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Kalamazoo County's Texas Township enacts 12-month data center moratorium
TEXAS TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Another Kalamazoo County governmental body has spoken out against the possibility of data centers in their area. The Texas Township Board passed Resolution 26-12 at its meeting this week, enacting a temporary moratorium on data center developments, which include facilities housing info...
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Overdue Purple Heart presented to the family of an area WWII veteran
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The family of a former Kalamazoo Public Schools employee who passed away in 2005 has finally received the Purple Heart he earned in World War II. Robert "Bob" Burnham, Sr. joined the United States Army in 1943 and completed basic training at Fort Custer. He went on to serve as a mem...
17h ago
LOCAL NEWS
Ground broken on Battle Creek's new Fire Station #2
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The groundbreaking for Battle Creek's new Fire Station #2 was held T...
Jun 26, 2026
Battle Creek Community Oversight Board reviewing detainment of teen
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Battle Creek Community Oversight Board is reviewing the detainme...
Jun 25, 2026
KVET, Battle Creek police arrest three suspects
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Three people have been arrested by the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement ...
Jun 24, 2026
FEMA denies west Michigan tornado disaster assistance, Whitmer to appeal
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer will appeal a Federal Emergency Management Agen...
Jun 24, 2026
Suspect arrested in fatal Cass County hit and run accident
DOWAGIAC, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 22-year old Dowagiac man has been arrested and charged with failure to...
Jun 23, 2026
STATE NEWS
Michigan Education Association not making endorsement in U.S. Senate primary
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Education Association says it is not going to made an endorsement in the Democratic Party's U.S. Senate primary. The highly influential union told members their screening and recommendation committee found all three Democrats seeking the nomination are "well qualified for th...
Jun 26, 2026
WMU Board of Trustees extends President Russ Kavalhuna's contract to eight years as he declines a pay hike
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Saying it affirms stability and trusted leadership for the future, the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees Thursday voted to extend President Russ Kavalhuna's contract to eight years. "When we were searching for our next president, we wanted a leader who could take us to the ...
Jun 25, 2026
FEMA denies west Michigan tornado disaster assistance, Whitmer to appeal
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer will appeal a Federal Emergency Management Agency decision that denied disaster assistance for west Michigan from four tornadoes that hit on March 30th. The tornadoes killed four people and damaged homes and businesses in Branch, Cass, and St. Joseph counties. Whitme...
Jun 24, 2026
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
US seizes nearly 400 websites that were illegally streaming World Cup, DOJ says
By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON, June 26 (Reuters) - The United States has seized nearly 400 internet domains that were being used to illegally stream the World Cup, officials said on Friday, describing the move as one meant to disrupt international networ...
17h ago
Ann Blyth, film star of 1940s-50s famed for 'Mildred Pierce', dies at 98
By Will Dunham June 25(Reuters) - Ann Blyth, who earned an Oscar nomination playing Joan Crawford's malicious and deceitful teenage daughter in the classic 1945 melodrama "Mildred Pierce" and thrived in light and heavy roles during Hollywood's Golden A...
Jun 26, 2026
Soccer-World Cup sets all-time attendance record, surpassing 1994 mark
By Nicholas P. Brown NEW YORK, June 25 (Reuters) - The 2026 World Cup on Thursday became the best-attended in the tournament's history, surpassing the 1994 record of nearly 3.6 million spectators, FIFA said. The announcement came during the second ha...
Jun 25, 2026
