Category Archives: Top News Stories
AUDIO: Grand Rapids Chamber helping businesses with $12 minimum wage in February
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The minimum wage for regular and tipped workers in Michigan will go above $12 an hour on February 21, 2025 and the Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce is working to help b...
Aug 05, 2024
Michigan's average gas price dips a dime
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan drivers are paying ten-cents less a gallon on average to fill up the gas tank today. Triple-A Michigan says the statewide average price is now $3.68 a gallon, up e...
Aug 05, 2024
AUDIO: Reducing odors from GPI, wastewater plant now multi-million-dollar issue
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The latest effort by the city of Kalamazoo to reduce the odors coming from Graphic Packaging International and the wastewater plant has run into a million-dollar problem. ...
Aug 05, 2024 (Photo provided by John McNeill)
Woman rescued from sinking minivan in St. Joseph County lake
WHITE PIGEON TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A 37-year-old woman from Las Vegas had to be dramatically rescued Friday morning from her sinking minivan after it crashed into a lake southeast of White Pigeon...
Aug 03, 2024 Courtesy Michigan State Police
Jackknifed semi slows traffic on eastbound I-94 Friday afternoon
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Friday afternoon traffic on eastbound I-94 in Kalamazoo County was backed up for miles as a jackknifed semi-tractor trailer has partially blocked the expressway before Porta...
Aug 02, 2024 Traffic backed up on eastbound I-94 in Kalamazoo County due to a jackknifed semi Aug 2, 2024 (courtesy Michigan Department of Transportation)
Pedestrian suffers non-life-threatening injuries after being struck by Amtrak train in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An 18-year-old Kalamazoo man is hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after being struck by an Amtrak train Friday morning. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Sa...
Aug 02, 2024 Richard Eriksson / CC
Lack of interest causes Metro Transit to shift shuttle service to help businesses affected by construction
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A plan by Metro Transit officials to ease the pain of Kalamazoo business owners affected by street construction hasn't worked out as planned. They say there were zero pass...
Aug 02, 2024 Road closed sign
Bond denied for suspect in Fox Ridge Apartments murder case
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Police have made an arrest in the shooting death of a Kalamazoo man last month. Detectives from the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Criminal Investigation Division, ...
Aug 01, 2024 Best Law
Portage Disaster Loan Outreach Center to assist tornado victims to remain open through August 9
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Almost three months after multiple tornadoes touched down in southwest Michigan, the U.S. Small Business Administration says it will keep open its Portage Disaster Loan Outr...
Aug 01, 2024 Storm damage from a tornado near Sherwood, Michigan May 7, 2024 (photo courtesy of Raymond Wright)
KDPS alerting community on recent attempted vehicle thefts targeting Kia models in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety is reaching out to the community regarding the recent uptick in attempted vehicle thefts, particularly targeting Kia models. KDPS ...
Aug 01, 2024 (courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
