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Hot 'n Now opening October 13 in Wayland
WAYLAND, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The new Hot 'n Now in Wayland has set its opening date. The restaurant will open at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, October 13 across the street from the Gun Lake Casino Resort, right off of US-131. It was built in Alpena, trucked down to Wayland and assembled over the past several weeks at 1146 129th ...
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Two shootings late Wednesday, early Thursday under KDPS investigation
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 33-year-old man was shot in one of his lower legs around 10:45 p.m. Wednesday in the 600 block of Ada Street. Kalamazoo Public Safety says he showed up at an area hospital shortly after the shots were fired with a gunshot wound and is in stable condition. No information on the suspect has...
5h ago
LOCAL NEWS
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 ...
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. Firefigh...
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...
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 whi...
Sep 30, 2025
One dead in Allegan County crash
OVERISEL TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Allegan County Sheriff's Office is investigating a deadly c...
Sep 30, 2025
STATE NEWS
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 District Health Department was notified by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources about the positive test. The bird is the 69th to test positive so far this year for West Nile virus. It is the...
5h ago
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 Senate early this morning voted to approve the $51.8-billion omnibus budget, sending it to Governor Whitmer for her signature. The school aid budget is still awaiting a Senate vote and will bring the...
7h ago
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 budget for the current fiscal year has not yet been passed by the House and Senate, but she and legislative leaders say it will have money for the free meals. A letter sent to school districts fro...
Oct 02, 2025
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
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 have been deleted from Google's YouTube after Reuters reported they were similar to those at the centre of a legal challenge file...
5h ago
Sean 'Diddy' Combs to be sentenced on prostitution-related charges for 'Freak Offs'
By Luc Cohen and Jack Queen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Sean "Diddy" Combs is due to be sentenced on Friday for prostitution-related charges, with prosecutors pushing for the hip-hop mogul to spend more than a decade in prison and the defense urging his swift ...
6h ago
Taylor Swift's 'Life of a Showgirl' launches with global promotion
By Dawn Chmielewski LOS ANGELES, October 3 (Reuters) -Superstar Taylor Swift's latest studio album, "The Life of a Showgirl," arrives Friday with a promotional blitz that includes midnight sales at Target stores, a release party at movie theaters aroun...
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