Category Archives: State News
Michigan National Guard joins fight against ISIS
HARRISON TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) – Michigan once again has a squadron of Thunderbolts in the desert chasing terrorists. It's just been announced that a dozen A-10 Warthog tank-busters, and the 350 M...
Apr 22, 2015
Perrigo board rejects takeover bid
DUBLIN (WHTC) – Perrigo is going nowhere right now. The board of the Irish generic drug maker Perrigo, whose operations are based in Allegan, unanimously rejected a $205 per share takeover bid b...
Apr 21, 2015
More Support Info for Prop 1 Supporters Released
WASHINGTON (WHTC) – The avalanche of information ahead of the May 5th statewide election on Proposal 1 continues. A report from the non-profit transportation research group The Road Information ...
Apr 21, 2015
State Capital to open on Saturdays
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – You’ll be able to take a tour of the state capital on Saturdays this summer. The Capital commission voted fot the extended hours at a Monday meeting.The state estimate...
Apr 21, 2015
Wayland firm lands contract for Soo Locks
WAYLAND, MI (WHTC) – Wayland-based Windemuller has landed a $6.3 million contract with the US Army Corps of Engineers to upgrade the entire instrumentation and control system for the MacArthur L...
Apr 20, 2015
State Lawmakers Resume Work on Tuesday
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – When state lawmakers return to Lansing on Tuesday, work on no-fault insurance reform will again be on the proverbial front burner. Sources told MIRS News that a package of b...
Apr 20, 2015
Fears growing over possible canine influenza in Michigan
EAST LANSING, MI (WTVB) – Fears of the flu for Fido are running high with many Michigan dog owners, thanks to a rare strain of canine influenza that has sickened an estimated 1,100 dogs in Illin...
Apr 20, 2015
Help U.S. Coast Guard identify shipwrecks
TRAVERSE CITY, MI (WHTC) – The U.S. Coast Guard Air Station in Traverse City is asking for help identifying several shipwrecks an aircrew discovered on Friday. They have posted six photos to the...
Apr 20, 2015
Kalamazoo WKZO reporter has passed away.
KALAMAZOO, MI ( WHTC) – Sam Herald, news reporter at 590 WKZO radio, passed away on Saturday, April 18, 2015, at Bronson Hospital. He was 31. Sam began his radio career at WIDR, Western Michigan...
Apr 20, 2015
Cindy Gamrat (R) Barred From Caucus Over Facebook Post
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – Cindy Gamrat, the Plainwell Republican Representative, was asked to no longer attend the party's caucus by House Speaker Kevin Cotter. The Holland Sentinel reports that Gamr...
Apr 18, 2015
