Category Archives: Top News Stories
Kalamazoo County's unemployment rate up to 5.3 percent in May, Calhoun County rises to 6.2 percent
KALAMAZOO, MI (WTVB) - Kalamazoo County's unemployment rate rose to 5.3 percent in May, following along with most counties in the state. The Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget sa...
Jun 26, 2025 Feverpitch / Depositphotos.com
No 4th of July parade in Schoolcraft for second straight year
SCHOOLCRAFT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There will be no parade through downtown Schoolcraft next Friday for the Fourth of July. The village council decided last night to cancel the parade because they don't h...
Jun 26, 2025
State House Speaker Hall believes School Aid budget can be done by July 1
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State House Speaker Matt Hall of Richland believes the School Aid budget for the next fiscal year can be done by July 1. Hall says he also thinks a road funding plan could b...
Jun 26, 2025
WMU board to consider proposed 2025-26 tuition, room and board rates Thursday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Tuition and required fees, room and board rates, and the general operating budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year top the agenda when the Western Michigan University Board of ...
Jun 25, 2025 WMU logo (courtesy Western Michigan University)
KVET arrests two armed suspects on Portage Street
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two people are in custody after they were arrested June 21 by the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team, Kalamazoo Public Safety, and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, F...
Jun 25, 2025
AUDIO: Holtec International holds open house on Palisades nuclear plant refiring
BENTON HARBOR, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Holtec International officials say they are on target to refire the Palisades nuclear power plant before the end of 2025 in Covert Township. Senior manager of governme...
Jun 25, 2025
AUDIO: Portage city council objects to FOIA act change
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Plans to streamline the Freedom of Information Act at Portage City Hall took a slight detour this week, when the council objected to one proposed change. The FOIA act requir...
Jun 25, 2025 Portage City Hall seal. (Photo by John McNeil).
Michigan Senate passes bills co-sponsored by Kalamazoo's McCann to better protect bicyclists, others on the roads
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Senate passed bipartisan legislation Tuesday proposed by Senators Sean McCann of Kalamazoo and Thomas Albert of Lowell that they say will help keep bicyclists, ...
Jun 25, 2025 MoBikeFed / CC
Portage Public Safety says armed robbery suspect in custody, facing multiple felony charges
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A suspect believed to be responsible for a series of armed robberies at Aldi stores across Michigan is now in custody and facing multiple felony charges. 34-year-old Kaleb M...
Jun 24, 2025 Kaleb Michael Shaffer (courtesy Portage Public Safety)
Investigators continue to piece together details from St. Joseph County crash that killed teen passenger
NOTTAWA TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - We are learning more about an accident in St. Joseph County Sunday night that claimed the life of a 13-year-old girl. Michigan State Police say in addition to the the 13-...
Jun 24, 2025
