Category Archives: Top News Stories
Gas prices up 9-cents a gallon in Michigan
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's more expensive to fill the gas tank in Michigan compared to last Monday. Triple-A Michigan says the average price is up by nine-cents a gallon to $3.13, but the price ...
Nov 18, 2024
AUDIO: Bronze statue of late Comstock Township Fire Chief unveiled
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A new bronze statue honoring late Comstock Township Fire Chief Edward Switalksi has been unveiled at the township's Firefighters Memorial as the department celebra...
Nov 18, 2024 Photo from comstockfire.com
AUDIO: Kalamazoo city commission to hold public hearing on water, sewer rate hikes
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo city commission will hold a public hearing tonight on a proposal to raise water and sewer rates for 2025. The proposal is for a 5% hike in water rates and a ...
Nov 18, 2024 Top down close up color photo of a water supply manhole cover in a paved street with green grass around the perimeter
MDOT looking for public input traffic noise study for US-131/I-94 interchange improvements
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -The Michigan Department of Transportation has set a public meeting later this week to discuss the draft noise report associated with the US-131/I-94 interchange and highway...
Nov 17, 2024
Charges being sought after Vicksburg child dies in a car in a grocery store parking lot
VICKSBURG, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Charges are reportedly being sought for a father whose three-year-old died in August after being left in a car at the Vicksburg Family Fare. Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Off...
Nov 15, 2024 (Photo by John McNeil)
Previously announced site might not be the final destination for new Kalamazoo County homeless shelter
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County officials still plan to open a 60-plus unit homeless shelter somewhere near Kalamazoo, but it might not be at the originally announced site. Even though t...
Nov 14, 2024 AndrewLozovyi / Depositphotos.com
Kalamazoo man arraigned on Open Murder charge for shooting last Saturday night
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo man has been formally arraigned on Open Murder charges in the shooting death of another man Saturday. In addition to murder, 43-year-old Jasper Jay Hopkins is ...
Nov 14, 2024 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Frisbie campaign files lawsuit against Canvassers to stop counting absentee ballots
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - The Calhoun County Board of Canvassers continues to count the votes in the 44th District State House race even though the campaign for Republican challenger Steve Frisbie h...
Nov 14, 2024 zolnierek / Depositphotos.com
Kalamazoo senator proposes sweeping expansion of Michigan's bottle deposit law
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State Senator Sean McCann (D-Kalamazoo) has introduced legislation he says will put the question of expanding Michigan's bottle deposit law on the 2026 general election ball...
Nov 14, 2024 heiko119 / Depositphotos.com
Red Kettle Luncheon Thursday kicks off bell-ringing season The Salvation Army of Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Salvation Army of Kalamazoo will kick off its 2024 bell-ringing season with their annual Red Kettle Luncheon Thursday at 12 noon at the Burdick Street location. The ev...
Nov 13, 2024 (courtesy Kalamazoo Salvation Army)
