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Branch County man convicted of sexually assaulting minor in 2016
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 55-year-old Branch County man has been found guilty by a jury of two counts of first-degre...
11h ago
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WMU president reflects on past eight years at helm
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Western Michigan University president Edward Montgomery is retiring next week after spending the...
11h ago

WMU board approves tuition, room and board, and apartment rate increases for the fall
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Western Michigan University Board of Trustees Thursday approved a 4.6% increase in tuition a...
Jun 26, 2025

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...
Jun 26, 2025
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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 v...
Jun 26, 2025
Local

Calhoun County murder suspect arrested in California
PENNFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office says a man wanted in connection to a shooting death earli...
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Calhoun County Sheriff's Office investigates domestic assault and shooting incident in Marengo Township
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - On Thursday, at approximately 1:15 p.m., deputies from the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office (CCSO)...
8h ago

Man arrested for domestic assault, firing shots in Marengo Township
MARENGO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 45-year-old Marengo Township man is in the Calhoun County Jail on a charge of assault w...
9h ago

Branch County man convicted of sexually assaulting minor in 2016
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 55-year-old Branch County man has been found guilty by a jury of two counts of first-degre...
11h ago
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Kalamazoo Public Safety K-9 retires
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says K-9 officer Echo has retired. He served for nearl...
11h ago
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Schoolcraft Cancels July 4th Parade Due To Lack Of Police Officers
SCHOOLCRAFT, MI (WTVB) - There will be no parade through downtown Schoolcraft next Friday for the Fourth of July. The villa...
7h ago

Consumer Sentiment Surges In June
ANN ARBOR, MI (WTVB) -Consumer sentiment surged in June for the first time in six months. The University of Michigan's final ...
7h ago
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MSP detectives raid Michigan Lottery office
LIVONIA, MI (WTVB) - Detectives from the Michigan State Police conducted a search warrant at a Michigan Lottery office in Liv...
Jun 26, 2025

WMU board approves tuition, room and board, and apartment rate increases for the fall
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Western Michigan University Board of Trustees Thursday approved a 4.6% increase in tuition a...
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 ...
Jun 26, 2025
Local Sports

AUDIO: Around 150 kids take part in Turn 2 Foundation's Play Ball clinic
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Around 150 kids took part in a Play Ball clinic at Kalamazoo Central High School yesterday. It w...
Jun 19, 2025

Derek Jeter's Turn 2 Foundation, Major League Baseball holding "PLAY BALL" event Wednesday at Kalamazoo Central High School
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Major League Baseball and Derek Jeter's Turn 2 Foundation will hold an opportunity for nearly 15...
Jun 17, 2025

KCC baseball team wins regional championship, heads to Junior College World Series
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kellogg Community College baseball team are regional champions for the second consecutive...
May 21, 2025

AUDIO: Ad hoc committee to pick youth sports complex location is set
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A new ad hoc committee picked to decide the location for Kalamazoo's new youth sports complex ha...
May 21, 2025

