saw our first snow yesterday, and Bronson Park decorations are mostly up. The holiday season will officially kick off to...
Nov 22, 2024 (Photo by Jeana Gondek).
Kalamazoo County unemployment rate edges up slightly in October
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Figures released Thursday by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget showed Kalamazoo County's unemployment rate went up in October to 4.1 percent. Ka...
Nov 22, 2024 EpicTop10.com / CC
