Category Archives: State News
Flooded Kalamazoo River leads to numerous rescue calls near Plainwell
PLAINWELL, MI (WHTC) – The Marine Unit of the Allegan County Sheriff’s Department was busy on Sunday with three separate rescue operations on the Kalamazoo River in the Plainwell area, two...
Jun 28, 2015
More details disclosed on still-missing Allegan man
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC) – The city of Allegan's Police Department continues to ask for the public's help in locating a missing 35-year-old man. More details have been disclosed about Benjamin Hambley...
Jun 28, 2015
Grand Rapids-area business makes list of Most Dog-Friendly Office
WALKER, MI (WHTC) – Last Friday was National Take Your Dog to Work Day and many offices around the country prepared to welcome man's best friend into the workplace. One business in the Grand Rap...
Jun 28, 2015
Patchak Stymied Again in Effort to Close Gun Lake Casino
WASHINGTON (WHTC) – A federal court has dismissed for the second time a lawsuit filed by former Wayland Township Trustee David Patchak that sought to close the Gun Lake Casino. Patchak argued th...
Jun 26, 2015
National Non-Profit Joins Michigan Battle over Property Forfeiture Reform
LANCASTER, PA (WHTC) – A national non-profit group has joined the effort to pass property forfeiture reform legislation in Lansing. Fix Forfeiture officials say that they will focus on bills bef...
Jun 26, 2015
"Retired" Craig Ruff Named to Two State Panels
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – Former Snyder Administration Education Advisor Craig Ruff has been called out of "retirement" by the Governor to serve on both the Education Achievement Authority Board of D...
Jun 26, 2015
Michigan's ban on same-sex marriage overturned by U.S.Supreme Court ruling Friday
WASHINGTON D.C. (WTVB) – The ban on same-sex marriages in Michigan has been overturned by today’s U.S. Supreme Court Ruling. Voters in Michigan passed a ban at the ballot box in 2004. The ...
Jun 26, 2015
Same-sex marriage is legal in the United States
Washington, D.C. (WNWN) – In an historic 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of marriage equality. All states must now allow same-sex couples to marry. The court rejected moves by ...
Jun 26, 2015
MIRS: State iLottery Growing
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – MIRS News reports that the Michigan Lottery’s online gaming effort has grown by about 40 percent in participation and 400 thousand dollars in net weekly income since J...
Jun 25, 2015
MIRS: State Dem Party Chief to Quit for Congressional Run
MARQUETTE, MI (WHTC) – MIRS News reports that state Democratic Party Chairman Lon Johnson will announce tonight in Marquette that he will step down in order to make a run for his party's nominat...
Jun 25, 2015
