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AUDIO: One Kalamazoo city manager finalist drops out; last interview held
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There is news out of Kalamazoo's city manager search process as the city commission completed its fourth and final interview by Zoom this morning. Mayor Dave Anderson announced that one of the candidates has withdrawn from the process. It's down to Cole, Des Moines, Iowa Assistant City Mana...
Oct 17, 2025
AUDIO: KPS M-STEP results improve for elementary, middle schools
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Public Schools continue to buck educational trends. While reading scores went down statewide once again last year, they rose in KPS's elementary and middle schools. Superintendent Darrin Slade says the numbers are just in on the statewide tests. The story in the high schools was m...
Oct 17, 2025
LOCAL NEWS
Consumers Energy customers in need can get connected to programs to offset bills ahead of winter season
JACKSON, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Consumers Energy officials say they are ready to help customers who need ...
Oct 15, 2025
Court documents: fired Battle Creek police officer requested police
LIVONIA, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Court documents in Livonia show former Battle Creek police officer Hunter...
Oct 14, 2025
Village of Homer residents receive delinquent tax notices by mistake
HOMER, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Some residents of the Village of Homer got quite shock, after they received...
Oct 13, 2025
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Pedestrian in Battle Creek killed in hit-and-run early Sunday, suspect in custody
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man who Battle Creek Police say hit and killed a pedestrian with h...
Oct 13, 2025
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Michigan gas prices at low for 2025
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Gas prices in the state have fallen to $2.92 a gallon. Triple-A Michigan...
Oct 13, 2025
STATE NEWS
MSU study finds 1-in-6 pregnant woman used cannabis
EAST LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One in six women in Michigan admit they used cannabis while they were pregnant. Michigan State University researchers say there are areas of the state where 25-percent of women say they used the drug when they were pregnant. The study was done between 2017 and 2023 and used urine testing...
Oct 17, 2025
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Number of deer hunters in Michigan drops 200,000 in 25 years
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Fewer people are getting deer hunting licenses in Michigan and the Department of Natural Resources says the deer population is growing as a result. From 1995 to 2023, the DNR says the state lost around 200,000 deer hunters. That is a 30% decline. The DNR did a survey and found factors like an...
Oct 17, 2025
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Michigan Army National Guard deploying to southwest border
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Army National Guard says 120 members will be deploying to the nation's southwest border with Mexico to help support U.S. Customs and Border Protection. It will be the sixth time the Michigan National Guard has been called to the border since 2020, with both Presidents Trump and B...
Oct 17, 2025
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Agreement reached to avert Broadway actors' strike, union says
(Reuters) -Broadway actors have reached a tentative agreement to avert a strike that would shut down 32 stage productions as theater attendance approaches its peak season, according to their union. Actors' Equity, a union that represents more than 51,0...
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Global film industry shrugs off renewed Trump movie tariff threat
By Paul Sandle, Michael Kahn, Byron Kaye and Dawn Chmielewski LONDON/PRAGUE/SYDNEY/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -"Star Wars: Starfighter" is filming in Britain, soundstages in Hungary are packed and post-production houses in Australia are humming, as the glob...
13h ago
Sydney Sweeney brings boxer Christy Martin's battles to the big screen
By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) -American actress Sydney Sweeney transformed into former professional boxer Christy Martin for the biopic "Christy", which chronicles her life in and outside the ring. Directed and co-written by David Michod, the film ...
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