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Kalamazoo County board approves 2027 budget
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County board has given final approval to their 2027 budget. Sort of. They were making amendments right up to the final vote on the spending plan, and plan to make more changes at their next meeting. The vote on the $353-million financial plan had already been delayed because s...
10h ago
Around 260 temporary workers will assist in the election process in Kalamazoo next month
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As clerks across the state are gering up for early voting beginning this Saturday, the City of Kalamazoo is saluting about 260 election workers will support local voters for the November 3 General Election. The city says those workers servce at the Kalamazoo's 20 voting precincts, absent vo...
15h ago
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LOCAL NEWS
Chronic wasting disease confirmed in Hillsdale County animal
HILLSDALE COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) ...
Oct 20, 2026
Michigan's average gas price down 15¢
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan drivers are paying 15¢ less for a gallon of gas than last ...
Oct 19, 2026
Two Mattawan High School students killed, three injured in early Sunday morning crash
TEXAS TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two Mattawan High School students were killed in a single vehicle ...
Oct 18, 2026
Kalamazoo indoor youth sports facility on schedule to be done in September
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Work continues on Kalamazoo's new indoor youth sports facility on the c...
Oct 14, 2026
Lower demand leads Pfizer to lay off around 150 at Portage plant
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - While not timeline was released, Pfizer says it will be laying off 150 wo...
Oct 13, 2026
STATE NEWS
Michigan State Police to accept prescription drugs Saturday
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State Police posts will accept unwanted prescription medicine Saturday for the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. They will not accept liquids, patches, syringes, and inhalers. The pills will be accepted with no questions asked and will be destroyed. The Prescription Drug Take...
10h ago
More than 780,000 Michigan voters have already cast their ballot, two weeks before Election Day
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State officials say two weeks ahead of Election Day, more than 780,000 Michigan voters have returned their absentee ballot or voted at an early voting site, bringing the active registered voter turnout rate to 10.7%. The Secretary of State's office says voters have requested more than 2.1 mi...
Oct 20, 2026
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DNR releasing nearly 7,300 pheasants for hunting season
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will release nearly 7,300 pheasants in the Lower Peninsula this fall and winter. The ring-necked pheasant hunting season opens today. The fall hunt runs through November 14th, and hunters will be back to track pheasants from December 1st to January...
Oct 20, 2026
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Tom Cruise to be honored with American Film Institute award
LOS ANGELES, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Actor Tom Cruise, known for movies from "Risky Business" to "Top Gun," will receive the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award at a Hollywood ceremony in April, organizers said on Wednesday. The AFI, a nonpro...
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'Glee' to return in reboot for Disney+ and Hulu
By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, Oct 21 (Reuters) - "Glee," the hit musical comedy-drama television series, is set to return in a reboot, streaming services Disney+ and Hulu announced on Wednesday. "It's official, Glee is returning," the platforms s...
3h ago
Canadian publisher says Thelyson Orelien used AI to write award-winning book, ends relationship
PARIS, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Canadian publishing house Les Editions du Boreal said on Wednesday it had ended its professional relationship with Haitian-Canadian author Thelyson Orelien after it found that he had used artificial intelligence to write hi...
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