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Tensions rising between KEA, KPS over contract talks
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Tensions are continuing to rise between the Kalamazoo Education Association and Kalamazoo Public Schools administrators as the weeks continue to pass without a contract settlement. Talks remain in mediation and it's been slow going. Thursday night, teachers and parents challenged figures re...
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Two 19-year-olds arrested for illegal weapon offenses
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two 19-year-old Kalamazoo residents are in the Kalamazoo County Jail on several illegal weapon offenses charges. The Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team, Kalamazoo Metro SWAT, and Kalamazoo Public Safety's Criminal Investigation Division executed a search warrant on Tuesday in the 100 block o...
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LOCAL NEWS
Bicyclist killed after being hit by a vehicle on Helmer Road in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An elderly bicyclist was killed Tuesday afternoon after being struck...
17h ago
Lankerd named the new CEO of the Marshall Area Economic Development Alliance
MARSHALL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After serving as CEO of the Battle Creek Association of Realtors since 2...
Nov 4, 2026
God's Kitchen of Michigan cancels free Thanksgiving dinner in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - God's Kitchen of Michigan says it will have to cancel the free Thanksgi...
Nov 4, 2026
State Senator Sean McCann knocks off incumbent Republican Congressman Bill Huizenga
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State Senator Sean McCann has beaten incumbent Republican Congressman B...
Nov 4, 2026
Jocelyn Benson elected Michigan's next governor
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Jocelyn Benson is now Michigan's governor-elect. The Democratic secretary...
Nov 4, 2026
STATE NEWS
Governor Whitmer issues executive order protecting reproductive health data
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer has issued an executive order to protect reproductive health data four years after voters approved a constitutional amendment guaranteeing reproductive rights. Executive departments and agencies will have to conduct a review of their policies around reproductive heal...
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U.S. Senator-elect El-Sayed backing Van Hollen for Majority Leader
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan's U.S. Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed says he supports Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland to become the Senate majority leader. El-Sayed said on CNN Thursday that he thinks Van Hollen would be an amazing Senate majority leader, but says it's a choice the Maryland Senator has to make ...
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Consumers Energy, DTE Energy sue state over Proposal 2
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Consumers Energy and DTE Energy are suing the state in federal court over Proposal 2. Voters gave the proposal wide approval in Tuesday's election, restricting political contributions by utilities and their affiliates along with certain executives, board members, agents, owners, and immediate...
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Factbox-Details of Russell Brand's convictions
LONDON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - British comedian Russell Brand was found guilty on Thursday of rape and three sexual assaults. Here are details of his convictions. RAPE - COMPLAINANT FIVE The fifth complainant in the trial said she had met Brand in 2009 afte...
Nov 5, 2026
The rise and fall of Russell Brand
By Michael Holden LONDON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Russell Brand was once considered so culturally important that the opposition leader hoping to be Britain's next prime minister went on his online show, while former US Vice President Al Gore was happy to be ...
Nov 5, 2026
Comedian Russell Brand found guilty by UK court of rape and sexual assaults
By Sam Tobin and Michael Holden LONDON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Comedian Russell Brand, once one of Britain's most high-profile broadcasters and star of several Hollywood movies, faces a lengthy jail term after being convicted in a London court on Thursday o...
Nov 5, 2026
