Category Archives: Top News Stories
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County veterans millage on Tuesday ballot
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Many voters in Kalamazoo County will have only one issue on Tuesday's November ballot. That's a request from the Veterans Affairs committee to increase property taxes to f...
Nov 06, 2023 hjl / CC
AUDIO: Around two dozen attend Pfizer protest
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- About two-dozen people gathered across Portage Road from Pfizer's headquarters Sunday afternoon to call on the company to stop making COVID-19 vaccines. State Represenative...
Nov 06, 2023
UPDATE: Missing Allegan area woman found
MONTEREY TWP., MI (WKZO-AM/FM) - The search for a 32-year-old woman from north of Allegan who hadn't been seen since around 12 Noon on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023 has ended happily. That's the word from the ...
Nov 04, 2023 Erica Leigh Scott (photo courtesy Allegan County Sheriff's Dept.)
Shooting at Kalamazoo Township apartment Friday night leaves one man dead, one woman injured
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One man is dead and woman injured after a shooting incident in the Lakeview Apartments complex in Kalamazoo Township late Friday night. Around 11:00 p.m. the Town...
Nov 04, 2023 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Pfizer lays off 200 in Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Pfizer is laying off around 200 employees in Portage due to lower demand for its COVID-19 products. The pharmaceutical company says they don't take the job losses lightly a...
Nov 03, 2023 Pfizer logo
AUDIO: State House sends clean energy future bills to Governor Whitmer
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Legislation that sets new energy standards for utility companies is headed to Governor Whitmer's desk. The state House voted along party lines Thursday night on the bills t...
Nov 03, 2023 sugarfrizz / CC
Portage to use grant to hire more public safety officers
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Portage will use a $1 million grant from the federal government to hire more public safety officers. The money comes from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community...
Nov 03, 2023 Accident in Portage Tuesday seriously injures Kalamazoo man (Photo courtesy of John McNeill)
Juvenile lodged at Calhoun Youth Center after allegedly shooting a gun at street signs
SPRINGFIELD, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A juvenile is lodged in the Calhoun County Youth Center after the youngster was accused of shooting a gun at street signs late Wednesday night. The Calhoun County Sheriff...
Nov 03, 2023 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
AUDIO: Portage City Council requiring trash haulers to post rates
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Portage City Council has approved a new ordinance to require trash haulers post their rates on the city's website. It comes after people complained about how much they w...
Nov 02, 2023
Portage man sentenced for killing parents
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Portage man will spend at least 29 years in a prison for killing his parents. Nick Johnson was sentenced yesterday to between 29 and 69 years behind bars, and his mother's...
Nov 02, 2023 Brian Turner / CC
