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State House, Senate approve $51.8-billion omnibus budget
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan House of Representatives has approved the state budget for Fiscal Year 2026. The Sena...
Oct 03, 2025

No state budget approved yet, but no state government shutdown
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer says state government will remain open despite lawmakers not yet approvi...
Oct 01, 2025

Fire damages Fazoli's restaurant in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A fire has damaged the Fazoli's restaurant in Battle Creek. Firefighters got the flames under...
Oct 01, 2025

Hopkins man arrested in Allegan County animal fighting case
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 37-year-old Hopkins man has been charged on five felony counts stemming from the bust of a suspe...
Sep 30, 2025

Pair who fled into Schoolcraft Township cornfield facing multiple charges
SCHOOLCRAFT TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man and woman who fled the scene of an accident Sunday which forced the cancellatio...
Sep 30, 2025
State

Great blue heron in Cass County tests positive for West Nile virus
LAWRENCE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A great blue heron in Cass County has tested positive for West Nile virus. The Van Buren/Cass Dis...
Oct 03, 2025

State House, Senate approve $51.8-billion omnibus budget
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan House of Representatives has approved the state budget for Fiscal Year 2026. The Sena...
Oct 03, 2025

Whitmer says free meals for students in budget
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Whitmer says free breakfast and lunch for all public school students will continue. The b...
Oct 02, 2025

Votes expected today on state budget
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan House and Senate are both expecting to vote today on the Fiscal Year 2026 state budge...
Oct 02, 2025

Meijer to expand to Pennsylvania
WALKER, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Walker-based grocery retailer Meijer is confirming plans to expand into Pennsylvania. The company s...
Oct 02, 2025
Local Sports

Detroit Tigers advance, will play Seattle Mariners
CLEVELAND, OH (WKZO AM/FM) - The Detroit Tigers will play the Seattle Mariners in the American League Division Series. Detroi...
Oct 03, 2025

AUDIO: Support for Kalamazoo Central JV football player shown at board meeting
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The community came out to if not defend, at least support a Kalamazoo Central High School junior...
Sep 26, 2025

Kalamazoo could face ice shortage soon
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo could be facing an ice shortage in a few years. Not the kind you drop in your drinks, bu...
Sep 24, 2025

MHSAA releases statement on Kalamazoo Central - Lakeshore JV football game
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan High School Athletic Association has released a statement about the junior varsity ...
Sep 23, 2025

