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Career Connect students, partners recognized at 40th Annual Outstanding Achievement Awards
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency (KRESA) and KRESA Foundation honored 93 learners in Kalamazoo County at the 40th annual Outstanding Achievement Awards this past Thursday at the Radisson Plaza Hotel. Educators from Kalamazoo RESA's career learning programs nominated these honor...
17h ago
Traffic changes underway for West Centre Avenue construction project
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Beginning Friday, traffic control measures were put in place for the start of road construction on West Centre Avenue between Oakland Drive and Shaver Road. The West Centre Avenue Reconstruction Project includes resurfacing the existing roadway, installing a new sidewalk on the south side of ...
17h ago
LOCAL NEWS
U.S. Small Business Administration grants disaster declaration for three SW Michigan counties
WASHINGTON, DC (WKZO AM/FM) - The U.S. Small Business Administration has granted a disaster declarat...
May 01, 2026
First rabies positive bat of the season detected in Calhoun County
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Calhoun County Public Health Department says a bat found in th...
Apr 30, 2026
Report: sports group that now owns Kalamazoo rink under investigation by Michigan Attorney General's office
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Attorney General's office is reportedly investigating a sp...
Apr 29, 2026
Crews continue to work on power restoration in hardest hit areas of Calhoun, Kalamazoo and St. Joseph counties
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Over 600 electric crews worked through the night to finish restoring t...
Apr 29, 2026
Spring graduation is this Saturday at WMU with 2,300-plus degrees to be awarded
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's graduation day this Saturday, as Western Michigan University will ...
Apr 29, 2026
STATE NEWS
Michigan's average gas price up to $4.58, 28¢ above national average
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The average price of a gallon of gas in Michigan is skyrocketing higher, up 71¢ in the last week and a $1.35 higher than last year. Triple-A Michigan says the statewide average is up to $4.58, and many stations are at $5 a gallon for regular unleaded. Diesel fuel is up to $5.38 a gallon...
May 01, 2026
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House Speaker Hall wants property tax cut connected to budget
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall says he wants the Republican property tax cut plan connected with the final Fiscal Year 2027 budget. The Richland lawmaker says the plan has four major components: eliminating the property tax "pop-up" when ownership of a property changes hands; repe...
May 01, 2026
Nesbitt call for Brimacombe firing one day before her retirement from MSP
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt renewed his urgent call this week for the immediate termination of Michigan State Police (MSP) second-in-command Lt. Col. Aimee Brimacombe, one day before her scheduled retirement on May 1, 2026. The demand followed recent allegations from a state ...
Apr 30, 2026
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Netflix to give Greta Gerwig's 'Narnia' wide theatrical release, marking a first
By Dawn Chmielewski May 1 (Reuters) - Netflix on Friday said it would put filmmaker Greta Gerwig's "Narnia: The Magician's Nephew" movie in wide theatrical release next year, where it will play exclusively for more than 45 days - a first for the strea...
May 01, 2026
Motor racing-Apple's Cue expects F1 movie sequel, hopes for more global TV expansion
By Alan Baldwin MIAMI, May 1 (Reuters) - A sequel to Brad Pitt's successful F1 Movie is likely and Apple are also hoping to expand their Formula One involvement globally after securing the U.S. broadcast rights, Senior Vice-President of Services Eddy...
May 01, 2026
AI actors and writers will be ineligible for Oscars
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES, May 1 (Reuters) - Academy Awards organizers issued new rules on Friday to clarify that acting and writing must be performed by humans and not artificial intelligence to be eligible for the movie industry's highest honors...
May 01, 2026
