Category Archives: Top News Stories
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).
AUDIO: Kalamazoo continuing work on smells from wastewater plant
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The director of Kalamazoo's wastewater plant says they have done a good job of addressing the big stink at his facility, and last night, the commission took another big st...
Apr 02, 2024 City of Kalamazoo Water Reclamation Plant (courtesy City of Kalamazoo)
Memorial for 17-year-old vandalized in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The memorial in Battle Creek for 17-year-old Jack Snyder has been vandalized for the third time in a few weeks. Police say it was vandalized twice over Easter weekend a...
Apr 02, 2024
AUDIO: Kalamazoo commission approves contract for Michigan Avenue planning
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo city commissioners took another big step forward in their plan to reconfigure downtown streets last night, knowing that there is a lot of apprehension and opposi...
Apr 02, 2024
Kalamazoo teen killed Sunday, two other people wounded, in as shots rang out during online marketplace transaction
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 16-year-old from Kalamazoo was shot and killed Easter Sunday in what police say was an incident involving an online marketplace transaction. The Kalamazoo Department of ...
Apr 01, 2024 Alan Cleaver / CC
AUDIO: State House Minority Leader wants hearing on bill outlawing sanctuary zones
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan House Republican Leader Matt Hall of Kalamazoo County wants a hearing on his bill that would outlaw sanctuary zones for undocumented people in the state. Hall is co...
Apr 01, 2024 Michigan State Representative Matt Hall (courtesy of Michigan House of Representatives)
AUDIO: Some want Metro Transit ride share program expanded before it starts
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Metro Transit's new Uber-like pilot service begins in a couple of weeks, at least in part of the metro area, and some would already like to see it expanded. The planned syst...
Apr 01, 2024 A Kalamazoo Metro Transit bus (courtesy of Metro Transit)
Former Portage mayoral candidate pleads guilty
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Former mayoral candidate and Portage city councilwoman Lisa Brayton had pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge of "fraudulent change of address on license." She had faced a fel...
Apr 01, 2024 Former Portage City Council member Lisa Brayton (courtesy Lisa Brayton for Portage Mayor)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo commission to vote on declaring National Work Zone Awareness Week
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo city commissioners are expected to pass a resolution this evening declaring this National Work Zone Awareness Week, something that drivers around town are probab...
Apr 01, 2024 Photo provided by the Michigan Department of Transportation.
One arrested after police chase in Kalamazoo County
GALESBURG, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office says a suspect is hospitalized for injuries suffered in a crash on I-94 during a chase. The driver had fled from Portage Public Safet...
Apr 01, 2024 KCSD investigating fatal one car accident in Comstock
