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As utility construction work continues downtown, two Kalamazoo road projects are seeing progress
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - While a series of utility relocations and upgrades started last week to prepare for the coming event center and future growth in downtown Kalamazoo downtown, some other road work has been completed. City officials says the downtown utility work is being phased and coordinated with other pro...
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Evening and overnight single-lane closures start this week for US-131 bridge rebuilding project over KL Avenue
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As part of the US-131 bridge rebuilding project over KL Avenue, the Michigan Department of Transportation will have single-lane closures on US-131 between West Main and Stadium Drive in Kalamazoo from 7:00 p.m.-6:00 a.m. through this Friday. The three-year, $24 million project is expected t...
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No injuries after shots fired at occupied Battle Creek apartment Thursday night
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek Police says there were no injuries, after they responde...
May 17, 2024
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Opening for Calhoun County Commissioner following Kathy-Sue Vette resignation
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - There's an opening on the Calhoun County Board of Commissioners. Di...
May 17, 2024
Groundbreaking held for Calhoun County Dispatch radio tower construction
HOMER, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A groundbreaking ceremony was held Thursday afternoon to launch the Calhoun ...
May 17, 2024
BC man dead following possible domestic assault, fatal traffic incident
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A 50-year-old Battle Creek man is dead following a possible Monday ni...
May 15, 2024
Consumers Energy funnels $77,500 to non-profits to help with tornado relief efforts
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Consumers Energy Foundation announced Tuesday it's making $77,500 in ...
May 14, 2024
STATE NEWS
Gas prices in Michigan down nine cents per gallon
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan's average gas price is down nine cents per gallon in the past week to $3.55. AAA Michigan says the price is seven cents less than last month and two cents less than last year. A 15-gallon fill up costs $53 on average in the state. Michigan's most expensive gasoline remains in Jackso...
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Michigan leaders celebrate historic clean car standards
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Leaders in Michigan are marking the historic new clean car standards, finalized by the Environmental Protection Agency. The final rule, Multi-Pollutant Emissions Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later Light-Duty and Medium-Duty Vehicles, was announced in March. Michigan leaders are celebrat...
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Cyber attack at Ascension Borgess Hospital leads to closing of pharmacy, diversion of emergency room patients
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A ransomware attack on the computer systems of Ascension Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo and other hospitals in the Acension network continues to affect its facilities. While Acension continues to maintain that its hospitals, doctors offices, and other sites remain "open and operational,...
May 17, 2024
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Election year Trump biopic 'The Apprentice' premieres at Cannes
CANNES, France (Reuters) - "The Apprentice", Iran-born director Ali Abbasi's much-anticipated drama of a young Donald Trump's ascendancy as a New York real estate mogul, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday. Part of the pull of the film ...
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Russian director and playwright say they oppose terrorism at start of trial
By Lucy Papachristou LONDON (Reuters) - A Russian theatre director and playwright told a court on Monday they were not guilty of charges of justifying terrorism on the first day of their trial over the staging of an award-winning play, Mediazona re...
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At Cannes, Russian director criticises trial of director and playwright
By Tom Little and Miranda Murray CANNES, France (Reuters) - Exiled Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov used his appearance at the Cannes Film festival on Monday to launch a protest against the detention and trial of a playwright and a theatre dir...
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