Category Archives: State News

UNDATED (WTVB) – Parents and people who care for kids need to know that hand sanitizer is proving to be very dangerous around children. Since 2010, poison control hotlines report a 400-percent i...

MARQUETTE, MI (WTVB) – Michigan has it's first-ever reported case of bubonic plague. The “Detroit News” says 33-year-old Alisha Plescher, a teacher from Marquette in the Upper Penins...

ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC) – In what was not seen as a surprise by political pundits, Mary Whiteford on Monday submitted papers to the Allegan County Clerk’s office seeking the Republican nominati...

LANSING, MI (WHTC) – A Marquette County woman is the first in Michigan history to come down with bubonic plague, a scourge associated more with the Dark Ages than modern times. The state Departm...

LANSING, MI (WHTC) – The group looking to revoke the state prevailing wage law by either the Legislature or through the ballot box says it has submitted to the Secretary of State's office petiti...

ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC) – Mylan has begun its latest hostile takeover bid of fellow generic drug maker Perrigo by directly offering to shareholders of the Irish-based pharmaceutical company 75 dollar...

TOKYO (WHTC) – Midway through an eight-day "business mission," Governor Snyder touted Michigan's growth in remarks on Monday before the Midwest US-Japan Association Conference in Tokyo. Over the...

HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) – There will be at least one contested election in Allegan County on November 3rd. Allegan County Commissioner Jim Storey of Holland announced on Monday that he would seek the...

LANSING, MI (WHTC) – With Governor Snyder tied up on a foreign business "mission,” it was left up to Lieutenant Governor Brian Calley to announced election dates to fill the state House se...

LANSING, MI (WTVB) — The death of a Lansing firefighter on Wednesday may have been due to a case of road rage. Police say 22-year-old Grant Jacob Taylor exchanged words with firefighter Dennis R...