Category Archives: State News
Michigan State Police testing drone use
LANSING (WKZO) — Michigan State Police are now working with the Federal Aviation Administration on the use of drones in support of police efforts. MSP revealed the testing late Tuesday afternoon...
Jan 28, 2015
Michigan State Police may soon use drones to assist at crash scenes
LANSING, MI (WTVB) – The Michigan State Police could become the first statewide Enforcement Agency to have its own drone. They are seeking approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to pu...
Jan 28, 2015
DNR unveils name of trail from Belle Isle to Upper Peninsula
LANSING (WKZO) — The hiking and bicycling trail that stretches from Belle Isle Park in Detroit to Ironwood in the Upper Peninsula will be known as Michigan’s Iron Belle Trail. The Departme...
Jan 27, 2015
Blind man suing Redford Township Police over being tasered
REDFORD (WKZO) — The Redford Township Police Department is facing a lawsuit from a blind man who says officers used a Taser on him last August without cause. Carl Leatherberry says police came t...
Jan 27, 2015
Representative Miller tours border security operations
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKZO) — Congresswoman Candice Miller is back from a three day tour of the Department of Homeland Security’s Southwest border security operations. She says that she and he...
Jan 27, 2015
Legislation aims to help veterans get service dogs
LANSING (WKZO) — A state senator who did two tours in Iraq wants to help ease the transition for veterans returning from their tours of duty. Senator David Knezek is hoping to make it easier for...
Jan 27, 2015
Six fraternities, sororities suspended at University of Michigan
ANN ARBOR (WKZO) — Six University of Michigan fraternities and sororities are now suspended by the university for thousands of dollars in damage they’re accused of causing at northern Mich...
Jan 27, 2015
Flint no longer on FBI crime report due to population decline
FLINT (WKZO) — Flint is no longer listed on the FBI’s crime report, but not because conditions in the city have improved. The FBI has dropped the city from the list for the first time in d...
Jan 27, 2015
Stabenow named co-chair of Senate Great Lakes Task Force
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKZO) — Michigan’s senior U.S. senator will serve as the co-chair of the Senate Great Lakes Task Force. Senator Debbie Stabenow will chair the task force along with Illin...
Jan 27, 2015
Ottawa County Commissioners Approve Reinstalling Hager Park Sign
WEST OLIVE, MI (WHTC) – A sign at Hager Park in Jenison with a biblical passage will be reinstalled. Ottawa County commissioners Tuesday afternoon voted 9-to-2 to reinstall the sign that had bee...
Jan 27, 2015
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