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KPS budget, construction of new El Sol Elementary approved
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It was a big-money night at the Kalamazoo Public Schools board meeting as they approved spending nearly a quarter of a billion dollars. The big-ticket item was the $218 million budget for the coming school year, most of it going to salaries and benefits to keep teachers teaching, bus driver...
6h ago
City of Kalamazoo two-thirds of way through replacing lead service lines
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Even though more than two-thirds of the city's lead service lines have been replaced already, Kalamazoo officials say work continues on their years-long initiative to replace the city's lead service lines. Earlier this month city commissioners approved a $4.1 million contract with SWT Excav...
16h ago
LOCAL NEWS
KVET, Battle Creek police arrest three suspects
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Three people have been arrested by the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement ...
Jun 24, 2026
FEMA denies west Michigan tornado disaster assistance, Whitmer to appeal
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer will appeal a Federal Emergency Management Agen...
Jun 24, 2026
Suspect arrested in fatal Cass County hit and run accident
DOWAGIAC, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 22-year old Dowagiac man has been arrested and charged with failure to...
Jun 23, 2026
Nearly 1,000 degrees to be awarded at WMU summer graduation ceremonies Saturday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Summer graduation ceremonies will be held this Saturday at Western Mich...
Jun 22, 2026
Charges filed in November 2025 death of three-month-old in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 33-year-old Kalamazoo woman is being charged in the death of a three-...
Jun 22, 2026
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Michigan Education Association not making endorsement in U.S. Senate primary
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Education Association says it is not going to made an endorsement in the Democratic Party's U.S. Senate primary. The highly influential union told members their screening and recommendation committee found all three Democrats seeking the nomination are "well qualified for th...
4h ago
WMU Board of Trustees extends President Russ Kavalhuna's contract to eight years as he declines a pay hike
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Saying it affirms stability and trusted leadership for the future, the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees Thursday voted to extend President Russ Kavalhuna's contract to eight years. "When we were searching for our next president, we wanted a leader who could take us to the ...
21h ago
FEMA denies west Michigan tornado disaster assistance, Whitmer to appeal
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer will appeal a Federal Emergency Management Agency decision that denied disaster assistance for west Michigan from four tornadoes that hit on March 30th. The tornadoes killed four people and damaged homes and businesses in Branch, Cass, and St. Joseph counties. Whitme...
Jun 24, 2026
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Ann Blyth, film star of 1940s-50s famed for 'Mildred Pierce', dies at 98
By Will Dunham June 25(Reuters) - Ann Blyth, who earned an Oscar nomination playing Joan Crawford's malicious and deceitful teenage daughter in the classic 1945 melodrama "Mildred Pierce" and thrived in light and heavy roles during Hollywood's Golden A...
15h ago
In movie 'The Invite,' Olivia Wilde and Seth Rogen dive into dinner party disaster
By Danielle Broadway Los Angeles, June 25 (Reuters) - "The Invite," an American comedy film about complicated couples, debuts in U.S. theaters on Friday, exploring what happens when dysfunctional spouses get a steamy invite from their upstairs neighbo...
20h ago
Xbox to raise console prices worldwide from August
June 25 (Reuters) - Microsoft's Xbox is raising prices of its gaming consoles by up to $150 worldwide, citing a deepening global components crisis that has sent storage and memory costs soaring across the consumer electronics industry. Groups represe...
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