Category Archives: Top News Stories
AUDIO: Portage approves rezoning for housing development south of City Hall (Revised)
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Portage city council has approved rezoning for another housing project, one they might not have considered a few years ago. It was a request to rezone land near Westnedg...
Jun 11, 2025
Eight-month-old safe after vehicle stolen in Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An eight-month-old was unharmed after the vehicle they were in was stolen in Portage Tuesday morning. At approximately 10:45 a.m., Portage Department of Public Safety police...
Jun 10, 2025 (photo by John McNeil)
Second Battle Creek Cereal Sale of 2025 coming up Friday
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The second Battle Creek Cereal Sale of 2025 will happen Friday, June 13 to benefit three Battle Creek nonprofit organizations. It's sponsored by Post Consumer Brands an...
Jun 10, 2025
Khymarus Pratt sentenced for 2024 murder of Bader Farwana in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - 20-year-old Khymarus Pratt will spend the next 25 to 60 years in prison for killing 25-year-old Bader Farwana in Kalamazoo. Farwana was found with deadly gunshot wounds in...
Jun 10, 2025 Khymarus Pratt was arraigned April 29, 2024 on charges of open murder and felony firearm (courtesy Kalamazoo County Jail)
Senator Nesbitt, Secretary of State Benson clash over Trump's militarization in L.A.
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two Michigan gubernatorial candidates in 2026 are speaking out on opposite sides in President Trump's deployment of troops in Los Angeles to try to quell immigration protest...
Jun 10, 2025 Former President Donald Trump in Grand Rapids, MI April 2, 2024
Man sentenced for kidnapping woman, two children
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo man has been sentenced to prison for kidnapping a woman and her two children in Kalamazoo last year. 30-year-old Deshawn Gladney was sentenced Monday as he was...
Jun 10, 2025 DeShawn Gladney (courtesy Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office)
Kalamazoo arsonist sentenced to 17 to 40 years in prison
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -A Kalamazoo man who pled guilty to setting multiple fires in the city between June and September last year has been sentenced a to 17 to 40 years in prison for the string o...
Jun 09, 2025 VadimVasenin / Depositphotos.com
Road to Restoration clinic planned for June 17 in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Area drivers who have lost their license can get information on ways of getting it back, as the Secretary of State and other community partners host aRoad to Restoratio...
Jun 09, 2025 (courtesy of the State of Michigan at michigan.gov/sos)
AUDIO: Kalamazoo's downtown parking system moving into second phase
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The revamp of downtown Kalamazoo's parking system is about to move into its second phase. It can be a hot-button issue for some, because the rate structure is used partly ...
Jun 09, 2025
Groundbreaking this week for Oakland Commons and Creekside Commons in Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A ceremonial groundbreaking ceremony will be held Thursday for the newest push by the City of Portage to increase housing availability and affordability. Elected officials, ...
Jun 08, 2025 (courtesy of Green Development Ventures LLC)
