Category Archives: Top News Stories
Hastings man charged with child pornography, sexual assault
HASTINGS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 35-year-old Hastings man has been charged with criminal sexual conduct, possessing child sexually abusive materials, and using a computer to commit a crime. Michigan Stat...
Oct 20, 2023
AUDIO: Noisy, peaceful peace demonstration outside Kalamazoo federal courthouse
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There was a noisy and peaceful demonstration at Kalamazoo's federal courthouse downtown Thursday evening to call for a peaceful resolution to the violence in the Gaza Stri...
Oct 20, 2023
Branch County gasoline pipeline clean up and repairs continuing into next week
GIRARD TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Repairs on the British Petroleum gasoline pipeline in northern Branch County that broke and released about 8,400 gallons of gasoline on Tuesday night are expected to ...
Oct 20, 2023 Courtesy Branch County Government
KCC grads now eligible for University of Olivet direct admission
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - It was announced on Wednesday that students earning an associate degree from Kellogg Community College will be automatically admitted to The University of Olivet, thanks...
Oct 20, 2023 Photo courtesy Kellogg Community College
AUDIO: Ascension Michigan, Henry Ford Health to combine services
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two of Michigan's biggest health systems are coming together. Henry Ford Health and Ascension Michigan have agreed to enter a joint venture. They're not calling it a merger,...
Oct 19, 2023 Photo courtesy Ascension Borgess Hospital.
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County 2024 budget passes
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners has unanimously adopted their budget for next year, and Tuesday night patted themselves on the back for a job well done. The b...
Oct 18, 2023 Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners at their meeting April 4, 2023 (courtesy John McNeill)
Bronson Health Foundation announces $4.5 million campaign to support Children's Hospital
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo based Bronson Health Foundation has launched the public phase of a $4.5 million Bronson Children's Hospital Campaign to support programs, services and missio...
Oct 17, 2023 (courtesy Bronson Children's Hospital)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo city commission modifies how it approves commercial business zonings
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After years of planning and months of public hearings and discussions, and some controversy, Kalamazoo city commissioners have approved how they will handle zoning for com...
Oct 17, 2023
One charged in Kalamazoo Circle K murder investigation
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 31-year-old Kalamazoo man is facing an open murder charge for the shooting that left 35-year-old Tyrone Potts dead in the parking lot of the now-closed Circle K at West ...
Oct 17, 2023
UPDATE: Portage police identify body found Sunday as a 47-year-old Kalamazoo man
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Portage Department of Public Safety says the deceased body found in a ditch Sunday afternoon has been identified as a 47-year-old Kalamazoo man. The body of Daleian Norr...
Oct 16, 2023 Alan Cleaver / CC
