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Branch County man faces CSC charges for reported ongoing sexual relationship with the minor
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A night custodian with the Union City Community Schools faces multiple drug, weapons, and criminal sex...
2h ago

Mattawan woman accused of being under the influence in accident that killed eight-year-old girl
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Friday afternoon 31-year-old Sheila Kershner of Mattawan was charged with eight criminal counts in...
18h ago

Suspect in custody on attempted murder charges after shooting in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Police arrested a Battle Creek man, following a shooting incident on West Spaulding Avenue th...
19h ago
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M-43/West Main Street expansion in Kalamazoo starts Monday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Transportation and contractor Hoffman Bros. Inc. will start work this...
Mar 28, 2025
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AUDIO: Linda Stermer's retrial underway
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - In Van Buren County, the retrial of Linda Stermer has begun. She was convicted in 2010 for the dea...
Mar 28, 2025
State

Mattawan woman accused of being under the influence in accident that killed eight-year-old girl
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Friday afternoon 31-year-old Sheila Kershner of Mattawan was charged with eight criminal counts in...
18h ago

Maximum weeks extended and payouts bigger for Michigan unemployment benefits beginning next month
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Major changes in Michigan's unemployment insurance law go into effect next week. Wednesday, April ...
Mar 28, 2025
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Kalamazoo Township police officer shot, suspect wounded too
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo Township police officer is stable condition snd a suspect is in critical co...
Mar 28, 2025

Second trial for woman accused of 2007 Van Buren County murder of her husband begins this week
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Opening statements are expected today in the retrial of a Van Buren County woman who had previousl...
Mar 27, 2025

AG Nessel promises full accounting of costs with Flint water crisis investigation in eight weeks
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says she will provide a full accounting of the costs her off...
Mar 26, 2025
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Local Sports

Western Michigan University Names Kate Achter as Head Women's Basketball Coach
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kate Achter has been named as the new head coach of the WMU women's basketball program. WMU offi...
19h ago

Broncos advance to Regional Final with double overtime win
FARGO, ND (WKZO AM/FM) - Grant Slukynsky scored in the second overtime as the Western Michigan University men's hockey team ...
Mar 28, 2025

Broncos earn one seed in NCAA Tournament, are ranked No. 3 in latest polls
FARGO, ND (WKZO AM/FM) - After collecting 30 wins and winning both the regular season and tournament titles in the NCHC, the ...
Mar 25, 2025

WMU hockey team claims NCHC Frozen Faceoff Championship, awaits NCAA draw
ST. PAUL, MN (WKZO AM/FM) - Alex Bump delivered the game-winning goal in double overtime to secure the Western Michigan Unive...
Mar 23, 2025

