Category Archives: Top News Stories
Additional service will be added to three of Metro's busiest routes during December
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - With the busy Christmas shopping season underway, Metro will be temporarily adding extra buses to three major routes during the month of December. Beginning Monday, Decemb...
Dec 08, 2025
Broncos get bid to Myrtle Beach Bowl to face Kennesaw State December 19
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After winning the MAC championship game Saturday, the 2025 Mid-American Conference Champion Western Michigan University football team is headed to South Carolina to play i...
Dec 08, 2025 (courtesy WMU Athletics)
U of M report says consumer sentiment improving
ANN ARBOR, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Consumer sentiment is improving slightly. The University of Michigan's early reading for December edged up two points from last month. Consumers see modest improvements fr...
Dec 07, 2025 EpicTop10.com / CC
WMU wins MAC championship, awaits bowl announcement
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Western Michigan University football team won the team's fourth league championship in school history with a 23-13 victory over Miami Ohio Saturday at Ford Field. ''We p...
Dec 07, 2025 Western Michigan University football team after MAC championship game Dec 6, 2025 (courtesy Ashley Blanchard, WMU Photographer)
AUDIO: Room and board rates increasing in fall for WMU students
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Western Michigan University students planning to return next fall got a early preview of what room and board rates are going to look like at this week's Board of Trustees ...
Dec 05, 2025 WMU logo (courtesy Western Michigan University)
Officials in Comstock and Oshtemo townships face possible recall after petition language approved
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Organizers will now begin collecting signatures to put the recall of officials in Comstock and Oshtemo townships on the ballot. The Kalamazoo County Election Commi...
Dec 05, 2025 outchill / Depositphotos.com
Poll shows 4th Congressional District between Huizenga, McCann nearly even
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A new poll from Public Policy Polling is showing a near dead heat in Michigan's 4th U.S. House district. Republican Congressman Bill Huizenga has a 44-to-42% edge over Dem...
Dec 04, 2025 State Senator Sean McCann
Bronson Health, United Healthcare reach deal extending coverage through January
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Bronson Health and United Healthcare have reached a deal to extend in-network coverage through January 2026. The negotiations for a long-term deal are still progressing. U...
Dec 04, 2025 Bronson sign in Kalamazoo. (Photo by John McNeil)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County board declares lack of housing public health crisis
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County board has approved a resolution declaring the lack of adequate housing to be a public health crisis. It passed, but it was not unanimous. The resoluti...
Dec 03, 2025
Guys Who Give donates $19,300 to Community Homeworks on Giving Tuesday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Giving Tuesday was a big day for Community Homeworks, as Guys Who Give-Kalamazoo County surprised them with a $19,300 charitable donation as part of the group's Q4 Impact ...
Dec 02, 2025 (courtesy Guys Who Give-Kalamazoo County)
