Category Archives: State News
Memorial service in South Haven for victims of Northwest Flight 2501
SOUTH HAVEN, MI (WHTC) – A memorial service is at 12 noon on Wednesday in South Haven's Lakeview Cemetery for the victims of Northwest Orient Airlines flight 2501, which disappeared over Lake Mi...
Jun 23, 2015
Consumers Energy Launches New Inspection Drone
JACKSON, MI (WHTC) – Consumers Energy unveiled a new drone program in which "unmanned aerial vehicles" would be used on a limited basis to inspect wind turbines and other above-ground equipment ...
Jun 23, 2015
State Film Office director expresses optimism in face of funding cuts
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – As speculation swirls in Lansing as to whether Governor Snyder will sign legislation ending the state’s film incentive program, the director of the Michigan Film Offic...
Jun 22, 2015
Outgoing State School Chief Expresses Hopes for Future
EAST LANSING, MI (WHTC) – Outgoing state School Superintendent Mike Flanagan told MSU Public Television that he would like to see future state Board of Education elections be non-partisan in nat...
Jun 22, 2015
Bill to Add Oversight to State Prison Kitchens Introduced
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – A two-bill, bipartisan package was introduced in the state House that would have privately-run kitchens inside state correctional facilities to be subject to local health de...
Jun 22, 2015
MIRS: Numerous State Lawmakers Violated Election Rules
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – MIRS News reports that more than half of the political action committees or candidate committees involving the current 148-member state Legislature have been fined by the Bu...
Jun 22, 2015
Keyzer Sentenced in Murder/Rape of Cousin at Wayland Home
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC) – Between four and six decades in prison was the sentence handed down to Joshua Keyzer, who pleaded guilty to felony murder and attempted rape charges in a deal with Allegan C...
Jun 22, 2015
Detroit block party ruined by bloodshed
DETROIT (WKZO) — At least one person is dead and nine others have been hospitalized after shots rang out at a block party in Detroit Saturday night. The party was billed as a family friendly eve...
Jun 21, 2015
Kentwood Apartment Shooting Suspects Faces Conviction
KENTWOOD, MI (WHTC) – Two men are awaiting convictions for allegedly shooting at an apartment complex in Kentwood last month. On May 21, former high school track star Marcus Johnson was at a liq...
Jun 20, 2015
State House Takes Summer Break, but Senate Only Gets Weekend Off
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – State House members are now on a three-week summer break, while their Senate colleagues return to Lansing on Tuesday. The Upper Chamber is expected to devote much of its tim...
Jun 19, 2015
