Category Archives: State News
MSU investigating who leaked name of Tucker accuser
EAST LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State University is investigating to find out who leaked the name of the woman who accused suspended football coach Mel Tucker of sexual harassment. Brenda Tra...
Sep 18, 2023 Michigan State University logo (courtesy of Michigan State University)
Serial sex offender sentenced in Calhoun County on 3rd Attorney General SAKI conviction
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A Coldwater man was given a prison sentence of 15 1/2 to 30 years on Friday in Calhoun County Circuit Court after he entered no contest pleas to two counts of first degr...
Sep 16, 2023 Michigan Attorney General logo (courtesy of Michigan Attorney General)
St. Joseph County investigators seize over 1,000 grams of Crystal Meth, suspect in custody
CENTREVILLE, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A narcotics investigation in St. Joseph County which started in April has resulted in the seizure of over 1,000 grams of Crystal Methamphetamine as well as other drugs an...
Sep 16, 2023 St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office cruiser (Photo by John McNeil)
Coast Guard suspends search for missng Lake Michigan fisherman
GRAND HAVEN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Coast Guard has suspended the search for the fisherman who was reported missing in Lake Michigan Tuesday off Holland, Michigan. Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan was ...
Sep 15, 2023
UAW on strike against Detroit automakers, Senator Peters to walk the picket lines with UAW today
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The United Auto Workers union is now on strike against all three Detroit automakers after their contract expired at midnight this morning. The strike, however, is happening ...
Sep 15, 2023 Ford Motor Company logo
Michigan's unemployment rate rises slightly to 3.7% in August
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - For the first time since October 2022, Michigan's unemployment rate is up. The state's seasonally adjusted jobless rate rose by one-tenth of a percentage point to 3.7% durin...
Sep 14, 2023 EpicTop10.com / CC
Joint agreement with power cooperative will allow Holtec to reopen the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant
COVERT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Holtec International and Wolverine Power Cooperative, a not-for-profit power generation cooperative based in Michigan, announced today that they have entered into a long-term...
Sep 12, 2023
Whitmer orders flags lowered for today
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Federal and state flags are being ordered flown at half-staff today for the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Governor Whitmer says the state remembers an...
Sep 11, 2023
Amid investigation into sexual harassment allegation, Michigan State football coach Mel Tucker suspended
EAST LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State University football coach Mel Tucker has been suspended as the active coach less than 24 hours after it was revealed he is the subject of an MSU Title IX...
Sep 10, 2023 Former Michigan State University football coach Mel Tucker (courtesy of MSU Athletics)
MSU Board Of Trustees votes to ban all guns on campus
EAST LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - All guns are now banned on the Michigan State University campus. MSU's Board of Trustees voted Friday morning to close a loophole in an ordinance that allowed visitors ...
Sep 10, 2023 Michigan State University logo (courtesy of Michigan State University)
