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Man dies during shots fired investigation in Calhoun County
PENNFIELD TOWNSHIP. MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Calhoun County Sheriff's deputies responded to a shots fired call Sunday afternoon in th...
6h ago

Missing teen from Allegan area sought
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO-AM/FM) - The search is on for a missing 15-year-old boy in the vicinity of the city of Allegan. Miles Kelly...
10h ago

Arcadia Creek project starts Monday, July 7 on Westnedge Avenue
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -Work begins Monday, July 7 on a major project to rebuild and expand the capacity of Arcadia Creek...
Jul 05, 2025

No injuries in fire at the Big Boy Restaurant on West Columbia Avenue in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There were no injuries, but a Battle Creek restaurant had to be evacuated Thursday morning du...
Jul 03, 2025

Portage to hold 2025 Centenarian Brunch on July 24
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Portage is planning to celebrate centenarians with a brunch on Thursday, July 24 at 11...
Jul 03, 2025
State

U.S. Coast Guard increasing Lake Michigan patrols for July 4th weekend
MILWAUKEE, WI (WKZO AM/FM) - The U.S. Coast Guard and local law enforcement will increase boating safety patrols over the Fou...
Jul 03, 2025

MDOT lifts lane and speed restrictions in most construction zones for the holiday weekend
LANSING, MI (WTVB) - The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) says it's continuing its tradition of easing travel thr...
Jul 02, 2025
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AUDIO: Russ Kavalhuna takes over as WMU president
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Russ Kavalhuna is Western Michigan University's tenth president and took over yesterday from for...
Jul 02, 2025

State lawmakers miss July 1 deadline to approve K-12 budget for Fiscal Year 2026
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The July 1st deadline to pass the state's School Aid Budget for Fiscal Year 2026 has passed with n...
Jul 02, 2025

Democrats and Republicans still at odds as Michigan budget deadline approaches
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Today is the deadline by law for state lawmakers to pass the Fiscal Year 2026 budget. Michigan Hou...
Jul 01, 2025
Local Sports

AUDIO: Around 150 kids take part in Turn 2 Foundation's Play Ball clinic
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Around 150 kids took part in a Play Ball clinic at Kalamazoo Central High School yesterday. It w...
Jun 19, 2025

Derek Jeter's Turn 2 Foundation, Major League Baseball holding "PLAY BALL" event Wednesday at Kalamazoo Central High School
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Major League Baseball and Derek Jeter's Turn 2 Foundation will hold an opportunity for nearly 15...
Jun 17, 2025

KCC baseball team wins regional championship, heads to Junior College World Series
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kellogg Community College baseball team are regional champions for the second consecutive...
May 21, 2025

AUDIO: Ad hoc committee to pick youth sports complex location is set
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A new ad hoc committee picked to decide the location for Kalamazoo's new youth sports complex ha...
May 21, 2025

