Category Archives: Holland News
Website launched to help high school students apply for the Michigan Achievement Scholarship
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Those set to graduate high school in 2023 now have a new resource on hand to help lower the cost of college. Prospective students can now apply for the Michigan Achievement...
Nov 02, 2022 Kalamazoo Valley Community College sign (photo courtesy of Kalamazoo Valley Community College)
DTE Energy Foundation granting $420,000 for state-funded violence shelters; Several in Southwest Michigan
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The DTE Energy Foundation has announced that $420,000 in grants will go to 45 state-funded domestic violence shelters in Michigan. The money will be used to support vi...
Oct 31, 2022 Ervins Strauhmanis / CC
17 'clean' school buses on their way to West Michigan school districts
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Several upgraded school buses are on their way to several school districts in West Michigan. The Biden Administration is set to give out roughly $1 billion dollars in gra...
Oct 31, 2022 Michael Casey / AP Images
West Michigan doctor urging families to be cautions of RSV
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) --Pediatric doctor Andrea Hadley at the Helon DeVos Children's Hospital in Grand Rapids is urging families in West Michigan to be cautious when their child is sick, because ...
Oct 28, 2022 John Eisenschenk / CC
Jobless rates down, employment numbers up in Calhoun, Kalamazoo and Van Buren Counties in September
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Data released on Thursday, October 27 by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget indicated that 79 counties showed unemployment rate reductions betwe...
Oct 27, 2022 The Kalamazoo County Hazardous Materials Response Team (Photo courtesy of the Kalamazoo County Hazardous Materials Response Team)
Van Buren County Road Commission seeking next managing director
VAN BUREN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Board of County Road Commissioners of Van Buren County has began its search for its next Managing Director. According to a news release from the road commissio...
Oct 26, 2022 Van Buren County courthouse (photo by John McNeil)
Peters visits Grand Rapids to highlight new VA benefits available for toxic-exposed veterans
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) was joined by local veterans at the American Legion Boat and Canoe Club in Grand Rapids on Tuesday, October 25 to highlight the new VA be...
Oct 25, 2022
MSP Paw Paw Post to open its doors to the public with open house on Friday, October 28
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan State Police Paw Paw post will host an open house on Friday, October 28 from 3 to 6 p.m. on its grounds located at 43255 60th Avenue in Paw Paw. The event is f...
Oct 24, 2022 MSP investigating death of 2 year old in Cass County
Allegan County Health Department launches new program "Allegan County Community Links"
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Allegan County Health Department is launching a free, voluntary pilot program called "Allegan County Community Links." The program is geared up to help connect individu...
Oct 24, 2022
Rabies reported in bat in Allegan County; 2nd case this year
ALLEGAN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Allegan County Health Department confirmed on Friday, October 21 an animal rabies case in a bat in Allegan County. Officials say this is the second rabies case v...
Oct 21, 2022 Allegan Co health Dept. Logo. (courtesy of Allegan County)
