Category Archives: State News
AAA: Michigan gas prices up four cents in the past week
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It is a little more expensive to fill the gas tank this week in the state. AAA Michigan says the average gas price is up four cents a gallon to $3.25. The price is up 26 in...
Feb 26, 2024
50,000 statewide have taken advantage of early in-person presidential primary voting heading into the final weekend
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Early voting sites across the state will be open Saturday and Sunday for the second and final weekend of in-person early voting for Michigan's Presidential Primary next Tues...
Feb 23, 2024 May 4, 2021; Holland, MI, USA; Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson answers reporters' questions in front of Holland City Hall during an appearance on Election Day. Gary Stevens/Midwest Communications
Vice President Harris to speak in Grand Rapids this afternoon
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Vice President Kamala Harris is making her fourth visit to Michigan today. The visit comes ahead of the state's presidential primary next Tuesday and is part of the vic...
Feb 22, 2024 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center / CC
Nessel files charges against two involved in Unlock Michigan effort, former Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey not charged
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Former Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey will not be facing any charges, but Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel unveiled criminal charges Wednesday against two longtime...
Feb 21, 2024 Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announces charges against two political fundraisers during a Wednesday news conference Feb 21, 2023
Over 18,000 have cast early in-person primary ballots so far, feuding Republicans to hold competing conventions next month
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - More than 18,000 voters have cast an early, in-person ballot in the presidential primary in Michigan. Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says nearly 766,000 people have also ...
Feb 21, 2024 GPA Photo Archive
Body found in Kalamazoo River, may be motorcyclist who fled from police January 1
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety believes they have recovered the body of a man who abandoned his motorcycle and ran into the Kalamazoo River to evade police last...
Feb 20, 2024 (courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
Transition to new Michigan Republican Party chairman still not complete
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Former Congressman Pete Hoekstra says he is hoping to soon have access to the Michigan Republican Party's finances. He was elected to replace chairwoman Kristina Karamo, but...
Feb 20, 2024
Historic Henderson Castle in Kalamazoo is for sale as current owner set to retire
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A top Kalamazoo dining and tourist attraction is for sale. The Henderson Castle mansion is now on the market for $5.0 million. Francois Moyet purchased the castle in 2010 ...
Feb 19, 2024 (courtesy Henderson Castle)
AAA: Gas prices drop slightly in Michigan this week
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Gas prices in Michigan dropped five cents from last week, with drivers are now paying an average of $3.21 per gallon for regular unleaded. That price is 17 cents more than ...
Feb 19, 2024
Early in-person voting for Michigan's presidential primary begins Saturday
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - For the first time ever, voters around the state of Michigan can cast an early in-person vote in the presidential primary starting tomorrow. The election itself will be Febr...
Feb 16, 2024 MWC RADIO
