Category Archives: Top News Stories
Carlson sentenced to 37 ½ to 60 years in prison in Allegan County child sexual abuse case
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM/WHTC-AM/FM) - A Wyoming, Michigan man who pled no contest to 26 charges for sexually abusing a two-year-old girl he had been hired to babysit in Allegan has been sentenced to 3...
Jul 24, 2024 Gary Christopher Carlson (photo courtesy Allegan Co. Sheriff's Dept.)
AUDIO: Cleanup ongoing from May 7th tornado in Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The cleanup work continues in Portage following the May 7th tornado. While it may take years to fully recover, City Manager Pat McGinnis says the city moved quickly to do it...
Jul 24, 2024 Lori Higgins took this picture of a tornado touching down on Prairie Corners Road, just south of Mendon. Courtesy Clayton Lyczynski II - Community Connector Facebook page
Report: Michigan $3.9 billion in the hole annually for road work funding
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A new report says Michigan still has a massive gap in road maintenance funding. A national transportation nonprofit, TRIP, released the Keeping Michigan Mobile report and sa...
Jul 24, 2024 Photo provided by the Road Commission of Kalamazoo.
AUDIO: Portage to do safety study on Centre Avenue
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The death of a bicyclist in Portage last week has prompted the city to do a new safety study at the scene of the crash. Kira Griggs came forward last night to say Centre Ave...
Jul 24, 2024 Portage, Michigan City Hall sign (courtesy of City of Portage)
Kalamazoo Math and Science Center students presenting findings from summer research today
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A select group of young scientists from the Kalamazoo Math and Science Center has spent their summer studying the local environment, primarily water quality and biodiversi...
Jul 24, 2024
AUDIO: FEMA denies disaster declaration request for May 7 tornadoes
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Federal Emergency Management Agency has denied the request of Governor Gretchen Whitmer for a major disaster declaration for the May 7 tornadoes that hit Branch, Cass, K...
Jul 24, 2024 EpicTop10.com / CC
Man dies from fall inside abandoned building in Parchment
PARCHMENT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man police say was removing scrap metal from an abandoned mill in Parchment has died after falling inside the building Tuesday morning. The Township of Kalamazoo Police ...
Jul 23, 2024 BMN Network / CC
Former Kalamazoo Township manager pleads no contest to willful neglect of duty
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Former Kalamazoo Township Manager Dexter Mitchell has pled no contest to a charge of willful neglect of duty as a public officer. Mitchell pled no contest Monday. He had b...
Jul 23, 2024 Kalamazoo Township Manager Dexter Mitchell (courtesy Kalamazoo Township)
Whitmer endorses Harris for President, not seeking VP slot
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer is endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for the presidency. Whitmer made the endorsement announcement yesterday and also said she is not going to...
Jul 23, 2024 Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was in Portage for the Grand Opening of the new Senior Center on Friday, May 20, and commented on the latest tax cut proposal from the Legislature. (Photo by John McNeill)
AUDIO: Senator Nesbitt says President Biden should resign
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt of Van Buren County says with President Biden exiting the presidential race this fall, he needs to take one more step. Nesbitt...
Jul 22, 2024 State Senator Aric Nesbitt, R-Lawton. (Photo courtesy Michigan Senate Republicans).
