Category Archives: Top News Stories
Rogers wants to help small businesses affected by extended construction projects
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo lawmaker is proposing legislation that will provide small businesses relief if they are affected by road construction work. House Bill 5524 will be introduced by...
Feb 12, 2026 wabeno / Depositphotos.com
Arrest made in 2023 Kalamazoo double homicide
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A suspect is in custody in the murder of a Kalamazoo couple in 2023. Officers with the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety arrested 44-year-old Rajai Keyontae Brown Wedn...
Feb 12, 2026 Rajai Keyontae Brown (courtesy KDPS)
AUDIO: State Senate Minority Leader asks for federal review of Dearborn nonprofits
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt of Van Buren County is asking the U.S. Attorney General to investigate two Dearborn-based nonprofits. Nesbitt wants a review of ACC...
Feb 12, 2026 State Senator Aric Nesbitt filing for paperwork for the 20th Senate District (submitted photo)
Portage native Carson Hocevar lands Spectrum sponsorship for 13 races
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Carson Hocevar has landed Spectrum as his primary sponsor for 13 NASCAR Cup Series races this season, starting this weekend with the 68th Daytona 500. The Portage native was...
Feb 11, 2026
Kalamazoo woman charged in connection with homicide of Fort Wayne teen
FORT WAYNE,IN (WKZO AM/FM) - A 29-year-old Kristina Burch of Kalamazoo was arrested and charged this week in connection with the January 28 shooting death of 19-year-old Damion Jacobs in Fort Wayne, I...
Feb 11, 2026
AUDIO: Portage enacting traffic rules for Raising Cane's opening
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A brand-new fast-food restaurant opens in the city of Portage next week and city officials are worried Raising Cane's could be raising traffic problems along its main thorou...
Feb 11, 2026
AUDIO: Kalamazoo's Career and Technical Center off to flying start
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo's new $100-million Career and Technical Center is off to a flying start in its first year of operation and looking forward to an eventful spring. The comprehensi...
Feb 11, 2026
Kalamazoo Public Library launches #DWord Book Club
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Public Library and the Disability Network Southwest Michigan have partnered up to launch a disability-focused book club. Called the #DWord Book Club, it has ...
Feb 10, 2026 (courtesy Kalamazoo Public Library)
Kalamazoo has neighborhood-based ways to cut construction costs of affordable homes
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One key to building affordable homes is to cut construction costs. Kalamazoo has a couple of new neighborhood-based ways to do that. Volunteering is one way to save. Ediso...
Feb 09, 2026 (courtesy Discover Kalamazoo)
One man in critical condition after Battle Creek shooting
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek police are investigating a shooting that happened Saturday morning. A 60-year-old man is hospitalized in critical condition after he was found with a gunsh...
Feb 09, 2026 (courtesy Battle Creek Police)
