Category Archives: Top News Stories
AUDIO: Consumers Energy working to trim trees to minimize power outages
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Over 300 Consumers Energy crews are busy around the entire state trimming trees that are in danger of falling on power lines and interrupting people's electricity. Utility...
Jul 30, 2024 (courtesy Consumers Energy)
Radisson Plaza Hotel receives AAA Four Diamond designation
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Radisson Plaza Hotel at Kalamazoo Center has once again received the AAA Four Diamond designation. The hotel had received the designation for over a decade before not ...
Jul 30, 2024
United Way touts local financial impact on households across the region
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - United Way of South Central Michigan (UWSCMI) announced Monday that local support and outside grants in 2023-24 totaled more than $23.6 million to drive efforts addressing...
Jul 30, 2024 (courtesy United Way of South Central Michigan)
Protracted storm-related refinery repairs in Joliet affecting gas prices regionally
DEARBORN, MI (WHTC/WKZO) - Two weeks after a tornado narrowly missed a key regional fuel refinery outside of Chicago, gas prices have yet to recover in Michigan and throughout the Midwest. Officials w...
Jul 29, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
Kalamazoo College bringing back track and field starting in 2025-2026
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo College will restart men's and women's track and field for the 2025-2026 academic year. This will be the first time the Hornets have competed in track and field ...
Jul 29, 2024
State gives just over $1.6 million for relief from May 7 tornadoes
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Just over $1.6 million has been given to Branch, Cass, Kalamazoo, and Berrien counties for the May 7 tornadoes. The money was used for debris removal and other storm-relat...
Jul 29, 2024 Governor Whitmer announces record number of health insurance enrollees (Photo by John McNeil).
Michigan gas prices up 10-cents in past week
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Gas prices in Michigan are up 10-cents a gallon in the past week. Triple-A Michigan says the price is at $3.78 a gallon, down from a 2024 record high of $3.81 set on Friday...
Jul 29, 2024
AUDIO: Portage updates election advertising rules
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Early voting has prompted Portage to change their rules on election advertising. Beginning with this fall's election, candidates will be permitted to post lawn signs 45-days...
Jul 29, 2024 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
32-year-old arrested in Kalamazoo drug bust
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A drug bust last week in Kalamazoo has a 32-year-old man behind bars. The Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team searched a home on North Edwards Street near East Prouty Street...
Jul 29, 2024
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County commission to hold annual budget retreat Tuesday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Some Kalamazoo County commissioners say they have to do a better job of spending money, because they have too much cash. It will be a topic for discussion when they meet i...
Jul 29, 2024 Kalamazoo County sign (Photo by John McNeil)