First Kalamazoo Wings coach, GM dies at 80
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The first head coach and general manager of the Kalamazoo Wings hockey team has died. The ECHL t...
May 14, 2025
National Sports
Padres RHP Yu Darvish (elbow) to make season debut on Monday
Padres right-hander Yu Darvish will make his season debut when San Diego hosts the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday night. The ...
3h ago
Soccer-Mexico beat US 2-1 to win 10th Gold Cup title
HOUSTON, Texas (Reuters) -Mexico defeated the United States 2-1 at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas on Sunday to successfully de...
4h ago
Tennis-Anisimova's career comes full circle after burnout fears
By Pritha Sarkar LONDON (Reuters) -When Amanda Anisimova reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals as a 20-year-old in the summer ...
4h ago
Thunder give G Ajay Mitchell multi-year deal
After winning an NBA title in his rookie season, guard Ajay Mitchell received a multi-year contract extension from the Oklaho...
4h ago
Nationals fire manager Dave Martinez, GM Mike Rizzo
The Washington Nationals dismissed manager Dave Martinez and general manager Mike Rizzo on Sunday, more than five years after...
4h ago
National
Typhoon Danas lashes southern Taiwan with record winds, injuring hundreds
By Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) -Typhoon Danas lashed southern Taiwan with record winds and strong rain early on Monday, killin...
2h ago
Trump says tariff letters to go out to other countries from Monday afternoon
(Reuters) -President Donald Trump said late on Sunday that the U.S. will start delivering tariff letters to other countries s...
2h ago
Padres RHP Yu Darvish (elbow) to make season debut on Monday
Padres right-hander Yu Darvish will make his season debut when San Diego hosts the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday night. The ...
3h ago
Soccer-Mexico beat US 2-1 to win 10th Gold Cup title
HOUSTON, Texas (Reuters) -Mexico defeated the United States 2-1 at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas on Sunday to successfully de...
4h ago
Tennis-Anisimova's career comes full circle after burnout fears
By Pritha Sarkar LONDON (Reuters) -When Amanda Anisimova reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals as a 20-year-old in the summer ...
4h ago
World
From Karachi to Gaza: Pakistani startup ships prosthetics to child war survivors
By Ariba Shahid KARACHI (Reuters) -As soon as eight-year-old Sidra Al Bordeeni returned from the clinic with her prosthetic a...
2h ago
Australia's Victoria to start anti-hate task force after Melbourne synagogue arson
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's Victoria state will set up a anti-hate task force to help frame laws giving police more powers ...
2h ago
Trump says alignment with BRICS' 'anti-American policies' to invite additional 10% tariffs
(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said that countries aligning themselves with the "Anti-American policie...
2h ago
South Korea court to hold July 9 hearing on ex-leader Yoon's detention warrant
SEOUL (Reuters) -A Seoul court plans to hold a hearing on Wednesday to review a request by special prosecutors to detain form...
2h ago
First indirect Hamas-Israel ceasefire talks ended inconclusively, Palestinian sources say
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -The first session of indirect Hamas-Israel ceasefire talks in Qatar ended inconclusivel...
5h ago
Business
South Korea's LG Energy Solution says Q2 profit likely up 152% on year
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's LG Energy Solution (LGES), an electric car battery supplier for General Motors and Tesla, on M...
4h ago
Asia stocks slip amid US tariff confusion, oil skids
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) -Stock markets slipped in Asia amid much confusion as U.S. officials flagged a delay on tariff...
4h ago
China releases plan to improve rural workers' skills, CCTV reports
HONG KONG (Reuters) -China on Monday released a plan outlining 14 specific tasks to promote retraining of the rural workforce...
4h ago
UK firms lose taste for US investment, Deloitte survey shows
By Andy Bruce (Reuters) -The attractiveness of the United States as an investment destination has plunged in the eyes of Brit...
5h ago
Dollar pinned near multi-year lows as Trump tariff deadline looms
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) -The U.S. dollar hovered near its lowest since 2021 against the euro and the weakest since ...
5h ago
Politics
Trump says it's ridiculous for Musk to start a political party
MORRISTOWN, New Jersey (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Sunday that billionaire Elon Musk's move to start a new U.S....
7h ago
Musk says 'America Party' is formed in US
(Reuters) -A day after asking his followers on X whether a new U.S. political party should be created, Elon Musk said on Satu...
Jul 05, 2025
Trump to sign tax-cut and spending bill in July 4 ceremony
