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Trail improvements delayed after construction equipment damaged
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Damage to construction equipment are causing delays to a trail improvement project in Kal...
9h ago
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One in custody after drugs and guns bust in Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One person is in custody and facing multiple felony charges after a gunshot and drug bust in Porta...
10h ago

Kalamazoo celebrating May as Bike Month
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo is celebrating Bike Month in May. The city has a full calendar of bike-friendly events...
May 02, 2025

Northville Township man charged with kidnapping, raping Barry County girl
NORTHVILLE TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 14-year-old girl from Barry County has been rescued from a home in the Detroit subur...
May 02, 2025

Gull Lake High School threat not credible; classes resume
RICHLAND, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Classes will be back in session today at Gull Lake Community Schools. The district canceled class...
May 02, 2025
State

Tulip Time Festival underway in Holland
HOLLAND, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Hundreds of thousands of tulips are in bloom at the 96th annual Tulip Time festival in Holland. Fe...
9h ago

Kalamazoo County man claims $1 million Michigan Lottery win
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Lottery officials say a Kalamazoo County man has claimed his million-dollar prize from wi...
May 01, 2025

House Speaker Hall: Whitmer's White House appearance helped Selfridge Air National Guard Base
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall is crediting Governor Gretchen Whitmer making an appearance at th...
May 01, 2025

President Trump holding 100 day rally in Macomb County today
WARREN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - President Donald Trump will hold a rally today in Warren in Macomb County to celebrate the first 10...
Apr 29, 2025

AUDIO: Murder trial underway for former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The second-degree murder trial of former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr has b...
Apr 29, 2025
Local Sports

Brandon Inge to coach Kalamazoo Growlers for one game
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Growlers baseball team will welcome former Detroit Tiger Brandon Inge to coach the...
Apr 29, 2025

AUDIO: NCAA champion WMU Bronco hockey team given key to city of Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The NCAA national champion Western Michigan University hockey team appeared at Kalamazoo City Ha...
Apr 22, 2025

WMU Dance Team wins national title, KVCC Cougars basketball team makes Final Four
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Western Michigan University Bronco hockey team isn't the only Kalamazoo team to bring home a...
Apr 16, 2025

AUDIO: National Champions Rally tonight at University Arena for WMU hockey team
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A National Champions Rally is being held tonight at 6:00 p.m. at University Arena in Kalamazoo f...
Apr 14, 2025

