Category Archives: State News
State Consensus Revenue Estimating Conference slated for Friday
LANSING, MI (WHTC/WKZO) - Depending on weather conditions, one of the bigger meetings of the legislative season is set for Friday morning. The Consensus Revenue Estimating Conference is a snapshot of ...
Jan 11, 2024 Michigan State Capitol
Calhoun County judge dismisses lawsuit over Ford's BlueOval Battery Park
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Backers of Ford's BlueOval Battery Park in Marshall are calling a ruling by Calhoun County Circuit Court Judge William Marietti a major victory for local jobs and oppo...
Jan 11, 2024
State awarding $852,000 in rural grants
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity's Office of Rural Prosperity is giving a total of $852,000 in grants to 19 rural community projects. The grants wi...
Jan 09, 2024 Pictures of Money / CC
Four-year-old in critical condition after being attacked by family dog at Portage home
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A four-year-old boy suffered multiple puncture wounds throughout his body after being attacked by the family dog Sunday afternoon. At approximately 4:45 p.m., the Portage De...
Jan 08, 2024 Portage Police cruiser (photo by John McNeil)
Motorcyclist who evaded police disappears into the Kalamazoo River; search continues
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The search continues for a motorcyclist who evaded police, ditched his bike, then vanished into the Kalamazoo River Monday afternoon. Around 4:30 p.m. Monday an officer wi...
Jan 02, 2024 (courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
Teen struck and killed by vehicle after pushing his girlfriend out of the way
COOPER TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 14-year-old boy from Kalamazoo was killed, after reportedly pushing his girlfriend out of the way before he was struck and killed by a vehicle in Kalamazoo County'...
Dec 31, 2023 Tristan Billman of Kalamazoo was struck and killed December 29, 2023 (courtesy GoFundMe page)
Michigan Supreme Court rejects attempt to remove Trump from 2024 ballot -document
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Michigan Supreme Court has rejected an attempt to remove former President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot based on the U.S. Constitution's "insurrectionist ban," a court do...
Dec 27, 2023
Two former staffers of ex-state House Speaker facing charges
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Two former staffers of ex-state House Speaker Lee Chatfield are facing financial crime charges. Attorney General Dana Nessel announced the charges against Anne and Robert M...
Dec 22, 2023 Michigan State Capitol
Corewell Health releases top baby names in west Michigan for 2023
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The most popular name for baby boys born in west Michigan this year was Theodore and the most popular name for baby girls was Charlotte according to Corewell Health. T...
Dec 22, 2023 New Bronson South Haven location. (Photo courtesy of Bronson Healthcare).
Multiple accidents close down snowy eastbound I-94 near Mattawan Monday
MATTAWAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A stretch of eastbound I-94 between the Mattawan and Oshtemo Township exits was closed Monday morning into the afternoon due to multiple crashes, including a semi-tractor t...
Dec 18, 2023 Michigan Department of Transportation snowplow (Photo by MDOT)
