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Federal government identifies Battle Creek federal building for disposition
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center in downtown Battle Creek has been identified for accelerated disposition by the U.S. General Services Administration. The GSA plans to dispose of the surplus property and calls the building "underutilized and functionally obsolete." Congressm...
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Missing Kalamazoo woman found safe in Canada
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The months-long search for a missing Kalamazoo woman is over. In November 2025, 29-year-old Mara Minott was last seen by her family. Authorities now say Minott was found in British Columbia, Canada Tuesday. Her family says she is safe, but will not be releasing any further details.
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LOCAL NEWS
Senator Albert announces reelection bid
LOWELL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State Senator Thomas Albert, whose 18th District includes all of Barry Cou...
Feb 17, 2026
Michigan's average gas price up 15-cents in past week
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - We are just a month and a half into 2026, and Triple-A Michigan says gas...
Feb 16, 2026
Calhoun County Sheriff's Office investigating shots fires incident from Saturday evening
SPRINGFIELD, MI (WKZO AM/FM) The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office is investigating a shots fired inci...
Feb 16, 2026
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...
Feb 15, 2026
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 pa...
Feb 14, 2026
STATE NEWS
MSHDA hits record number of home assistance loans in 2025
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan State Housing Development Authority has set a record in 2025 for how many people they helped become homeowners. The MSHDA says they issued 6,193 home assistance loans totaling one-billion-dollars in mortgage and down payment assistance loans. That was the most since the agency wa...
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Governor Whitmer visits Olympic athletes in Milan
MILAN, ITALY (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer stopped in Milan, Italy this week to meet with Michigan athletes representing Team USA in the Winter Olympics. Whitmer talked to ice dancers Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik along with Madison Chock and Evan Bates on their love for the state and fun questions like &...
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Three Michigan school districts under federal investigation
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Three public school districts in Michigan are under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice. The DOJ is looking into if the schools have included sexual orientation and gender identity content in sexual education classes without giving parents the chance to opt students out. Detroit P...
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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Iran's Jafar Panahi tells Berlinale to postpone tribute out of respect for protesters
By Miranda Murray and Hanna Rantala BERLIN, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Iranian director Jafar Panahi had told the Berlin Film Festival not to hold a ceremony to present him in person with the Golden Bear prize he won in absentia in 2015 out of respect for th...
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Belgian baritone opera singer Jose van Dam dies at 85
(Corrects in paragraph 5: Von Karajan was a conductor at Berlin State Opera during nazi-Germany, not at Berlin Philharmonic) BRUSSELS, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Belgian baritone opera singer Jose van Dam, who sang with New York's Metropolitan Opera and Théâ...
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Who will triumph at the BAFTAs? 'Hamnet' has the home advantage
LONDON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - "Hamnet" could edge ahead of "One Battle After Another" and "Sinners" to win the top prize at the BAFTAs, as the heartbreaker about Shakespeare, his wife Agnes and the death of their son is likely to win over British voters,...
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