Category Archives: Top News Stories
Pedestrian killed in Comstock Township
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office is investigating a deadly crash between a car and a pedestrian last evening on 26th Street south of H Avenue in Comstock Town...
Sep 29, 2023 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
Allegan County woman posing as a registered nurse faces prison time after being indicted on federal charges
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An Allegan County woman who falsely claimed she was a registered nurse to defraud employers has been indicted on several federal charges. 48-year-old Leticia Gallarzo h...
Sep 27, 2023 Leticia Gallarzo (courtesy Texas Board of Nursing)
Board of Education approves new one year contract for Portage teachers
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A new one year contract for Portage Public Schools teachers was approved Monday by the Board of Education. The teachers union ratified a tentative agreement last week, with ...
Sep 27, 2023 Portage Central High School (courtesy of Portage Public Schools)
Michigan Strategic Fund awards $65 million to MAEDA to develop land near paused battery plant
MARSHALL, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Michigan Strategic Fund has awarded $65 million to the Marshall Area Economic Development Alliance for future development of land near the Ford Blue Oval Battery Park. T...
Sep 27, 2023 Ervins Strauhmanis / CC
WMU grad launches Free College Meals from Mom in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - With around 25% of students at Western Michigan University and Kalamazoo Valley Community College listed as food- insecure, a local group of mothers has launched an effort...
Sep 27, 2023 Kristen Knotek, Mom-in-Chief, Free College Meals from Mom
16-year-old girl killed after being hit by a car on U.S. 131 near Three Rivers
FABIUS TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 16-year-old girl from Three Rivers was killed late Monday night while walking on U.S. 131 near Broadway Road in St. Joseph County's Fabius Township. Deputies from ...
Sep 26, 2023
Shooting of Kalamazoo man Friday the 16th homicide in Kalamazoo so far in 2023
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety has named the victim of the 16th homicide in the city this year. Friday at 8:55 p.m. officers responded to the report of a subjec...
Sep 25, 2023
Ford pauses construction on EV battery plant in Marshall "until we're confident about our ability to competitively operate the plant"
MARSHALL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Officials with Ford Motor Company announced Monday they are pausing work on a multi-billion dollar electric vehicle battery plant in Marshall. Ford spokesman T.R. Reid told...
Sep 25, 2023 Ford Motor Co CEO Bill Ford at a press conference in Romulus MI Feb 13, 2023
Crash kills motorcyclist in Cooper Township
COOPER TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office is investigating a deadly motorcycle crash in Cooper Township late yesterday morning. The victim was heading south on Douglas A...
Sep 25, 2023 (Photo by John McNeil).
AUDIO: Portage City Council to talk trash haulers
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -They are talking trash again in Portage, not about politics or football, its about stinky smelly garbage, how it gets picked up, who picks it up, and what they charge. Right ...
Sep 25, 2023 This chart prepared by city staff shows a range of the fees paid by city employees who submitted their trash bills for study.
