FEATURED PROMOTIONS
QUICK LINKS
TOP STORIES
Battle Creek chief of police to take part in meet and greet next Monday
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A meet and greet has been scheduled for next week with the three finalists for Chief of Police with the Battle Creek Police Department. It will be held Monday, November 16 from 5:30-7:00 p.m. in the Davidson Building Auditorium at Kellogg Community College, 450 North Avenue. Current Poli...
5h ago
Kalamazoo Public Schools, teachers union still at odds on new contract
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Teachers in the Kalamazoo Public Schools district remain without a contract after two mediation sessions. Kalamazoo Education Association president Heather Reid says another session will be held next week as the two sides try to find common ground. This is the third straight school year tha...
12h ago
LOCAL NEWS
Deputies find shotgun In Mattawan High School student's car
MATTAWAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Van Buren County deputies are investigating after finding an unloaded sh...
5h ago
Adam Strong of Marshall appointed judge for Calhoun County's 10th District Court
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A vacant District Court judge position in Calhoun County has been f...
Nov 11, 2026
Pedestrian struck and killed in St. Joseph County's Constantine Township
CONSTANTINE TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 57-year-old Constantine man was killed Tuesday evening in ...
Nov 11, 2026
zeferli@gmail.com / Depositphotos.com
Three arrested in Cass County irrigation wire thefts
VOLINIA TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Three people have been arrested after the theft of wiring from i...
Nov 11, 2026
Package thieves caught in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A trio of suspected porch pirates have been arrested in Kalamazoo. Last...
Nov 10, 2026
STATE NEWS
Governor Whitmer asks for food tariffs to be eliminated
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is asking U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to end food tariffs. She also asked him to reimburse Michigan residents who have had to pay more for imported goods with President Trump's tariffs. In a letter to Bessent, Whitmer says her administration has wo...
Nov 11, 2026
Governor-elect Benson: I won't run for President in 2028
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor-elect Jocelyn Benson is already being peppered with the same question as Governor Gretchen Whitmer: will you run for President in 2028? Benson was asked the question on the public television program "Off the Record," and says she will not run for President in 2028 and "...
Nov 10, 2026
Local clerks have until Friday to certify the midterm election results
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's already been a week since last Tuesday's "Bluenami" and Kalamazoo City Clerk Scott Borling says the county is still certifying the results. Borling says he has some impressive numbers of his own. Turnout was high for an off-year election with sizable numbers participating in ...
Nov 10, 2026
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Stock tips with a beat: Samsung Securities' AI K-pop group racks up views
By Joyce Lee SEOUL, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Stock brokerage Samsung Securities has found brand ambassadors who never skip rehearsal and are unlikely to make tabloid headlines: a four-member, AI-generated K-pop girl group called LUMINA. The band's debut musi...
22h ago
'The inner child in me is screaming': Jamie Campbell Bower on joining 'Lord of the Rings' series
By Francesca Halliwell LONDON, Nov 11 (Reuters) - British actor Jamie Campbell Bower said joining "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" fulfilled a childhood dream as the cast gathered in London for the global premiere of the fantasy series' thir...
Nov 10, 2026
Actor Stacy Keach, known for playing Hammer, Hamlet and Hemingway, dead at 85
By Bill Trott Nov 10 (Reuters) - Actor Stacy Keach, who portrayed rugged characters such as fictional detective Mike Hammer and legendary American novelist Ernest Hemingway, died on Tuesday at the age of 85, his wife said in a statement to Hollywood tr...
Nov 10, 2026
