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Mother wants investigation by Battle Creek leaders into son's detainment
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Battle Creek mother wants city leaders to investigate the detainment of her 16-year-old son by police. Martricia Spearman says Jeremiah was racially profiled and treated unjustly when Battle Creek police detained him Sunday for the second time in two weeks. Spearman says he was walking...
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Today is Juneteenth
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Today is a holiday. It's Juneteenth, celebrating the date that marks the end of slavery in America, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, and Union troops landed in Galveston, Texas to bring slaves there the news. State and federal offices, the U.S. Post Office, many banks...
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LOCAL NEWS
Sturgis Hospital to close at the end of the week
STURGIS, MI (WTVB) - After years of financial struggles, Sturgis Hospital is set to close its doors ...
Jun 16, 2026
Kalamazoo tennis legends Palladino and Burda capture national championship in 60-and-over doubles
BOISE, ID (WKZO AM/FM) - Longtime friends, former Kalamazoo College standouts, and local tennis lege...
Jun 15, 2026
Michigan State AD Batt's bolts for Kentucky
EAST LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The University of Kentucky officially finalized a six-year agreement...
Jun 15, 2026
Jack In The Box returns to Michigan following 45-year absence, new Battle Creek location now open
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) Jack in The Box officially opened it's doors in Battle Creek today, ma...
Jun 15, 2026
Battle Creek man arrested for felonious assault, outstanding warrants
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 31-year-old Battle Creek man is in the Calhoun County Jail on a ch...
Jun 15, 2026
STATE NEWS
State House Speaker prepared to cut governor off of budget negotiation
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall is prepared to cut Governor Gretchen Whitmer's office from the budget negotiations. The Richland Republican says he will work with Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks of Grand Rapids and Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Sarah Anthony to reach a deal...
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Michigan's unemployment rate inches up in May, still higher than the national rate
LANAING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate edged up by one-tenth of a percentage point to 5.1 percent during May, according to data released Thursday by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. "Michigan payroll jobs climbed for the third consecutive month duri...
21h ago
Wife of former state House Speaker pleads guilty to embezzlement
INGHAM COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Stephanie Chatfield, the wife of former state House Speaker Lee Chatfield, has agreed to a plea deal in their embezzlement case. She has pled guilty to one charge of embezzlement between $200 and $1,000 and the state dropped two charges of embezzling between $1,000 and $20,000. Stephani...
Jun 17, 2026
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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Chinese regulators clear Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros Discovery merger, source says
By Dawn Chmielewski LOS ANGELES, June 17 (Reuters) - Chinese regulators have cleared the $110 billion merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros Discovery, according to a source familiar with the decision. The antitrust ruling comes on the hee...
Jun 17, 2026
'Sinatra The Musical' takes audiences on intimate roller-coaster ride
By Hanna Rantala LONDON, June 17 (Reuters) - Frank Sinatra's songs and life story come to the London stage in a new West End musical the crooner's daughter says captures the highs and lows of the man behind the myth. "Sinatra The Musical," which has i...
Jun 17, 2026
'Toy Story 5' tackles tech tensions and tween girl trials
By Danielle Broadway EMERYVILLE, California, June 17 (Reuters) - For actor Joan Cusack, who voices the animated cowgirl Jessie in Disney's "Toy Story 5," it was important that the film tell a different kind of story - one centered on the experiences o...
Jun 17, 2026