First Kalamazoo Wings coach, GM dies at 80
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The first head coach and general manager of the Kalamazoo Wings hockey team has died. The ECHL t...
May 14, 2025
National Sports
Cooper Flagg is ready to do whatever the Mavs ask
Cooper Flagg has enormous shoes to fill, trying to carry the mantle of the likes of Dirk Nowitzki and Luka Doncic in Dallas, ...
14m ago
Report: No. 5 pick Ace Bailey plans to report to Jazz Saturday
After an unconventional approach to the 2025 NBA Draft that saw his stock take a slight dip to land at No. 5, Ace Bailey will...
14m ago
Jake Paul sets another record ahead of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. fight
Another marquee fight, another milestone for Jake Paul. The polarizing YouTube star turned professional boxer has driven anot...
15m ago
Giants call up RHP Carson Seymour for major league debut
The San Francisco Giants recalled Carson Seymour to the major leagues for the first time on Friday and optioned right-hander ...
1h ago
Caitlin Clark (groin) out again for Fever vs. Wings
Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark will miss her second game in as many days as she continues to recover from a left groin inju...
1h ago
National
California legislature acts to keep film and TV production at home
By Lisa Richwine (Reuters) -Hollywood's home state of California will more than double annual tax incentives for film and tel...
21m ago
Trump says he wants interest rate cut to 1%, would 'love' if Powell resigned
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he would "love&q...
21m ago
Trump calls being president a 'very dangerous profession'
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday reflected on threats to his life as he celebr...
1h ago
Lawmakers want US Commerce Department to probe Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two U.S. lawmakers on Friday asked the Commerce Department to investigate whether devices sold by Chine...
1h ago
Trump administration to end deportation relief for Haitian migrants
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will end deportation protections for half a ...
3h ago
World
Lithuania notifies UN of withdrawal from landmine ban treaty
VILNIUS (Reuters) -Lithuania has notified the United Nations it is leaving the treaty banning anti-personnel landmines, its f...
11m ago
Trump says Gaza ceasefire is possible soon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Friday he believes it is possible that a ceasefire in the Gaza conflict ...
12m ago
Trump says he will 'get the conflict solved with North Korea'
(Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Friday said he will "get the conflict solved with North Korea." "I've had...
12m ago
Sinaloa cartel hacked phones and surveillance cameras to find FBI informants, DOJ says
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A hacker working for the Sinaloa drug cartel was able to obtain an FBI official's pho...
12m ago
Trump calls being president a 'very dangerous profession'
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday reflected on threats to his life as he celebr...
1h ago
Business
S&P 500 and Nasdaq notch first record high closes in months
(Reuters) -The S&P 500 and Nasdaq notched record high closes on Friday for the first time in months, rebounding from a sl...
15m ago
Advent-backed NIQ enters US IPO lineup as listings pick up pace
(Reuters) -Consumer insights company NIQ Global filed for an initial public offering in the United States on Friday, more tha...
16m ago
IDB approves $2 billion credit line for Brazil
(Reuters) -The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a conditional credit line of $2 billion to strengthen fiscal ma...
17m ago
S&P 500 record fueled by earnings strength, easing tariff fear
By Lewis Krauskopf and Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) -Investors have shifted from panicking about tariffs to relief bu...
17m ago
Fed says banks can withstand economic downturn, clears way for dividend hikes
By Pete Schroeder and Nupur Anand WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Twenty-two of the largest banks in the U.S. are well-positioned to we...
18m ago
Politics
Trump calls being president a 'very dangerous profession'
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday reflected on threats to his life as he celebr...
1h ago
Lawmakers want US Commerce Department to probe Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two U.S. lawmakers on Friday asked the Commerce Department to investigate whether devices sold by Chine...
1h ago
DOGE enters US ATF with mandate to slash gun regulations, Washington Post reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Government Efficiency has sent staff to the agency that enforces federal gun law...
6h ago
Newsom accuses Fox News of lying about Trump call in $787 million defamation lawsuit
(Reuters) -California Governor Gavin Newsom filed a lawsuit on Friday accusing Fox News of defaming him through its coverage ...
7h ago
US Senator investigates GSK for pulling children's asthma inhaler
By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan said on Friday she is launching an investigat...
8h ago
Health
US FDA eliminates risk evaluation and mitigation strategies for CAR-T cancer therapies
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday that it had eliminated the risk evaluation and mitigation str...
23m ago
WHO says probe into COVID-19 virus origin still ongoing
(Reuters) -The World Health Organization said on Friday that efforts to determine the origins of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that c...
5h ago
Gilead shares rise after US top court ruling on preventative coverage
(Reuters) -Shares of Gilead rose 3% after the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday upheld a federal mandate that requires health insu...
6h ago
WHO says 'no evidence of harm' from thimerosal
(Reuters) -The World Health Organization said on Friday that thimerosal, a mercury-preservative used in some vaccines was not...
7h ago
US Senator investigates GSK for pulling children's asthma inhaler
By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan said on Friday she is launching an investigat...
8h ago
Science
Chile observatory captures the universe with 3,200-megapixel camera
SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Chile's Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which boasts the world's largest digital camera, has begun displaying ...
11h ago
Rocks in Canada's Quebec province found to be the oldest on Earth
By Will Dunham (Reuters) -Along the eastern shore of Hudson Bay in Canada's northeastern province of Quebec, near the Inuit m...
Jun 26, 2025
Zurich researchers pioneer rare earth e-waste recycling
By Cecile Mantovani and Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -Researchers at ETH University in Zurich have developed a new met...
Jun 26, 2025
With a primitive canoe, scientists replicate prehistoric seafaring
By Will Dunham (Reuters) -Our species arose in Africa roughly 300,000 years ago and later trekked worldwide, eventually reach...
Jun 25, 2025
For first time, Webb telescope discovers an alien planet
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -In addition to providing a trove of information about the early universe, the James Webb...
Jun 25, 2025
Technology
OpenAI turns to Google's AI chips to power its products, The Information reports
(Reuters) -OpenAI has recently begun renting Google's artificial intelligence chips to power ChatGPT and other products, The ...
23m ago
Lawmakers want US Commerce Department to probe Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two U.S. lawmakers on Friday asked the Commerce Department to investigate whether devices sold by Chine...
1h ago
Meta seeks $29 billion from private capital firms for AI data centers, FT reports
(Reuters) -Meta Platforms is seeking to raise $29 billion from private capital firms to build artificial intelligence data ce...
1h ago
Bolivia crypto transactions up over 530% amid currency woes
(Reuters) -Bolivia's central bank on Friday reiterated a dramatic uptick in transactions of digital assets, following a Reute...
3h ago
Trump wants EchoStar, FCC to reach 'amicable' deal over wireless licenses, company says
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump prodded Dish TV parent EchoStar Corp and Federal Communicati...
3h ago
Entertainment
California legislature acts to keep film and TV production at home
By Lisa Richwine (Reuters) -Hollywood's home state of California will more than double annual tax incentives for film and tel...
21m ago
'A.I.' director Steven Spielberg opposed to using AI in front of the camera
By Dawn Chmielewski LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -When Steven Spielberg directed the film "A.I. Artificial Intelligence," ...
5h ago
Surprise act Lorde and Supergrass start the Glastonbury party
GLASTONBURY, England (Reuters) -New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde attracted a huge crowd when she opened the Woodsies stage...
8h ago
Bezos and Sanchez to exchange wedding vows in star-studded Venice party
By Sara Rossi and Alvise Armellini VENICE (Reuters) -Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and journalist Lauren Sanchez were set to exch...
8h ago
Sean 'Diddy' Combs' defense to make closing argument in sex trafficking trial
By Jack Queen and Luc Cohen (Reuters) -Sean "Diddy" Combs' defense lawyers are set to ask jurors on Friday to clear...
11h ago