Category Archives: Top News Stories
Michigan Nurses Association files grievance against Ascension Borgess
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Nurses Association has filed a class action grievance as they try to stop Ascension Borgess ending the use of a specialty facility to treat people in a mental...
Mar 07, 2024 Photo courtesy Ascension Borgess Hospital.
Portage Public Schools will no longer hold events on religious holidays
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Portage Public Schools will no longer hold any major school events on religious holidays. The school board approved the change Wednesday night after reaching a settlement in...
Mar 07, 2024 Portage Northern High School (courtesy Byce and Associates)
Detroit woman arrested for Coldwater-area inmate's death
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 24-year-old Detroit woman has been arrested for giving drugs to Lakeland Correctional Facility inmate William Wilson last fall near Coldwater, resulting in his death...
Mar 07, 2024 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
AUDIO: Portage City Council not confronted by Gaza ceasefire advocates
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - For the first time in months the Portage City Council was not confronted by a group of advocates demanding a city resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza this week. There...
Mar 07, 2024
Hamilton man dies in rollover crash in Allegan County's Heath Township
HEATH TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State Police from the Wayland Post say they believe alcohol may have been a factor in a rollover accident Tuesday evening that took the life of a 49-year-old...
Mar 06, 2024 The scene of a fatal accident March 5, 2024 in Allegan County's Heath Township (courtesy Michigan State Police-Wayland Post)
Body found in Kalamazoo River is man who ran from police
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The body found in the Kalamazoo River two weeks ago has been identified as 43-year-old David Williams of Kalamazoo. He was the motorcyclist who jumped in the river New Yea...
Mar 06, 2024 (courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County commissioners say housing millage falling short of goals
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Some Kalamazoo County commissioners say that the housing millage is not accomplishing what the voters approved it to do. That's providing truly affordable housing. After g...
Mar 06, 2024 Kalamazoo County sign (Photo by John McNeil)
400 students from across Michigan to compete in food and hospitality event this weekend
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - 400 high school students representing 28 schools from across the state will compete in the statewide ProStart Competition this weekend this coming Sunday and Monday in Kal...
Mar 06, 2024 Students at the 2023 ProStart Competition in Kalamazoo (courtesy Michigan Hospitality Foundation)
Lt. Governor in Kalamazoo Tuesday to applaud efforts to reduce gun violence across Michigan
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist II was in Kalamazoo Tuesday morning to tout the success of Operation Safe Neighborhoods and its efforts to reduce gun violence in th...
Mar 05, 2024 Michigan Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist in Kalamazoo March 5, 2024 (courtesy John McNeill)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo commission discusses affordable housing
Kalamazoo's Housing Coordinator says that the city has helped create over 741 affordable housing units over the last 5 years, but it's not enough, it doesn't happen quickly, and help from Washington i...
Mar 05, 2024 (courtesy City of Kalamazoo)
