Category Archives: State News
Gas prices in Michigan hit low for 2023
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Michigan's average gasoline price is under $3 a gallon for the first time in 2023. Triple-A Michigan says the statewide average is down 15 from last week to $2.96, which i...
Dec 18, 2023
Growing Michigan Together Council submits final report
LANSING, MI (WKZO) - A blue-ribbon panel charged with proposing ideas for stemming Michigan's population drain has completed its work. On Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023, the Growing Michigan Together Council...
Dec 15, 2023
AUDIO: MDOT signs along I-94 upgraded for graphics
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The message boards along Interstate 94 in southwest Michigan now have upgrades that will allow the Michigan Department of Transportation to use special graphics to warn dr...
Dec 13, 2023
Shots fired in Comstock High School parking lot
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Comstock Public Schools officials say shots were fired in the high school parking lot last night during what they are calling an altercation at the Kalamazoo Count...
Dec 13, 2023 (courtesy Comstock Public Schools)
West Michigan ski resorts remain closed due to weather
OTSEGO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- West Michigan ski resorts remain closed as the weather has not cooperated. Bittersweet Ski Resort in Allegan County was open for two days at the end of November and had abou...
Dec 12, 2023 Future site of the Armintrout-Milbocker nature preserve in Allegan. (Photo courtesy of Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy staff).
Western celebrates fall 2023 graduates this Saturday, Dunn and Penn to receive honorary degrees
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Fall commencement ceremonies are set for this Saturday at Western Michigan University, with graduates from 34 countries participating in one of three programs beginning at...
Dec 11, 2023 (courtesy Western Michigan University)
AAA: Michigan gas prices drop nine cents in the past week
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Gas prices in Michigan are down nine cents from a week ago, with drivers now paying an average of $3.11 per gallon for regular unleaded, which is a new 2023 low. The price ...
Dec 11, 2023 (courtesy AAA Michigan)
Consumers Energy says 50,000 lost power due to high winds Saturday
JACKSON, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - High winds Saturday that brought down power lines has Consumers Energy said crews working to restore power to thousands across the state. In a press release, the power compa...
Dec 09, 2023 A Consumers Energy crew working to restore power (courtesy Consumers Energy)
Suspect in hate speech graffiti spray painted in Kalamazoo now in custody in Arizona
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A suspected of at least three separate acts of vandalism/graffiti involving hate speech in downtown Kalamazoo last month has been arrested in Arizona. According to the Kal...
Dec 07, 2023 (courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety)
Holtec seeks NRC approval for restarting Palisades plant
COVERT, MI (WHTC/WKZO) - Palisades is not dead yet. That's the impression from the Dec. 4, 2023 announcement by current operators Holtec International that it would start a program to build two SMR-30...
Dec 05, 2023