WMU hockey takes on Denver in NCHC Frozen Faceoff Championship tonight
ST. PAUL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Western Michigan University men's hockey team looks to capture its first NCHC Frozen Faceoff ...
Mar 22, 2025
National Sports
Reports: David Blitzer close to sale of Real Salt Lake, Utah Royals
Billionaire businessman David Blitzer is in advanced talks to sell a large stake in both Real Salt Lake of MLS and the Utah R...
26m ago
Rays place OF Josh Lowe (oblique) on 10-day IL
The Tampa Bay Rays placed outfielder Josh Lowe on the 10-day injured list Saturday due to a right oblique injury. In a corres...
26m ago
Alysa Liu comes out of retirement to win figure skating World Championships
After competing in the 2022 Beijing Olympics and winning a bronze medal at the World Championships that winter, 16-year-old A...
2h ago
Report: Cowboys star Micah Parsons seeks $200M extension
Cowboys All-Pro pass rusher Micah Parsons is seeking a $200 million contract extension, The Dallas Morning News reported. Tha...
2h ago
St. John's RJ Luis Jr. enters NBA draft, transfer portal
St. John's star forward RJ Luis Jr. is declaring for the 2025 NBA Draft and entering the transfer portal, multiple media outl...
2h ago
National
Reports: David Blitzer close to sale of Real Salt Lake, Utah Royals
Billionaire businessman David Blitzer is in advanced talks to sell a large stake in both Real Salt Lake of MLS and the Utah R...
26m ago
Rays place OF Josh Lowe (oblique) on 10-day IL
The Tampa Bay Rays placed outfielder Josh Lowe on the 10-day injured list Saturday due to a right oblique injury. In a corres...
26m ago
No sign Trump will honor US auto tariff protections won by Canada, Mexico in 2018
By David Lawder and David Shepardson (Reuters) - Canada and Mexico won protections against potential new U.S. auto tariffs in...
34m ago
Alysa Liu comes out of retirement to win figure skating World Championships
After competing in the 2022 Beijing Olympics and winning a bronze medal at the World Championships that winter, 16-year-old A...
2h ago
Report: Cowboys star Micah Parsons seeks $200M extension
Cowboys All-Pro pass rusher Micah Parsons is seeking a $200 million contract extension, The Dallas Morning News reported. Tha...
2h ago
World
Zelenskiy says Ukraine expects strong response to Russian drone attacks
(Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that Ukraine expected a strong response from Western countries to ...
22m ago
Denmark's prime minister to visit Greenland on April 2-4 amid U.S. interest
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen will visit Greenland on April 2-4 for talks with the semi-auto...
1h ago
Taliban release detained US citizen Faye Hall
(Reuters) - An American citizen detained in Afghanistan last month by the Taliban administration has been released, former U....
1h ago
Brazil's Lula touts possible deals with Vietnam as he wraps state visit
By Patricia Vilas Boas Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Saturday that Vietnam may buy as many as 50 plane...
2h ago
Red Cross gravely concerned for nine missing medics in Gaza
By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) - The Red Cross said on Saturday it is gravely concerned about the fate of nine Palest...
2h ago
Business
ING met Italy's Popolare di Sondrio amid European expansion plan, source says
By Amy-Jo Crowley LONDON (Reuters) - ING Groep met with Italy's Banca Popolare di Sondrio in recent weeks as it seeks to grow...
44m ago
Brazil meatpacker JBS to spend $100 million to build 2 factories in Vietnam
By Patricia Vilas Boas (Reuters) - Brazilian meatpacker JBS announced on Saturday that it will invest US$100 million to build...
44m ago
Poste to become Telecom Italia's No.1 investor by buying 15% from Vivendi
By Elvira Pollina and Giuseppe Fonte MILAN (Reuters) -Poste Italiane has agreed to buy the bulk of Vivendi's stake in Telecom...
1h ago
Glass Lewis recommends votes "against" CEO pay at Goldman Sachs
(Reuters) - Proxy adviser Glass Lewis recommended investors cast advisory votes "against" the pay of top Goldman Sa...
5h ago
Trump commutes Ozy Media founder Watson's nearly 10-year sentence
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has commuted Ozy Media founder Carlos Watson's nearly 10-year prison sentence for def...
5h ago
Politics
No sign Trump will honor US auto tariff protections won by Canada, Mexico in 2018
By David Lawder and David Shepardson (Reuters) - Canada and Mexico won protections against potential new U.S. auto tariffs in...
34m ago
Trump commutes Ozy Media founder Watson's nearly 10-year sentence
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has commuted Ozy Media founder Carlos Watson's nearly 10-year prison sentence for def...
5h ago
Trump presses advisers for tariff escalation ahead of April 2, Washington Post reports
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is urging senior advisers to take a more aggressive stance on tariffs as the administ...
