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Portage City Council selects new City Manager
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Chief Administrative Officer of Woodlands Township, Texas, who has Michigan ties, has been selected by the Portage City Council as thir next City Manager. Contract negotiations will now begin with Karen Dempsey-Horan after she was picked from three finalists during a special meeting at Po...
12h ago
Kalamazoo County officials asking local governments for help with emergency homeless shelter funding
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County officials have been dispatched by the county board to ask other local municipalities for help to pay for emergency winter sheltering for the homeless. So far they have gotten a couple of maybes, but no commitments. The city of Kalamazoo has already committed up to $500,000 ...
17h ago
LOCAL NEWS
Suspect arrested in Battle Creek-area bank robbery
PENNFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office says deputies have arreste...
Aug 27, 2026
KDPS identifies victim of drive-by shooting early Saturday morning
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazo Department of Public Safety says a 30-year-old woman kille...
Aug 26, 2026
Battle Creek Cereal Sale returns Wednesday
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The second Battle Creek Cereal Sale of 2026 will happen Wednesday, A...
Aug 25, 2026
Battle Creek police seize 67 guns in six months
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek police have seized 67 illegal guns in the last six mont...
Aug 25, 2026
Vicksburg to interview four finalists September 1 for Village Manager job
VICKSBURG, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The field has been narrowed down to four finalists for the Vicksburg V...
Aug 25, 2026
STATE NEWS
Michigan to receive $171-million in Meta settlement
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The state of Michigan will receive $171-million in a settlement with Meta Platforms Incorporated to resolve claims Facebook and Instagram were designed to addict children. Meta will pay $16.68-billion overall to settle the case. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says the "historic se...
Aug 27, 2026
Michigan, 25 other states sue USPS
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The U.S. Postal Service is being sued by 26 states, including Michigan, as they are challenging the new rule giving USPS the authority to regulate mail-in voting during federal elections. The states say the rule will prevent them from effectively administering their mail voting programs and t...
Aug 27, 2026
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State House approves getting money out of politics, Senate won't vote on it
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan House voted Tuesday approve a proposal that would limit corporations from putting money into political campaigns. Speaker Matt Hall of Richland says the proposal would prohibit regulated utilities from donating to candidates and political parties.. Hall says there was some bipart...
Aug 26, 2026
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Dolly Parton's legacy lives on through book deliveries to kids
By Jayla Whitfield-Anderson and Kaitlin Bender-Thomas CLEVELAND, Georgia, Aug 27 (Reuters) - For 3-year-old Simon Dockery, a trip to the mailbox can mean a new adventure. Since he was a baby, books from Dolly Parton's Imagination Library have arrived ...
Aug 28, 2026
'Practical Magic 2' returns to celebrate sisterhood, pass the baton
By Hanna Rantala LONDON, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman reunite to reprise the roles of cursed witch sisters Sally and Gillian Owens in "Practical Magic 2," a sequel that arrives in cinemas almost three decades after the original ...
Aug 27, 2026
US judge awards Blake Lively $407,000 for legal bills in Justin Baldoni dispute, much less than she sought
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK, Aug 26 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday awarded Blake Lively $407,000 to cover her legal fees and costs after successfully defending against fellow actor Justin Baldoni's defamation lawsuit stemming from their mov...
Aug 26, 2026