WMU captures NCAA mens hockey title
ST. LOUIS, MO (WKZO AM/FM) - After never trailing on college hockey's biggest stage, Western Michigan University claimed its ...
Apr 13, 2025
National Sports
Boxing-Alvarez outpoints Scull to reclaim undisputed super middleweight championship
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA (Reuters) -Saul "Canelo" Alvarez re-unified the IBF super middleweight championship with his W...
8m ago
MLB roundup: Kyle Stowers' walk-off slam lifts Marlins
Kyle Stowers turned around a 102-mph fastball for a walk-off grand slam with two outs in the ninth inning as the Miami Marlin...
8m ago
Athletics-High hurdler Tinch fires warning shot at Diamond League
SHAOXING, China (Reuters) -Cordell Tinch is happier not being a race favourite but the American high hurdler might have to ge...
1h ago
Jim Dent, a Black golf pioneer, dies at 85
Jim Dent, a pioneering Black golfer, one of the PGA Tour's longest hitters and a 12-time winner on what is now PGA Tour Champ...
1h ago
Swimming-American Ledecky breaks own 800m freestyle world record
(Reuters) - American Katie Ledecky shattered her own 800 metres freestyle world record in 8 minutes 4.12 seconds at the Tyr P...
3h ago
National
Boxing-Alvarez outpoints Scull to reclaim undisputed super middleweight championship
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA (Reuters) -Saul "Canelo" Alvarez re-unified the IBF super middleweight championship with his W...
8m ago
MLB roundup: Kyle Stowers' walk-off slam lifts Marlins
Kyle Stowers turned around a 102-mph fastball for a walk-off grand slam with two outs in the ninth inning as the Miami Marlin...
8m ago
Athletics-High hurdler Tinch fires warning shot at Diamond League
SHAOXING, China (Reuters) -Cordell Tinch is happier not being a race favourite but the American high hurdler might have to ge...
1h ago
Jim Dent, a Black golf pioneer, dies at 85
Jim Dent, a pioneering Black golfer, one of the PGA Tour's longest hitters and a 12-time winner on what is now PGA Tour Champ...
1h ago
Swimming-American Ledecky breaks own 800m freestyle world record
(Reuters) - American Katie Ledecky shattered her own 800 metres freestyle world record in 8 minutes 4.12 seconds at the Tyr P...
3h ago
World
UK police arrest five men, including four Iranians, over suspected terror plot
(Reuters) - Britain's counter-terrorism police arrested five men, including four Iranian nationals, on suspicion of terrorism...
7m ago
Sudanese RSF conducts first drone attack on Port Sudan, says army spokesperson
CAIRO (Reuters) - The Sudanese army spokesperson said on Sunday that the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carried out ...
7m ago
Australia's reelected government says US-China tussle a top priority
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's government will prioritise dealing with the "dark shadow" of the U.S.-C...
3h ago
Several injured as car crashes into entrance of Manila airport, authorities
MANILA (Reuters) -Several people were injured after a car crashed into the entrance of Manila's Ninoy Aquino International Ai...
3h ago
Israel calls on Qatar to 'stop playing both sides' in Gaza talks
CAIRO (Reuters) - Israel called on Qatar, a key mediator between Israel and Hamas, to "stop playing both sides with its ...
5h ago
Business
Shell is studying merits of buying BP, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) -Shell Plc is working with advisers to evaluate a potential acquisition of rival BP Plc, though it is waiting for f...
5h ago
Buffett defends trade amid tariff pressures, as Berkshire cash sets record
By Jonathan Stempel and Suzanne McGee OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) -Before announcing his plan to step down as Berkshire Hathawa...
7h ago
Reaction to Buffett plan to step down as Berkshire CEO, new CEO Abel
(Reuters) - Warren Buffett, 94, announced Saturday he will step down as chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway at the end of 2...
7h ago
Warren Buffett's successor Greg Abel seen preserving Berkshire's culture
By Koh Gui Qing and Jonathan Stempel OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) -When Greg Abel succeeds Warren Buffett at the helm of Berkshi...
7h ago
Berkshire shareholders reject diversity, AI proposals
By Jonathan Stempel OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) -Berkshire Hathaway shareholders on Saturday rejected a resolution requiring th...
9h ago
Politics
Trump posts AI-generated photo of himself as pope
By Andrea Shalal WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) -President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated photo showing himself as t...
13h ago
Trump officials explore challenging tax-exempt status of nonprofits, WSJ reports
(Reuters) -Officials in U.S. President Donald Trump's administration are exploring ways of challenging the tax-exempt status ...
19h ago
Texas governor to sign largest US school voucher law, marking conservative shift
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) -Texas Governor Greg Abbott will sign a law on Saturday making more than 5 million students eligible...
21h ago
US worker safety agency notifies employees of firings
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration sent termination notices late on Friday to employees of a...
23h ago
US judge strikes down Trump order against law firm Perkins Coie
By Mike Scarcella and David Thomas (Reuters) -A federal judge on Friday struck down Donald Trump's punitive executive order t...
May 02, 2025
Health
US worker safety agency notifies employees of firings
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration sent termination notices late on Friday to employees of a...
23h ago
US judge allows testimony that Abbott and Mead Johnson preterm baby formula caused deadly disease
By Diana Novak Jones and Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -A federal judge on Friday said she will allow expert testimony that formu...
May 02, 2025
US FDA accepts Novo Nordisk's application for oral Wegovy for weight loss
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has accepted Novo Nordisk's marketing application for an oral version of its...
May 02, 2025
Trump budget proposes drastic cuts for US scientific research
(This story has been corrected to fix the NIH budget cut from two-thirds to 40%, in paragraph 4) By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGT...
May 02, 2025
US Health Secretary Kennedy to testify before Senate panel May 14
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will testify before the U.S. Senate's health committee on May 14...
May 02, 2025
Science
NASA rocket, lunar station face cuts in Trump 2026 budget
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is seeking to axe key parts of NASA's mo...
May 02, 2025
Scientists explore where consciousness arises in the brain
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Consciousness is at the center of human existence, the ability to see, hear, dream, imag...
May 01, 2025
Global nuclear fusion project crosses milestone with world's most powerful magnet
By David Stanway SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A much-delayed nuclear fusion project involving more than 30 countries is ready to ass...
May 01, 2025
DNA links modern Picuris Pueblo tribe to ancient New Mexico site
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -DNA obtained from the remains of people who inhabited Pueblo Bonito in New Mexico's Chac...
Apr 30, 2025
US Senate Commerce panel advances NASA, FCC nominees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday voted to advance President Donald Trump's nominees to h...
Apr 30, 2025
Technology
Buyout firm Apax favorite to win Finastra unit in $2 billion deal, sources say
By Amy-Jo Crowley LONDON (Reuters) -Private equity firm Apax Partners has emerged as the frontrunner to buy Finastra's treasu...
May 02, 2025
Congo grants licence to Starlink, reversing earlier ban
KINSHASA (Reuters) -Democratic Republic of Congo said on Friday it had become the latest African country to grant a licence t...
May 02, 2025
Apple partnering with startup Anthropic on AI-powered coding platform, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) -Apple is partnering with Amazon-backed startup Anthropic on a new "vibe-coding" software platform that w...
May 02, 2025
Britain to warn companies cyber security must be 'absolute priority'
LONDON (Reuters) -The British government will next week warn all UK companies to treat cyber security as an "absolute pr...
May 02, 2025
Judge sets Google ad tech remedies trial for September
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (Reuters) -Google will face a trial on September 22 to determine remedies that would restore competition...
May 02, 2025
Entertainment
Rio readies for Lady Gaga's return as fans flock to Copacabana
By Marcela Ayres and Lais Morais RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - American pop icon Lady Gaga takes the stage on Rio de Janeiro's C...
17h ago
'Laugh-In' star Ruth Buzzi, scowling lady with the handbag, dead at 88
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Comic performer Ruth Buzzi, who played a counterpoint to the 1960s sexual revolution fo...
May 03, 2025
Fly with a smile: Brazil airlines cheer Lady Gaga-driven demand
By Gabriel Araujo and Patricia Vilas Boas SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian airlines are enjoying a boost as fans from all over...
May 02, 2025
Comedian Russell Brand due in UK court to face rape and sex assault charges
LONDON (Reuters) - British actor and comedian Russell Brand is due to appear in a London court on Friday after being charged ...
May 01, 2025
Live Nation posts lower-than-expected first quarter revenue
(Reuters) -Ticketmaster-parent Live Nation Entertainment missed Wall Street estimates for first-quarter revenue on Thursday, ...
May 01, 2025