Category Archives: State News
Decatur woman charged with embezzling more than $100K from vulnerable adult
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Attorney General's Office announced on Monday this week that a Decatur woman has been charged with embezzlement. According to the report, 61-year-old Laurie Las...
Aug 02, 2023 Best Law
Dreyer attempts Lake Michigan swim - again
MILWAUKEE (WKZO-AM/FM) - The Shark is back in the waters of Lake Michigan again. On Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, off of Bradford Beach in Milwaukee, Jim Dreyer will attempt to not just duplicate his cross-l...
Aug 01, 2023 Jim Dreyer (photo courtesy Jim the Shark Dreyer)
AAA: Michigan gas prices jump 18 cents from a week ago
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Gas prices in Michigan are up 18 cents from a week ago. Michigan drivers are now paying an average of$3.67 per gallon for regular unleaded. This price is11 cents morethan t...
Jul 31, 2023
First mosquito-borne virus cases of 2023 detected in Oakland and Macomb county residents
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Health & Human Services announced on Friday, July 28 that two Michigan residents have tested positive for Jamestown Canyon virus (JCV), a mosq...
Jul 30, 2023 Enrique Dans / CC
AG Nessel shares warning about deceptive door-to-door sales representatives
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is warning Michiganders of another scam making the rounds. This one involves individuals who are going door-to-door claiming to work fo...
Jul 30, 2023 Alachua County / CC
Man allegedly trying to rob Cassopolis gas station shot by customer
CASSOPOLIS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Police in Cassopolis say a man who allegedly tried to rob a gas station in the village at gunpoint was himself shot by a customer at the station late Thursday night. Vill...
Jul 28, 2023 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Former Hartford police chief bound over for trial on drug charges
HARTFORD, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Former Hartford Police Chief Tressa Beltran appeared before the 7th District Court in Paw Paw on Wednesday, July 26 and was bound over to the 36th Circuit Court for trial o...
Jul 27, 2023 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Whitmer signs McCann Legislation to allow Michigan to set stronger environmental protections
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday, July 27, signed legislation sponsored by State Senator Sean McCann of Kalamazoo, allowing Michigan to set stronger environmental prote...
Jul 27, 2023 Arthur E. and Mildred H. Woollam Preserve
Huizenga calls on Postmaster General to review proposed USPS changes in greater Kalamazoo region
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) - Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI) on Wednesday, July 26 sent a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy questioning the United States Postal Service's plans for consolid...
Jul 26, 2023 Photo from USPS.
Presumptive positive case of influenza A H3 (swine flu) variant detected in Lapeer County resident
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and Lapeer and Oakland County health departments have identified a presumptive positive human case of influenza A H3 var...
Jul 26, 2023