Kalamazoo Curling Club looking to build new home in Parchment
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Curling Club is facing a dilemma with the closure last week of Wings West in Texas...
Sep 16, 2025
National Sports
Tennis-Zverev accuses tournaments of slowing courts to favour Alcaraz and Sinner
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -World number three Alexander Zverev accused tournament directors of slowing down courts to help Carlos Al...
52m ago
Clayton Kershaw, Will Smith on Dodgers roster for NLDS
Clayton Kershaw is back on Los Angeles Dodgers' roster for the National League Division Series vs. Philadelphia. Kershaw, who...
2h ago
Blue Jays leave Bo Bichette, Chris Bassitt, Max Scherzer off ALDS roster
The Toronto Blue Jays will meet the New York Yankees in the American League Division Series without star shortstop Bo Bichett...
2h ago
Wild G Filip Gustavsson signs 5-year, $34M extension
The Minnesota Wild signed goalkeeper Filip Gustavsson to a five-year, $34 million contract extension on Saturday morning. Gus...
3h ago
Tennis-Ruthless Anisimova ousts defending champion Gauff to reach China Open final
BEIJING (Reuters) -U.S. Open runner-up Amanda Anisimova advanced to her second WTA 1000 final of the year on Saturday, outcla...
10h ago
National
Hermes showcases leather brassiere tops and quilted silk on Paris runway
PARIS (Reuters) -Hermes designer Nadege Vanhee sent out a collection of brassiere tops, quilted silk coats and racer-backed d...
2h ago
Magnitude 6 earthquake strikes east coast of Honshu, Japan, GFZ says
(Reuters) -An magnitude 6 earthquake struck near the east coast of Honshu, Japan, on Saturday, the German Research Center for...
3h ago
Dozens of flights canceled at Netherlands' Schiphol airport due to storm
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -At least 80 incoming and more than 70 outgoing flights were canceled at the Netherlands' Schiphol Airpor...
11h ago
China to cancel some flights as Typhoon Matmo nears Hainan during peak holiday travel
HONG KONG (Reuters) -Chinese authorities will cancel flights in Hainan on Saturday night before Typhoon Matmo hits the southe...
15h ago
Education Department altered employees' emails to blame shutdown on Democrats, lawsuit says
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A federal workers' union filed a lawsuit on Friday challenging the Trump administration's alterati...
18h ago
World
Somali forces fighting al Shabaab attack on high-security prison
MOGADISHU (Reuters) -Somali government forces were fighting on Saturday to repel al Shabaab militants who stormed a high-secu...
2h ago
China provides intelligence to Russia on Ukraine targets, Ukrainian intelligence says
(Reuters) -China is providing intelligence to Russia to enable Moscow to better launch missile strikes inside Ukraine, a seni...
3h ago
Georgian police use water cannon to repel protesters from presidential palace
By Lucy Papachristou and Felix Light TBILISI (Reuters) -Georgian police used pepper spray and water cannon to force protester...
3h ago
Explainer-After Trump's intervention, how close is the Gaza war to ending?
(Reuters) -President Donald Trump has urged Israel to halt its bombing of Gaza after Hamas agreed to release hostages and acc...
4h ago
Mass rally in Rome on fourth day of Italy's pro-Palestinian protests
ROME (Reuters) -Large crowds assembled in central Rome on Saturday for the fourth straight day of protests in Italy since Isr...
4h ago
Business
Ecuador revokes environmental license for Canada's DPM to develop gold project
By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) -Ecuador's government has revoked the environmental license granted to Canadian mining ...
2h ago
German coalition partner seeks protections for European steel, document shows
By Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany's Social Democrats, junior partners in Chancellor Friedrich Merz's coalition, will...
6h ago
OpenAI's Altman seeks funds for infrastructure expansion on Asia, Middle East tour, WSJ reports
(Reuters) -OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has embarked on a global fundraising initiative spanning East Asia and the Middle East, seek...
8h ago
Japan's Nikkei seen hitting new highs as yen, bonds sputter on Takaichi victory
By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese shares are expected to keep setting records even as the nation's currency and bonds ...
8h ago
Japan's Takaichi sees need to achieve demand-driven inflation
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's likely next prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, said on Saturday the government and central bank must wo...
8h ago
Politics
Trump administration offers unaccompanied migrant children $2,500 to voluntarily leave US, letter shows
By Christian Martinez LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -The Trump administration is offering unaccompanied migrant children $2,500 to le...
18h ago
Education Department altered employees' emails to blame shutdown on Democrats, lawsuit says
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A federal workers' union filed a lawsuit on Friday challenging the Trump administration's alterati...
18h ago
Second US appeals court rejects Trump's order curtailing birthright citizenship
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump's effort to curtail birthright citizenship was declared unconstituti...
22h ago
US considers $1 Trump coin to mark 250th independence celebrations
By Costas Pitas and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Treasury is considering making a $1 coin featuring President...
22h ago
Key Democrat blasts 'abrupt' end of popular US tariff exemption for package shipments
By David Lawder and Lisa Baertlein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Finance Committee accused the Tr...
22h ago
Health
India probes possible cough syrup link to deaths of nine children
By Manoj Kumar and Rishika Sadam NEW DELHI/HYDERABAD (Reuters) -Indian authorities said on Saturday they are investigating if...
9h ago
US FDA slaps new requirements for Indonesia's shrimp and spices after radioactive contamination
JAKARTA (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced new import certification requirements for shrimp and...
12h ago
AbbVie expects $2.7 billion R&D charge in third quarter
(Reuters) -Drugmaker AbbVie in a regulatory filing on Friday said it expects third-quarter earnings to include a $2.7 billion...
23h ago
UnitedHealth shareholder proposes independent board chair
(Reuters) -A UnitedHealth shareholder proposed on Friday that the healthcare group should adopt a policy to require an indepe...
Oct 03, 2025
Novo plans online launch for obesity pill once approved, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) -Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk said it plans to make its new obesity pill available through telehealth platforms li...
Oct 03, 2025
Science
Data centres in space? Jeff Bezos thinks it's possible
TURIN (Reuters) -Amazon founder and executive chair Jeff Bezos said on Friday gigawatt-scale data centres will be built in sp...
Oct 03, 2025
More evidence suggests Saturn's moon Enceladus could support life
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A fresh look at data collected by NASA's Cassini spacecraft has uncovered more evidence ...
Oct 02, 2025
Satellite startup Spacecoin sends data through space in bid to rival Starlink
By Gianluca Lo Nostro (Reuters) -U.S. startup Spacecoin said on Wednesday it had successfully sent secured information throug...
Oct 01, 2025
Scientists create human eggs using skin cells
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) -Human skin cells may one day be used to create functional human eggs in a step toward helping women...
Sep 30, 2025
Giant sinkhole in Chilean mining town haunts residents, three years on
TIERRA AMARILLA (Reuters) -Residents in the mining town of Tierra Amarilla in the Chilean desert are hopeful that a new court...
Sep 30, 2025
Technology
OpenAI to boost content owners' control for Sora AI video app, plans monetization
By Mrinmay Dey (Reuters) -ChatGPT creator OpenAI will soon introduce controls allowing the owners of content rights to dictat...
16h ago
AI chip firm Cerebras files to withdraw highly anticipated US listing
By Prakhar Srivastava (Reuters) -AI chip startup Cerebras Systems, which competes with industry leader Nvidia in the booming ...
22h ago
Almost 1 billion Salesforce records stolen, hacker group claims
LONDON (Reuters) -Cybercriminals connected to a recent string of ransomware attacks on major British retailers said on Friday...
Oct 03, 2025
Activision officials must face claims over Microsoft takeover, judge rules
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -A Delaware judge said former Activision Blizzard officials including Chief Executive Bobby Kot...
Oct 03, 2025
Exclusive-Amazon loses devices VP and member of elite CEO advisory just days after launches
By Greg Bensinger SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Just days after putting on its annual devices and services showcase, Amazon is los...
Oct 03, 2025
Entertainment
George Clooney says Trump should create incentives, not tariffs, for movie industry
(Reuters) -Movie star George Clooney said on Friday that U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to impose a 100% tariff on all ...
19h ago
Victoria Beckham shows youthful slip dresses at Paris Fashion Week
By Mimosa Spencer PARIS (Reuters) -Victoria Beckham showed a collection of slip dresses, roomy suits and soft, leather jacket...
20h ago
Factbox-Taylor Swift's 'The Life of a Showgirl' album sets stage to break records
(Reuters) -Taylor Swift's 12th studio album "The Life of a Showgirl" on Friday debuted to midnight Target runs, the...
20h ago
Brazilian scammers, raking in millions, used Gisele Bundchen deepfakes on Instagram ads
By Debora Ely (Reuters) -A group of suspected scammers in Brazil using Instagram ads featuring deepfakes of supermodel Gisele...
22h ago
Scores of Bollywood AI videos vanish from YouTube after Reuters story
By Aditya Kalra and Arpan Chaturvedi NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Hundreds of AI-generated Bollywood videos with 16 million views hav...
Oct 03, 2025