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One dead after crash on West Main late Saturday
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office says speed appears to be a factor in fatal crash late Saturday night in Ostemo Township. Around 11:40 p.m. Kalamazoo Consolidated Dispatch Authority received several 911 phone calls about the crash on West Main Street near North 10th Street. Firs...
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No injuries in early Saturday blaze in Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM] - There were no injuries in an early Saturday blaze in a Portage trailer park. At approximately 3:45 a.m. the Portage Fire Division responded to a reported structure fire at 4411 Frederick Lane in the Colonial Acres Trailer Park. When crews arrived they found heavy fire conditions from the resi...
Feb 14, 2026
LOCAL NEWS
Sextortion investigation by Calhoun County Sheriff's Office leads to North Carolina man's arrest
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A North Carolina man is in police custody and facing over 25 felony ...
Feb 13, 2026
Bronson man accused of threatening phone call to state Capitol
BRONSON, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 50-year-old Bronson man accused of making a call to the state Capitol t...
Feb 13, 2026
Arrest made in 2023 Kalamazoo double homicide
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A suspect is in custody in the murder of a Kalamazoo couple in 2023. Of...
Feb 12, 2026
Portage native Carson Hocevar lands Spectrum sponsorship for 13 races
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Carson Hocevar has landed Spectrum as his primary sponsor for 13 NASCAR C...
Feb 11, 2026
Kalamazoo woman charged in connection with homicide of Fort Wayne teen
FORT WAYNE,IN (WKZO AM/FM) - A 29-year-old Kristina Burch of Kalamazoo was arrested and charged this...
Feb 11, 2026
STATE NEWS
Bronson man accused of threatening phone call to state Capitol
BRONSON, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 50-year-old Bronson man accused of making a call to the state Capitol threatening Republicans was back in court yesterday. Gabriel Hetrick is charged with one count of making a terroristic threat and malicious use of a telecommunications service for allegedly making the threats. He has a pr...
Feb 13, 2026
Rogers wants to help small businesses affected by extended construction projects
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo lawmaker is proposing legislation that will provide small businesses relief if they are affected by road construction work. House Bill 5524 will be introduced by State Presentative Julie Rogers next week and would establish a road construction business loss reimbursement program, ...
Feb 12, 2026
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Governor Whitmer's $88-billion FY 2027 budget proposed
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer's $88-billion budget has been proposed and introduced to lawmakers. She is proposing higher taxes on tobacco and electronic cigarettes, a new internet gaming tax rate on large casinos, a per-wager sports betting tax, and a digital advertising tax to handle federal sp...
Feb 12, 2026
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Germany's Sandra Hueller takes on gender identity in Berlinale period piece 'Rose'
BERLIN, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Oscar-nominated German actor Sandra Hueller said on Sunday that the stigmatisation of gender nonconformity depicted in her new period piece "Rose" is increasing again today. Hueller plays the titular character of the black-...
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Charli xcx closes 'brat summer' chapter with new mockumentary at Berlin Film Festival
BERLIN, Feb 14 (Reuters) - British pop star Charli xcx was everywhere in 2024, when the "brat summer" cultural phenomenon her album unleashed even made its way into U.S. presidential candidate Kamala Harris' campaign. Some two years since the neon-gre...
Feb 14, 2026
Karim Ainouz probes family dynamics with 'operatic absurdity' at Berlin festival
By Miranda Murray and Hanna Rantala BERLIN, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Brazilian director Karim Ainouz's new drama "Rosebush Pruning" delves into patriarchy and trauma within an insular wealthy family, approaching the material with what actor Jamie Bell on Sa...
Feb 14, 2026