(Reuters) -President Donald Trump is scheduled to sign a massive package of tax and spending cuts into law at a ceremony at t...
Jul 04, 2025
Trump criticized for using antisemitic 'Shylock' to describe bankers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump drew criticism for using the antisemitic term "Shylock" to descri...
Jul 04, 2025
Explainer-Key healthcare provisions in Trump's tax bill
By Sneha S K, Mariam Sunny and Patrick Wingrove (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives passed President Donald Trump's ...
Jul 03, 2025
Health
From Karachi to Gaza: Pakistani startup ships prosthetics to child war survivors
By Ariba Shahid KARACHI (Reuters) -As soon as eight-year-old Sidra Al Bordeeni returned from the clinic with her prosthetic a...
2h ago
China studies resuming chicken imports from Brazil, minister says
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -China is studying ways to soon lift its ban on imports of chicken meat from Brazil, in place since ...
10h ago
China retaliates to EU ban with import restrictions on medical devices
HONG KONG (Reuters) -China's finance ministry said on Sunday it was restricting government purchases of medical devices from ...
21h ago
Health Rounds: Widely used pain drug can be made from plastic waste
(This is an excerpt of the Health Rounds newsletter, where we present latest medical studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays.) By N...
Jul 04, 2025
Drugmaker Alchem hit with $576,000 EU fine for taking part in pharmaceutical cartel
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Drugmaker Alchem International and its Hong Kong subsidiary were fined a total of 489,000 euros ($576,000...
Jul 04, 2025
Science
Newly spotted comet is third interstellar object seen in our solar system
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Astronomers are tracking a newly spotted comet hailing from parts unknown, only the thir...
Jul 03, 2025
Archaeologists in Peru unveil 3,500-year-old city that linked coast and Andes
LIMA (Reuters) -Archaeologists on Thursday unveiled a 3,500-year-old city in Peru that likely served as a trading hub linking...
Jul 03, 2025
A water-saving tool in drought-hit Chile: human hair
SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Small mats of human hair line the base of plants, helping lock in moisture for crops in orchards around C...
Jul 03, 2025
Ancient Egyptian man's genome reveals his society's cross-cultural ties
By Will Dunham (Reuters) -DNA obtained from the remains of a man who lived in ancient Egypt around the time the first pyramid...
Jul 02, 2025
Astronomers get picture of aftermath of a star's double detonation
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The explosion of a star, called a supernova, is an immensely violent event. It usually i...
Jul 02, 2025
Technology
From Karachi to Gaza: Pakistani startup ships prosthetics to child war survivors
By Ariba Shahid KARACHI (Reuters) -As soon as eight-year-old Sidra Al Bordeeni returned from the clinic with her prosthetic a...
2h ago
Samsung Elec Q2 profit likely to drop 39% on weak AI chip sales
By Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) -Samsung Electronics is expected to forecast a 39% plunge in second-quarter operating profit...
5h ago
TikTok building new version of app ahead of expected US sale, The Information reports
(Reuters) -TikTok is building a new version of its app for users in the United States ahead of a planned sale of the app to a...
11h ago
X suspends Reuters account in India after 'legal demand', government denies making request
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -The Reuters News account on X has been inaccessible to users in India since Saturday, when the social me...
11h ago
BRICS leaders to call for data protections against unauthorized AI use
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Leaders of the BRICS group of developing nations will call for protections against unauthorized use...
16h ago
Entertainment
Thousands in Zagreb for Croatian nationalist singer's 'record breaking' concert
ZAGREB (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of people flocked to Zagreb of Saturday to attend a show by controversial Croatian nation...
Jul 05, 2025
Studios bet on horror films to reanimate cinemas
By Dawn Chmielewski LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (Reuters) -Vampires, zombies and the Grim Reaper are killing it at the box office...
Jul 05, 2025
Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne head back home for their last show
By Sachin Ravikumar BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of fans will rock out in Birmingham on Saturday as Ozzy ...
Jul 05, 2025
Paolo Sorrentino's 'La Grazia' to open Venice Film Festival
(Reuters) -Oscar-winning Italian filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino will open this year's Venice Film Festival with his new movie &qu...
Jul 04, 2025
British rock band Oasis kick off comeback tour in Cardiff
By Paul Sandle CARDIFF (Reuters) -Oasis, the biggest British rock band of the 1990s, kick off their reunion tour in Cardiff o...
Jul 04, 2025