Category Archives: State News
Midwest Communications President Peter Tanz to be inducted into Michigan Broadcast Hall of Fame
LANSING, MI (WKZO-AM/FM) - Midwest Communications' "Fearless Leader" will soon be a Hall of Famer. The Michigan Association of Broadcasters announced Thursday that Peter Tanz, who assumed the presiden...
Jun 23, 2023 Midwest Communications President Peter Tanz
VIDEO: Shots fired in Battle Creek park, involved officer is on paid administrative leave
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Battle Creek Police are investigating a shooting at Claude Evans Park Wednesday evening, and they say an involved officer is on paid administrative leave. Body camera v...
Jun 22, 2023 (courtesy Battle Creek Police Department)
Play ball! (Almost): Groundbreaking on Derek Jeter Field signifies goal of summer completion on new complex
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Officials from Kalamazoo Central High School, the Kalamazoo Public Schools District, along with Derek Jeter's Turn-2 Foundation President and contractors broke ground on w...
Jun 21, 2023 (Groundbreaking photo provided by John McNeill)
Megasite petitions calling for citizen vote rejected, committee plan legal action
MARSHALL, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A petition drive calling for a city-wide vote on a rezoning request connected to the new Ford Motor Company electric vehicle battery plant at the Marshall Megasite has faile...
Jun 21, 2023 Ford Motor Co CEO Bill Ford at a press conference in Romulus MI Feb 13, 2023
Fleeing motorcyclist killed after running into another vehicle in Van Buren County
VAN BUREN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A motorcyclist who was fleeing from police was killed in a three vehicle crash in Van Buren County late Monday evening. Michigan State Police at the Paw Paw Post tr...
Jun 20, 2023 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)
AAA: Michigan gas prices drop seven cents from a week ago
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Gas prices in Michigan are down seven cents from a week ago. Michigan drivers are now paying an average of $3.58 per gallon for regular unleaded. This price is three cents ...
Jun 19, 2023 (courtesy AAA Michigan)
Michigan's unemployment rate drops in May
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan's unemployment rate for May is down one-tenth of a percent from April to 3.7%. The Department of Technology, Management and Budget says the labor force increased by...
Jun 16, 2023 EpicTop10.com / CC
Lawmakers pass bill to make Juneteenth state holiday
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State lawmakers have passed a bill to make Juneteenth an official Michigan holiday after it became a federal holiday in 2021. Juneteenth marks the day slaves in Texas learne...
Jun 16, 2023 sugarfrizz / CC
Search for Marilee Furlong continues, residents asked to check in car or home security cameras
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - St. Joseph County Undersheriff Jason Bingaman says they are still trying to locate 73-year-old Marilee Furlong who went missing from Flatbush Road on May 29, 2023. ...
Jun 13, 2023 Marilee Furlong of Three Rivers, MI (courtesy St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office)
Michigan State Police seeking volunteers for its Angel Program
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State Police say the opioid problem in the state is not slowing down. They say in 2021, Michigan saw just over 3,000 overdose deaths with that number holding steady...
Jun 12, 2023
