Category Archives: State News
Lansing's proposed ModPod community location up for vote soon
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Lansing leaders will vote soon on where to place the city's proposed ModPod community for the homeless. Six locations have been considered and the Mayor's Neighborhood Advis...
Jan 28, 2026 Pods are very small shelters that have been used to provide emergency and transitional shelter in other communities. (Photos courtesy HRI)
Wayland Woman with Fake Nurse History Sentenced on Federal Charges
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jan. 28, 2026) - A 51-year-old Wayland woman who has claimed to be a nurse for some time is headed to federal prison for over six years. Leticia Gallarzo was sentenced at...
Jan 28, 2026 Leticia Gallarzo (courtesy Texas Board of Nursing)
The Detroit News bought by USA Today
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - USA Today is buying The Detroit News. They already own the Detroit Free Press, which has competed with The Detroit News for 153 years. The joint operating agreement with the...
Jan 27, 2026
Perry Johnson running again for Michigan Governor
TROY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Republican businessman Perry Johnson is running for governor again in 2026. He made the announcement in Troy yesterday, saying families and small businesses "deserve a governme...
Jan 27, 2026 An ad for Perry Johnson for Michigan Governor in 2022
Michigan's average gas price down 10-cents in past week
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan drivers are paying ten-cents a gallon less to fill the gas tank than last week. Triple-A Michigan says the average price is now $2.86, up one-cent from last month ...
Jan 26, 2026
Consumers Energy crews head to Arkansas as powerful winter system approaches
JACKSON, MI, (WKZO) - More than than 50 Consumers Energy utility crews, electric service workers, and other support staff from around Michigan hit the road south from Jackson early Friday to assist Ar...
Jan 23, 2026
Michigan Senate passes cell phone ban in K-12 public schools
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Senate has approved a bill to ban cell phones in all K-12 public school classrooms. The House passed the bill earlier this week and the Senate vote signaled bic...
Jan 23, 2026
More snow, bitter cold in forecast
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - West Michigan is under a winter weather advisory until 1 p.m. today with two to four more inches of snow possible. Over the last 36 hours, some areas, especially along the...
Jan 23, 2026
Planned Parenthood of Michigan adds vasectomy service in Grand Rapids
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Planned Parenthood of Michigan is adding vasectomy services at its location in Grand Rapids. The pilot program will be expanded to other health centers statewide throug...
Jan 22, 2026 Planned Parenthood in Kalamazoo (Photo by John McNeil)
Corewell Health to expand Butterworth Hospital campus
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Corewell Health's Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids will be growing. In the next five years, the healthcare system says it will build a new 621,000 square foot facil...
Jan 22, 2026 Corewell Health Butterworth. Courtesy, Corewell Health Butterworth.
