Category Archives: Top News Stories
Hall critical of Whitmer program that offers rent assistance to some asylum seekers
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan House Republican Leader Matt Hall of Kalamazoo County Thursday criticized Governor Gretchen Whitmer's Newcomer Rental Subsidy program which they say offers benefits...
Apr 04, 2024 State Representative Matt Hall (left)
AUDIO: Consumers Energy not expecting solar power impact from eclipse
JACKSON, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The solar eclipse next week is a big deal, but will it affect solar power in Michigan? Brian Wheeler, of Consumers Energy, thinks it'll be just fine. Right now, Wheeler says...
Apr 04, 2024 Courtesy Consumer's Energy Facebook page
Girls on the Run Greater Kalamazoo needs volunteers for 5K in May
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Girls on the Run of Greater Kalamazoo is asking for around 500 volunteers 14 and older for its 22nd annual 5K event at Kalamazoo Valley Community College next month. The 5...
Apr 04, 2024
AUDIO: Kalamazoo couple charged in six-month-old's death
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo couple are facing involuntary manslaughter charges in the death of their six-month-old daughter in December 2023. Kalamazoo County Prosecutor Jeff Getting says...
Apr 04, 2024 Brian Turner / CC
DNR confirms gray wolf was in Calhoun County
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is confirming a hunter killed a gray wolf in a legal coyote hunt with a guide in January in Calhoun County. The hunter had ...
Apr 04, 2024 Tony Hisgett / CC
AUDIO: Groundbreaking Thursday on Kalamazoo Tiny Houses of Hope
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A groundbreaking ceremony on Kalamazoo's Tiny Houses of Hope project will be held Thursday. It is designed to help the local residents who may have the toughest time of al...
Apr 03, 2024 (courtesy Discover Kalamazoo)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County board approves housing millage grants
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County commission has approved grants for millions from the voter approved housing millage to local developers for new projects despite concerns that they ma...
Apr 03, 2024 Screenshot of Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners meeting Jan. 17, 2023
Governor takes part in ribbon cutting for Kalamazoo housing development
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer was in Kalamazoo Tuesday to recognize Zone 32, a new development now leasing in the Northside neighborhood, providing 12 new homes and a...
Apr 02, 2024 (courtesy Office of the Governor)
Structure fire under control in Kalamazoo within 10 minutes
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Safety says officers responded to a structure fire a little before 4 a.m. Tuesday in the 4700 block of West KL Avenue. Flames were seen shooting from the ...
Apr 02, 2024
AUDIO: Senator Nesbitt putting blame for Grand Rapids murder on President Biden
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt of Van Buren County is among the Republicans that are putting the blame for a Grand Rapids murder in March on President Biden. 25-y...
Apr 02, 2024 State Senator Aric Nesbitt, R-Lawton. (Photo courtesy Michigan Senate Republicans).
