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Portage honors winners in USA birthday card contest
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - To mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the city of Portage sponsored a contest for elementary aged children to create their own birthday cards for the U.S.A. The six winners were named at the city council meeting last week and honored with a certificate and an Ameri...
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KDPS looks for public's help in locating assault suspect
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says it's looking for 45-year-old man for questioning in several assaults Tuesday. KDPS says Darius Dagonne Williams is also wanted in relation to an active child support warrant. Around 4:40 p.m. Tuesday officers received reports of a male who had ...
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LOCAL NEWS
Kalamazoo woman charged in fatal hit and run accident involving motorcycle
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo woman has turned herself in and is being charged i...
15h ago
Trump reverses FEMA rejection of disaster aid for SW Michigan
UNION CITY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - President Donald Trump has reversed a federal decision and approved $3...
Jul 01, 2026
Group looks to put health care initiative on the November ballot in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An advocacy group that says it's "fed up with a lack of access to ...
Jun 30, 2026
No injuries in Battle Creek apartment fire Sunday
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - No one was injured in an apartment fire in Battle Creek Sunday after...
Jun 30, 2026
CB Terrion Arnold released by Detroit Lions after $1-million bond set
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Cornerback Terrion Arnold has been released by the Detroit Lions after bo...
Jun 30, 2026
STATE NEWS
Mega Millions jackpot for Friday grows to over a half billion dollars again
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Michigan lottery player could kick off their holiday weekend in a lucrative way if they win Friday's Mega Millions jackpot, which has grown to $542 million. The cash option for the jackpot is $242 million. If a player wins Friday's jackpot, it would be the third time the jackpot has been wo...
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Lawmakers say they are close to passing state budget
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State lawmakers have missed the July 1st statutory deadline to approve a budget for the next fiscal year, but they say they are getting close. Representative Joseph Aragona, a Clinton Township Republican, says he is "very optimistic that we're going to have this done by the end of the we...
6h ago
Jeffrey Willis seeks new trials after being convicted for two murders
MUSKEGON, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Convicted murderer Jeffrey Willis is seeking new trials, claiming he was wrongfully convicted of killing Rebekah Bletsch and Jessica Heeringa. He was found guilty by separate juries in both murders, and Heeringa's body has not been found. She disappeared from her job at a gas station in Nort...
Jul 01, 2026
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Former UK pop star Gary Glitter charged with non-recent sexual offences
LONDON, July 2 (Reuters) - British prosecutors on Thursday charged former UK pop star Paul Gadd, better known by his stage name Gary Glitter, with unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl aged under 13 and three counts of indecent assault on a girl ag...
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'Lethal Weapon' actor Danny Glover reveals Alzheimer's diagnosis
July 2 (Reuters) - "Lethal Weapon" star Danny Glover has said he has been living with Alzheimer's disease for several years. In an interview that aired on Wednesday's edition of The Today Show, the 79-year-old San Francisco-born actor and activist s...
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Tennis-Princess Kate watches British hopefuls Fery and Swan on Wimbledon visit
LONDON, July 2 (Reuters) - Kate, Britain's Princess of Wales, mingled with the crowds at Wimbledon on Thursday and lent her support to the British hopefuls playing in the warm London sunshine. Dressed in a blue trouser suit, the 44-year-old wife of h...
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