Category Archives: Top News Stories
AUDIO: KPS superintendent urging student attendance today
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Today is the first of two school count days, when attendance in class is particularly critical in Michigan. Schools receive their state funding based on their headcount, w...
Oct 04, 2023 Kalamazoo Central High School - Google Street View
Free lead filters available for Dowagiac residents
DOWAGIAC, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Dowagiac residents can get a free filter for lead in the city's drinking water. City Manager Kevin Anderson says the lead is getting into the water supply through pipes in ...
Oct 03, 2023 Clint Budd / CC
AUDIO: Kalamazoo City Commission taking steps on homeless housing
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM.FM) - It's still not clear when 50 temporary housing pods that have been sitting in a warehouse for two years will be put to use for the homeless in Kalamazoo, but another obsta...
Oct 03, 2023 Sherilyn Parsons
Rocky start on Wall Street for Kellanova and WK Kellogg Co after separation
By Chibuike Oguh and Granth Vanaik NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of Kellanova fell more than 7% on Monday after the packaged food giant, previously known as Kellogg Company, completed the spinoff of its...
Oct 03, 2023 Mikey / CC
Powerball jackpot over $1 billion tonight
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The jackpot for the multi-state Powerball lottery game is up to at least $1.04 billion for tonight's drawing. The Michigan Lottery says players have until 9:45 p.m. Monday t...
Oct 02, 2023 Henita May / CC
AUDIO: Kalamazoo city commission to discuss hiring PR firm for Streets For All project
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There is growing frustration with the City of Kalamazoo's Streets for All Program as traffic lanes are being replaced by bike lanes on major city streets. It's becoming a ...
Oct 02, 2023
Another suspect arrested by noted Van Buren Co. police canine
GENEVA TWP., MI (WKZO/WHTC) - Thanks to another heroic effort from a noted police canine, a fleeing suspect near South Haven was apprehended Friday afternoon. According to Van Buren County Sheriff's S...
Oct 01, 2023 Van Buren Sheriff's K-9 Deputy Kuno (photo courtesy Lake Michigan Police K-9 Association)
MDOT announces Saturday reopening of Capital Avenue bridge and ramps at I-94
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Michigan Department of Transportation says they are expecting to reopen the Capital Avenue bridge and ramps at I-94 in Battle Creek on Saturday. The work is part of ...
Sep 29, 2023
AUDIO: WMU president to get pay hike
KALAMAZOO, MICH (WKZO AM/FM) - The president of Western Michigan University is getting a raise and a big bonus, but part-time professors at WMU say their latest offer is the equivalent of taking a pay...
Sep 29, 2023 Alan Turfe
AUDIO: Two shot, one killed, at Kalamazoo convenience store Thursday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two men were shot in the parking lot of a Circle K store at the intersection of West Lovell Street and Oakland Drive in Kalamazoo just before 11:00 a.m. Thursday, with 35-...
Sep 29, 2023 Crime scene tape
