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Pedestrian struck and killed early Sunday in Cass County
CASS COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Cass County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a pedestrian who was struck by a car in Lagrange Township early Sunday morning. Deputies were called to the 57000 block of Wilbur Hill Road at 4:07 a.m. Township. The pedestrian was struck by the northbound vehicle and was pr...
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Work starts Monday on West Milham Avenue between 12th Street, Oakland Drive
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Starting Monday, West Milham Avenue between 12th Street and Oakland Drive will be under construction. The city of Portage says the project will include ADA sidewalk and ramp replacements, curb repairs, extension of the city's fiber network from Oakland Drive to Angling Road, and road milling ...
May 09, 2025
LOCAL NEWS
Frisbie: volunteer fire, EMS personnel deserve tax relief for lifesaving work
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A local lawmaker who is the former vice president of Lifecare Ambulance i...
May 08, 2025
M-311 bridge repairs over I-94 in Calhoun County to start May 12
MARSHALL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Transportation will be closing the M-311 brid...
May 08, 2025
Kalamazoo County hotel owners approve adding fee to room charges for youth sports complex
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Tuesday was a tough day for three funding requests on the ballot locall...
May 08, 2025
ACEing Autism, USTA welcome 87 tennis players for inclusive tennis clinic at Portage YMCA
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The USTA and ACEing Autism welcomed 87 tennis players of varied abilities...
May 07, 2025
Battle Creek Police looking for man wanted in 2024 murder
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WTVB/WNWN) - The Battle Creek Police Department is requesting the public's assis...
May 07, 2025
STATE NEWS
WMed to host SimWars Competition next Wednesday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine will welcome resident doctors from across the state on Wednesday for the Michigan College of Emergency Physicians Emergency Medicine Residents' Association of Michigan SimWars Competition. There will be 11 teams, including one ...
May 09, 2025
Whitmer says she is not ready to force state employees back to offices
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer says she is not ready yet to bring all state employees back to in-person work. Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall does want that, but Whitmer says she is pleased with the current hybrid arrangement. She noted "the whole world looks different than it did ten years...
May 09, 2025
Kildee resigns from state Natural Resource Commission
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Former Congressman Dan Kildee has resigned from his post with the Michigan Natural Resource Commission after just three months. He was replaced as chair of the commission by Rebecca Humphries, for former director of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Kildee had taken the post after...
May 09, 2025
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Sony Pictures extends Rothman's contract as CEO of its motion picture group
(Reuters) - Sony Pictures said on Friday it had entered into a multi-year contract extension with its motion picture group's chairman and CEO, Tom Rothman. Rothman joined the studio in 2013 as chairman of TriStar Pictures, before being named chairm...
May 09, 2025
Sean 'Diddy' Combs jury to be seated in hip-hop mogul's sex trafficking trial
By Jack Queen and Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A jury of 12 New Yorkers is due to be chosen on Friday in the racketeering and sex trafficking trial of hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs, who could face decades or even life in prison if convicted. The ra...
May 09, 2025
'Diddy' trial is highest-profile case so far for new unit of civil rights prosecutors
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - The sex-trafficking trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs, which kicks off on Monday, marks the highest-profile case so far for a nascent group in the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's office focusing on criminal prosecution of civi...
May 09, 2025
