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Dirt bike rider killed after being struck by pick-up truck in Cass County
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A teen was killed Friday afternoon after his dirt bikes was struck was a pick-up truck in Cass County's Jefferson Township. Just after 12:30 p.m. deputies from the Cass County Sheriff's Office responded to a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Hospital Street and Mullen Road. ...
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Two injured in early morning gunfire
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two men were injured in a round of gunfire Saturday morning in Kalamazoo. At approximately 6:20 a.m. Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Officers responded to multiple reports of shots fired in the 800 block of Woodbury Avenue. When they arrived, officers discovered that two men, a 31-yea...
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LOCAL NEWS
Kalamazoo County commissioner faces domestic violence and resisting arrest charges
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo County Commissioner is facing charges for an alleged domest...
Jul 17, 2025
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Battle Creek changes course on fire station renovation, building plan
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek will build a new fire station as the city commission ha...
Jul 16, 2025
Deputies apprehend suspect in Springfield business breaking and entering
SPRINGFIELD, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A suspect is in custody after a break-in Monday morning at a commerci...
Jul 14, 2025
Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport secures $14.1-million grant for runway extension
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Construction of a 450-foot runway extension at the Kalamazoo/Battle Cre...
Jul 14, 2025
18-year-old killed in rollover crash in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An 18-year-old Battle Creek man has been killed in a single-vehicle ...
Jul 14, 2025
STATE NEWS
AUDIO: Governor Whitmer announces $144 million in medical debt forgiven for Michiganders
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - We now have more specific numbers on how many Kalamazoo County residents have benefited from the state's medical debt relief program. Governor Whitmer announced the statewide results yesterday in Detroit, saying $144-million in medical debt is being forgiven for over 200,000 Michiganders. T...
Jul 18, 2025
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Michigan unemployment rate edges down in June
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan's unemployment rate for June is down one-tenth of a percent to 5.3%. The state Department of Technology, Management & Budget released the jobless data Thursday. They say it was the second consecutive month the state's unemployment rate went down, and labor market information dire...
Jul 17, 2025
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Flags at half-staff today in Michigan for fallen U.S. Army staff sergeant
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - U.S. and Michigan flags will fly at half-staff today. Governor Gretchen Whitmer says it is to honor U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Saul Gonzalez of Pullman. Gonzalez was killed in Erbil, Iraq in a non-combat related incident when supporting Operation Inherent Reserve a month ago. Whitmer says the f...
Jul 17, 2025
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Colbert is latest casualty of late-night TV's fade-out
By Dawn Chmielewski and Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Late-night television had been fighting for its survival even before "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" was canceled this week. The announced end of one of the most popular broadcast late-n...
19h ago
Alan Bergman, great American lyricist, dies at 99
By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) -Alan Bergman wrote a song with his future wife on the day they first met. Over the next 60 years they never stopped making music together. Bergman was one half of one of the greatest American songwriting duos. The...
Jul 18, 2025
North Korean defectors make debut in new K-pop boy band
By Hyun Young Yi and Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) -A new K-pop boy band made their global debut on Friday with two members who defected from North Korea and an album that includes a song about the consequences of escaping one of the world's most repressi...
Jul 18, 2025
