Threat closes Comstock Middle School
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Comstock Middle School is closed today as authorities investigate a threat. No other schools in the district have shut down and all other events are happening as scheduled. On the district's website, officials say the middle school is being closed "out of an abundance of cautio...
Apr 26, 2024
AUDIO: Summer school mandatory for some Kalamazoo Public School students
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As the school year winds down Kalamazoo Public Schools are gearing up for summer school, and there will be some changes this time around. The big one? For some students, summer classes will be mandatory. This year they will also be waiving the credit recovery fee for high school and middle ...
Apr 26, 2024
AUDIO: Western Michigan University commencement Saturday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's almost graduation season. In fact the largest graduation ceremonies in Kalamazoo will be taking place this weekend, as over 2000 students will be picking up their diplomas at Western Michigan University. So many students in fact that they will need four ceremonies to hand them all out....
Apr 26, 2024
Battle Creek church building affordable homes
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Washington Heights United Methodist Church in Battle Creek is working to build 17 affordable homes in its effort to revitalize a neighborhood on Greenwood Avenue. Pastor Monique French says the effort has been called the Recover our Neighborhood project and they plan to build two, th...
Apr 26, 2024
Busy ballot for August primary in the Kalamazoo County area
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - With the filing deadline this past Tuesday, the ballot is now set for the August 6 primary in Michigan, and there are a number of contested races in the Kalamazoo County area. Democrat Sheriff Richard Fuller is unopposed in the primary, but Sabrina Pritchett-Evans and James Charon will vie ...
Apr 25, 2024
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BC Police take student into custody after threats made against Central HS
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Battle Creek Police say a Battle Creek Central High School student is in custody following an alleged shooting threat made against the school on Wednesday night. Police responded to reports of the threat around 7:00 p.m.. According to a tip received by the school's principal, and others r...
Apr 25, 2024
Paw Paw man to take epic bike ride in late son's honor
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Mark Linder of Paw Paw is preparing for a truly epic bicycle ride starting in May along the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route. That is 3,000 miles from Banff, Alberta in Canada to Antelope Wells, New Mexico and it has over 200,000 feet of elevation change. Linder is doing it in honor of his la...
Apr 25, 2024
Nassar survivor from Kalamazoo speaks at YWCA in Grand Rapids
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Attorney and sexual abuse survivor Rachael Denhollander spoke at the YWCA's third annual Arise! Spring Luncheon yesterday in support of the group's work with sexual assault and domestic violence survivors. Denhollander was the first person to go public with accusations that former Michig...
Apr 25, 2024
WMed partnering with Bronson Healthcare to provide easy access to the life-saving drug naloxone
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Officials say a new partnership between the Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (WMed) and Bronson Healthcare is part of a growing and ongoing initiative to stem the opioid overdose crisis in Southwest Michigan. As part of the effort, the medical school's WMed ...
Apr 25, 2024
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Spring commencement is this Saturday at WMU
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Western Michigan University will hand out more than 1,500 degrees at the bachelor's level, more than 400 at the master's level, and over 110 at the doctoral level during commencement ceremonies this Saturday. WMU officials say graduates hail from 39 countries including the United States and...
Apr 25, 2024