Category Archives: State News
Former General Mills CEO donated millions
ANN ARBOR (WKZO) — The retired chairman of General Mills and his wife are making a sizeable donation to the University of Michigan. Stephen Sanger and his wife Karen will give 20-million dollars...
Jan 15, 2015
Head of GR Church Fund Raising Convicted of Embezzlement Repays 18 Thousand Dollars
UNDATED (WHTC)- The former head of fund raising with The Holy Family Catholic Church in Grand Rapids has avoided jail time by repaying more than 18 thousand dollars she is accused of stealing between ...
Jan 15, 2015
General Motors sells nearly ten-million vehicles
DETROIT (WKZO) — It will take another week or two to find out who the overall automotive global sales leader is. What is known, though, is that it is not General Motors. The Detroit-based automa...
Jan 15, 2015
Grosse Pointe Park protestors seek meeting with police chief
GROSSE POINTE PARK (WKZO) — The attorney for 51-year-old Andrew Jackson describes the carjacking suspect as having an eye swollen shut from an arrest recorded on cell phone by a witness concerne...
Jan 15, 2015
UAW seeking higher pay in contract talks this year
DETROIT (WKZO) — The United Auto Workers union will try to get raises for employees of Chrysler, Ford and General Motors this year when national contract talks begin with the domestic automakers...
Jan 15, 2015
Republican National Committee censures Dave Agema
SAN DIEGO (WKZO) — Social media posts that have offended gays, African Americans and Muslims along with homophobic comments in a speech to the Berrien County Republican Party in 2013 have result...
Jan 15, 2015
Michigan State Police to move out of Lansing headquarters
LANSING (WKZO) — Michigan State Police will be moving out of their five-year-old headquarters in downtown Lansing to the State Secondary Complex in Dimondale, just south of the capital city. Sta...
Jan 15, 2015
Fish affected by diabetes medication in Lake Michigan
LANSING (WKZO) — Drugs and their byproducts are making their way into Lake Michigan miles from sewage discharge pipes and they’re hurting the fish. According to new research out of the Uni...
Jan 15, 2015
Bashara sentenced to life in prison
DETROIT (WKZO) — Bob Bashara has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the death of his wife Jane in 2012. Wayne County Judge Vonda Evans handed down the verdict after hearing Bash...
Jan 15, 2015
Judge rules state must recognize 300 same-sex marriages
DETROIT (WKZO) — A federal judge is ordering the state to recognize hundreds of same-sex marriages. U.S. District Judge Mark Goldsmith called marriage a “fundamental right” in his op...
Jan 15, 2015
