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WMU updates non-discrimination, sexual misconduct policies
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Western Michigan University Board of Trustees has updated their non-discrimination and sexual misconduct policies. WMU general council Keith Hahn proposed the changes after working with university staff to make them comply with the latest updates to state and federal law in this area. H...
16h ago
Seven tornadoes confirmed in Michigan, two in Allegan County
ALLEGAN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Seven tornadoes have been confirmed by the National Weather Service to have hit in Michigan during the storms that hit Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning. Two of them started in Allegan County. One was an EF-0 and the other was an EF-1 tornado that started near Otsego and lifted...
Apr 16, 2026
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LOCAL NEWS
Several southwest, west Michigan communities getting federal money for affordable housing
WASHINGTON, DC (WKZO AM/FM) - Federal funding will be heading to several southwest Michigan communit...
Apr 15, 2026
Tuesday morning fire damages Battle Creek home
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Battle Creek home has been damaged in a house fire early Tuesday m...
Apr 15, 2026
Three suspects arrested after home invasion and assault in Battle Creek early Sunday, then reportedly bragging on Facebook
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Three women were arrested early Sunday in Battle Creek after reporte...
Apr 14, 2026
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Calhoun County Sheriff's Office investigating assault of convenience store employee in Pennfield Township
PENNFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A suspect is still at large as the Calhoun County Sheriff's Of...
Apr 13, 2026
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Man dead, woman in custody following Sunday afternoon shooting in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 31-year-old woman is in taken into custody and charged with murder...
Apr 13, 2026
STATE NEWS
AG Nessel seeking 61% cut in Consumers Energy rate hike request
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel wants regulators to cut the rate hike request of Consumers Energy by 61%. She filed testimony to the Michigan Public Service Commission this week urging them to cut the $240-million rate increase request to around $94-million, a reduction of over $146-mil...
14h ago
Poll shows dead heats in Democratic U.S. Senate, Republican gubernatorial primaries
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A new poll finds former Detroit public health official Abdul El-Sayed and state Senator Mallory McMorrow in a statistical dead heat in the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate. El-Sayed has 24% support, McMorrow has 23.6% support, and Congresswoman Hailey Stevens is well behind in third wit...
15h ago
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State House Speaker Hall Lays Out GOP Budget Overview
YouTube video courtesy Michigan House Republicans LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 17, 2026) - Now that state lawmakers are back in Lansing, work on the Fiscal 2027 budget is on the proverbial front burner. During his weekly press briefing on Thursday, House Speaker Matt Hall laid out a wide-angle view of his caucus' prop...
15h ago
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Film of Indian epic 'Ramayana' aims for global audience
By Rollo Ross LAS VEGAS, April 17 (Reuters) - The filmmakers behind big-budget Hindu epic "Ramayana" are aiming to bring a classic Hindu story to global audiences this year. "Ramayana" tells a 5,000-year-old story about Prince Rama, an incarnation of...
4h ago
Cinemas see summer sizzle in 'Spider-Man' and 'Star Wars'
By Lisa Richwine LAS VEGAS, April 17 (Reuters) - A new Spider-Man adventure, a Steven Spielberg UFO movie and Baby Yoda's big-screen debut will light up movie screens this summer in what cinema operators hope will be their hottest season since they reo...
6h ago
Actor Natalie Portman is pregnant with her third child
By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, April 17 (Reuters) - Actor Natalie Portman is expecting her third child with her partner, French music producer Tanguy Destable, her representative confirmed to Reuters on Friday. "I'm just very grateful. I know it's...
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