Category Archives: State News
The "Great American Smokeout" is today
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - The 47th annual Great American Smokeout is today (Nov. 16). Held on the third Thursday of November, this initiative for "kicking the habit" was initially focused on cigarett...
Nov 16, 2023 Great American Smokeout (image courtesy Center for Tobacco and the Environment)
Firearm deer season opens Wednesday
LANSING, MI - The 2023 firearm deer season opens tomorrow and the weather is expected to be on the warm side. Wednesday's opener will see high temperatures reaching 60 degrees. The Michigan Department...
Nov 14, 2023
Michigan legislature adjourns for the year despite objections by Republicans
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan House and Senate are done with session work for the year. Majority Democrats in both chambers adjourned earlier than normal to get laws moving the Democratic pr...
Nov 14, 2023 sugarfrizz / CC
Benson releases Michigan's 2024 presidential primary candidate list
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Former President Donald Trump will be on the Republican presidential primary ballot in Michigan despite his legal woes. Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has released the ca...
Nov 14, 2023 Ballot drop box in Downtown Kalamazoo (Photo by Will Kriss)
AAA estimates 1.7 million Michigan residents will travel for the Thanksgiving holiday this year
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - AAA Michigan says they expect millions of Michigan residents to travel for the Thanksgiving holiday. The group says 1.7 million residents are expected to make a trip of 50 ...
Nov 13, 2023
Three legacy license plates to return
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Three more legacy license plates will be returning to roads in Michigan. A bill sponsored by Senator Mallory McMorrow has been sent to Governor Whitmer to bring back the bla...
Nov 13, 2023
Michigan gas prices down seven cents from last week, down 68 cents from last year
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Gas prices in Michigan are down seven cents from last week, with drivers are now paying an average of $3.37 per gallon for regular unleaded. This price is 15 cents less tha...
Nov 13, 2023 (courtesy AAA Michigan)
Democratic majority in state House to be lost
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Democratic majority in the Michigan House is going away with the elections of Representatives Kevin Coleman and Lori Stone as mayors of Westland and Warren, respectively...
Nov 09, 2023 sugarfrizz / CC
Suspect in Detroit synagogue president's murder arrested in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The suspect in the murder of Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue president Samantha Woll in Detroit has been arrested in Kalamazoo. Kalamazoo Public Safety did not offer detail...
Nov 09, 2023
Former West Michigan Congressman Peter Meijer the latest to enter race to replace Stabenow
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The field continues to grow with those attempting to replace retiring Senator Debbie Stabenow. Former West Michigan Congressman Peter Meijer Monday morning made the off...
Nov 06, 2023 Congressman Peter Meijer. (Image via Wikipedia).