7h ago
Federal funding cuts ripple through the heart of Trump country
By P.J. Huffstutter RAINELLE, W.V. (Reuters) -The phone rang over the whine of Trey Yates' butter churn. The person calling w...
9h ago
US FAA to investigate close call between Delta flight and Air Force jet
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration said it will investigate a close call that occ...
14h ago
Health
WHO proposing to cut jobs and slash budget by a fifth, memo shows
By Olivia Le Poidevin and Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The World Health Organization (WHO) is proposing to reduce staff numbe...
7h ago
US FDA's top vaccine official Peter Marks steps down, WSJ reports
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's top vaccine official, Peter Marks, has stepped down, the Wall Street Journ...
18h ago
FBI investigating cyberattack at Oracle, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) -The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is probing the cyberattack at Oracle as the hackers broke into the cloud...
19h ago
Bluebird bio receives non-binding bid for up to $110.5 million
(Reuters) -Gene therapy maker bluebird bio said on Friday it had received a non-binding offer from peer Ayrmid for up to $110...
21h ago
Measles outbreak worsens as Texas, New Mexico cases rise 20% in 3 days
(Reuters) -Texas and New Mexico health departments said on Friday that the number of measles cases in their states rose 20% s...
21h ago
Science
Airbus UK unit wins $194 million contract for Mars rover landing platform
By Sam Tabahriti LONDON (Reuters) - The British arm of Airbus has won a 150 million pound ($194 million) contract from the Eu...
19h ago
European satellite firms in preliminary EU talks over merger plan -source
By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) - European aerospace companies Airbus, Thales and Leonardo have started preliminary talks with ...
Mar 28, 2025
Tomb of unidentified ancient Egyptian pharaoh discovered
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - Archaeologists have discovered the large limestone burial chamber of an unidentified ancient Egypt...
Mar 27, 2025
NASA, Boeing to start testing Starliner for next flight aimed at early 2026
(Reuters) - NASA said on Thursday it was moving toward certifying Boeing's CST-100 Starliner for crewed flights later this ye...
Mar 27, 2025
U.S. Space Force awards national security contracts to Rocket Lab, Stoke Space
(Reuters) - ​The U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command said on Thursday it had awarded contracts to Rocket Lab USA and S...
Mar 27, 2025
Technology
FBI investigating cyberattack at Oracle, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) -The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is probing the cyberattack at Oracle as the hackers broke into the cloud...
19h ago
Musk's xAI buys social media platform X for $45 billion
(Reuters) -Elon Musk said on Friday that his xAI has acquired X, the social media app formerly known as Twitter, in an all-st...
21h ago
Elon Musk must face fraud lawsuit over disclosure of Twitter stake
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday rejected billionaire Elon Musk's bid to dismiss a lawsuit claiming he had defraud...
21h ago
OpenAI must complete for-profit transition by year-end to raise full $40 billion
By Krystal Hu and Jaspreet Singh (Reuters) - OpenAI must transition to a for-profit company by the end of the year to secure ...
21h ago
Scale AI seeking valuation as high as $25 billion in potential tender offer, Business Insider reports
(Reuters) - Artificial intelligence startup Scale AI is seeking a valuation as high as $25 billion in a potential tender offe...
21h ago
Entertainment
Bastille want new tour to be 'joyous celebration' of last 15 years
By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) - British band Bastille say they want to take fans on a joyous celebration of thei...
Mar 28, 2025
Singer Cynthia Erivo honored with GLAAD Award for LGBTQ+ advocacy
By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Wicked" actor Cynthia Erivo received the Stephen F. Kolzak Award at t...
Mar 28, 2025
Crime families clash in Guy Ritchie's starry new series 'MobLand'
By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) - British filmmaker Guy Ritchie takes viewers back into the dark world of organised crime i...
Mar 28, 2025
Pop star Selena's murderer denied parole in Texas, 30 years after shooting
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - Yolanda Saldivar, the convicted murderer of Latin pop star Selena Quintanilla-Perez, known as the q...
Mar 28, 2025
Sundance Film Festival waves goodbye to Park City in favor of Boulder, Colorado
(Reuters) - The Sundance Film Festival announced on Thursday it is moving location from Park City, Utah, to the university to...
Mar 27, 2025